Phinda Private Game Reserve
A board that lists the important points tourists must keep in mind when visiting the Phinda Mountain Lodge, South Africa
Phinda Private Game Reserve, formerly known as Phinda Resource Reserve, is a 170 km² private game reserve situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between the Mkuze Game Reserve and the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park.
Formed in 1991, this ethnically named reserve means "return to the wild". Phinda has seven distinct ecosystems with palm savannah and mountain bush to rare sand forest and dense thornveld.
Fauna
Animals that roam this reserve include elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, Cape buffaloes, hippopotami, white rhinos, hyenas, cheetahs, leopards, and lions.
Lodges
- Forest Lodge - sixteen stilted glass chalets . These chalets are literally hand built by local Zulu people to minimize impact on the rare Sand Forest. They seem to float between the forest floor and the towering torchwood trees.
- Mountain Lodge - twenty chalets and conference facilities situated at the top of a lavish bushveld world, with panoramas of the Lebombo Mountains and the Lake St. Lucia coastal plains.
- Vlei Lodge - six stilted suites of thatch, teak and glass overlook Phinda's unique wetland system at the edge of the forest.
- Rock Lodge - six chalets built into the rock face overlooking the Leopard Rock.
See also
External links
- Conservation Corporation Africa
- Southern African Game Reserve Reservations
- Far and Wild Safaris
- Map of Phinda Reserve
- Interview with a game ranger of the Phinda Reserve
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