Phinda Rock Lodge
Phinda Rock Lodge in Kwa-Zulu Natal is set into a cliff-face overlooking the magnificent Leopard Rock. The lodge is small and personal and is known for warm and friendly service. The romantic suites offer understated luxury with beautiful African sunsets.
Phinda Rock Lodge Highlights
Phinda Rock Lodge is set into a cliff-face overlooking the magnificent Leopard Rock. The lodge is small and personal and is known for their warm and friendly service. The romantic suites offer understated luxury with beautiful African sunsets, together with incredible game viewing, the experience is bound to be exceptional.
- Phinda Rock Lodge has a very unique setting, situated on a green cliff face.
- The reserve has the largest privately owned population of Nyala in the world.
- Close to the ocean, and offers guests a unique opportunity of viewing turtles, whale sharks and dolphins.
- Gain insight into the Zulu culture, crafts, history and traditions, while visiting local communities.
Phinda Rock Lodge Game Viewing and Activities
Phinda Private Game Reserve offers an incredible diversity of game. Predators like cheetah, leopard and lion are tracked on a daily basis and guests stand a good chance of seeing them. The territorial white rhino favour waterholes and wallows. Herds of elephant and buffalo move throughout the reserve and are easily spotted. Impressive nyala antelope feed alongside impala and warthog. Nocturnal aardvark, bushpig and greater bushbaby may be encountered on night game-drives. Mountain reedbuck resides on rocky slopes, while common reedbuck favours palmveld and wetlands. Tonga red squirrels are restricted to Sand Forest where tiny suni and red duiker are most abundant. The extraordinary four-toed elephant-shrew forages among leaf-litter in forest and thickets. The bird life is prolific and an impressive 378 species have recorded in the area. Rudds apalis, Neergaards sunbird and pink-throated twinspot are endemic to the Maputaland region. Lemon- breasted canary, southern banded snake-eagle and grey waxbill are characteristic of the coastal plain.
