The best accommodation in South Africa

Grab your binoculars, sunscreen, safari clothes, hiking shoes, camera, lip balm, sunglasses, swimsuit, a warm jacket, and head off to the best safari accommodation in South Africa. The acclaimed Thaba Phuti Lodge, situated on the edge of a vertical cliff overlooking the Magalies Meander, has brought new meaning and style to bushveld accommodation in South Africa.

It will take you less than two hours from Johannesburg or Tshwane to reach the most luxurious colonially styled accommodation in South Africa. Nowhere else on earth will you be able to enjoy so much comfort amidst the most beautiful sunsets and game roaming the landscapes beneath your private room.

What's more is that at Thaba Phuti you are only one of 14 guests. The limited exclusive accommodation, include only seven world-class rooms with the finest linen, en-suite bathrooms with showers, fully stocked bars and ceiling fans. Each private room comes with old styled furniture combined with an African feel to make your stay even more memorable.

Fine cuisine and the best wines are served in the elegant restaurant. Guests at the finest accommodation in South Africa can also relax in the lounge near the fireplace with one of the library's well selected titles or enjoy a drink in the Phuti cocktail bar.

There is no reason to miss your favorite sports games since there is a satellite TV in the Rhino sports bar. Rejuvenate your spirit around the dancing campfire in the boma where you can also eat your meal under the African evening sky.

The best accommodation in South Africa is a bird lover haven. Bird watching provides you the opportunity to view birds in their natural setting and even only for this reason alone, you should visit Thaba Phuti Safari Lodge only 30 km from Rustenburg. Several, of more than 300 species of birds recorded in the Rustenburg and Magalies area can be spotted on one of the morning bush walks.

Leopards, white rhinos, black back jackals, warthogs, bush pigs, giraffes, bush buck, kudu, gemsbok, vervet monkeys, hares, duikers and hyenas all roam the bushveld area surrounding Thaba Phuti.

While you enjoy your stay at the best accommodation in South Africa, you can also participate in one of the outdoor sports activities offered. Firearm sport lovers can test their target shooting skills with silhouette and clay pigeon shooting. To take you back to the 1880's the lodge also offers the rare sport of black gunpowder shooting.

Hot air ballooning is not something that you will experience at just any type of accommodation in South Africa. At the five star Thaba Phuti Lodge you are also offered the chance to view the Bonjala region of the North West Province from the sky while the wind sweeps through your hair. Keen photographers should definitely make use of this photo shoot opportunity.

How many times have you wished you brought your fishing gear along when on holiday? At Thaba Phuti you are supplied with fishing gear and bait to try your hand at kurper, bass or carp fishing in any of the well stocked dams of the private game farm.

For the more romantic souls, true African bush picnics offered by Thaba Phuti bring out the poet settled in all of us. Unlike any other picnic you have ever experienced, the bush picnic offers fine dining in the middle of the bushveld surrounded by wildlife. Thaba Phuti is well known for the remarkable bush picnics that should not be missed by any of the guests.

Romantic couples, business executives, adventurers, bird watchers and game viewers all return to the best accommodation in South Africa after their first visit. The reasons they mention for their love of this lodge include, mouthwatering dishes, fine wine cultivars, wide variety of game and birds, together with the stylish accommodation, several outdoor activities and warm atmosphere of the lodge.