> > by Rachael Oakes-Ash
Six exquisite safari lodges in the heart of South Africa game land makes up Phinda reserve including sixteen forest suites at Forest Lodge, twenty five suites in the mountainside at Mountain Lodge and private pool villas at Rock Lodge. Nothing spells primal romance more than the wilds of South Africa.
ECO-CRED&Beyond’s Africa Foundation works closely with local communities at all of the company’s resort lodges with education, medical and sustainable programs. Ten thousand people a month are treated at the Phinda Mduku clinic and their digital eco village trains locals with computer courses and advanced education. At Phinda Game Reserve biofuel from recycled kitchen and workshop oils is used to pilot vehicles and lanterns. Sixteen endangered black rhinos were released into the Phinda wild in 2004 and are thriving today.
ROMANCE FACTOR
Early morning game drives with the big five at dawn, midday lounging by a private pool, sunset drinks in the bushland as elephants graze nearby. Africa gets under the skin and into the soul right where love hits, the heart.