Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge

Set in the endless South African landscape along the lush banks of a flowing river, Great Fish River Lodge is a flagship accommodation that is effortlessly elegant, relaxing, and private. Enjoy romantic candlelit dinners, daily game drives, and impressive personal plunge pools on this adventure of a lifetime.

Property Details

Located in Southern Africa’s Eastern Cape, Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge in South Africa is a contemporary hideaway designed with unmatched attention to detail. Created to heighten the endless landscape, this luxury lodge is simple yet elegant, utilizing natural materials and textures in the interiors with an earth tone palette to blur the line between inside and outside. Comprising just nine spacious suites with views overlooking the spectacular riverside scenery, each room boasts its own personal bathroom with indoor and outdoor showers, air conditioning, wireless Internet, and foldaway glass doors leading to private balconies with plunge pools. From here, the uninterrupted views of the horizon lends to the feeling of the vastness of the African wild being truly all around you.

There is much to do, see, and experience at Kwandwe Great Fish River Lodge, South Africa. Dine in grandeur and enjoy delicious African-inspired meals on a private deck, in the candlelit dining room, or under the starlit sky in the cozy boma. Enjoy afternoon tea and a siesta next to the refreshing swimming pool. On the large viewing decks that overlook the Great Fish River, perch on a deep overstuffed sofa to witness otters swimming in the streams below and majestic kudu meandering down to the life-giving waters.

Travel into the Kwandwe Private Game Reserve with your guide for a sophisticated safari experience, whether daily morning, afternoon, and evening game drives, a water-based safari, a big game walk, or a simply sundowner in the bush. Within the reserve’s 54,000 acres of pristine wilderness is a plethora of free roaming Big Five game as well as a diverse number of small and more unusual species, such as cheetah, giraffe, kudu, springbok, eland, red hartebeest, black wildebeest, and gemsbok. The region is also a paradise for birdwatchers, with the fish eagle and endangered blue crane among a wide variety of birds found within its boundaries.