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We love it when guests love it when they visit our community’s school!
Guests staying at Thonga Beach Lodge have the opportunity to visit a tiny little school which is near and dear to the lodge: Mabibi Primary School. Thonga Beach Lodge has several community projects which they facilitate with the school, including: A nutritional support programme which is a daily feeding scheme to make sure that every…
Read MoreTen reasons to visit Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park
By Philip Briggs from Safaribookings.com Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park rivals the world-famous Kruger National Park as one of southern Africa’s most alluring safari destinations. Extending over 1000 square kilometres of beautiful green hills, it is the world’s most important rhino sanctuary, and hosts a rich biodiversity including all the Big Five. Climatically, the warm, moist climate of…
Read MoreDolphins – some of our favourite friends
A dream that I have had for a long time is to swim in the ocean with dolphins. Somehow it is a dream that I have had since my childhood, since dolphins feel to me like creatures that belong with more mythical beings such as angels and unicorns. In my imagination dolphins have the power…
Read MoreTraditional Zulu Homestay
I can’t wait to wake up in this warm and caring place – a traditional homestay at a Zulu homestead bordering the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi wildlife reserve. Now when you stay at Rhino Ridge Safari lodge, the only luxury lodge set right within this vast game reserve, you can book a homestay with the Nkosi family, who…
Read MoreiSimangaliso natural world
There are so few unspoilt places left in the world and one feels it keenly when one enters such a protected natural part of the globe. One of my favourite such places is the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, one of South Africa’s first World Heritage Sites. Passionately protected by the iSimangaliso Authority, this vast expanse of…
Read MoreThonga Beach Lodge: A site of significance
Thonga Beach Lodge: A site of significance Article and photographs by Dr George Hughes, 7 March 2018 Very few visitors give thought to the site to which they are hoping to visit and in most cases there are simple choices to be considered: Is the site value for money? Is there a nice beach and…
Read MoreThe little school that could
This is a little school that warms our hearts – a remote rural school near Thonga Beach Lodge, Mabibi Primary. Thanks to donations made by Thonga Beach Lodge and its guests, Pie Blight was able to purchase new school supplies for Mabibi Primary. The donations included a beautiful map of South Africa and a…
Read MoreIsibindi Zulu Lodge Community Engagement
When one goes on holiday in a developing country, it is inspiring to know that your investment goes beyond your own wellbeing. See how far your contribution to a stay at Isibindi Zulu Lodge goes in terms of supporting the neighbouring Amoibe community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The Isibindi Eco-Reserve has assisted the…
Read MoreRhino Ridge Safari Lodge Leads the Way in Community Co-ownership
Isibindi Africa continued to provide inspired experiences when it launched a new destination, Rhino Ridge Safari Lodge which is the only private lodge within the Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park, KwaZulu Natal. A lodge that was conceptualised to celebrate the protection of the white rhino, Rhino Ridge offers guests an exclusive luxury stay and exceptional safari experiences…
Read MoreInvesting in a school worth developing
As you drive towards Thonga Beach Lodge, past the Cashew Nut Factory, the sand becomes thicker and the homesteads thinner. There is a lovely patch of grassland, with gently undulating hills where the back-lighting of the setting sun lights up each head of grass. Grassland birds with heavy, long tails make sweet sounds. You get…
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