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A beautifully designed boutique hotel with just five suites, on the Indian Ocean and three hours from Cape Town. This stunning location in a coastal nature reserve has some of the best shore-based whale watching in the world – including from the bedrooms, the restaurant and the bar.
In the De Hoop Nature Reserve, a three-hour drive from Cape Town. Typical Cape fynbos vegetation to one side and, on the other, tall white sand dunes and the rolling blue Indian Ocean. The lodge is at the end of the ‘Whale Trail’ in a marine protected area that stretches three miles off the coast, and just below the hotel is one of the best shore-based whales watching spots in the world (southern right whales are almost constantly here from July to October). Inland, spot Cape Mountain zebra, baboons, bontebok and eland. This is a quiet and safe place to relax.
The hotel is run safari-lodge style: staff members connect closely with guests and activities are included. Lodge managers choose what to do each day according to season, weather and guests. Take a wildlife drive or a marine walk, chill at the beach or speed down the dunes on a sandboard, mountain bike or snorkel in large rockpools. All kit is provided, including water shoes, sunscreen, hiking sticks and ponchos (for when the weather turns). The lodge’s internal courtyard has a little swimming pool, sunbeds and hot tub, as well as an outside lounge and dining area. Wood-burning stoves and underfloor heating ensure a cosy welcome in winter (which coincides with whale season).
Beach Lodge only has five rooms.
The guided marine walks and all the activities arranged daily weather dependent.
Best vantage point for whale-watching? The rooftop bar, fynbos-infused gin cocktail in hand.
Each room, cooled by sea winds in summer, has its own wood-burning stove stoked up each evening in winter
This award-winning lodge combines Relais & Châteaux hospitality with authentic South African charm.
Within walking distance, you can also stay at The Morukuru Ocean House which is an exclusive-use four-bedroom eco-friendly private ocean house, ideal for an unforgettable multi-generational beach holiday.
The lodge is 100 percent off-grid and even the under-floor heating is solar powered.
Each room, cooled by sea winds in summer, has its own wood-burning stove stoked up each evening in winter
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