Phinda Rock Lodge

About

This intimate lodge is styled with African adobe-inspired architecture that blends into the rocky escarpment, creating a setting that feels both rugged and refined. With just six stone-built suites seemingly suspended over the deep valley below, the lodge emphasises exclusivity and tranquillity, enhanced by personal service, fire-lit lounges, open terraces and romantic dining options including rooftop dinners under the stars.

Rooms

Accommodation consists of six luxurious, intimate suites carved into the cliffside, each with a private plunge pool and expansive viewing deck overlooking the valley and bush below. Suites are finished with natural stone and timber, large en-suite bathrooms (many with outdoor shower options), floor-to-ceiling views and private verandas that maximise the dramatic scenery and sense of being suspended above the wilderness.

Dining

Dining at Rock Lodge is a refined yet relaxed safari affair. Guests can enjoy Pan-African cuisine served in the main dining area with its stunning bush views or, weather permitting, al-fresco meals on private terraces and a rooftop terrace that creates a magical setting for starlit dinners. Bush breakfasts and sundowner experiences add to the memorable culinary moments, all accompanied by excellent wines and attentive, personalised service.

Activity

Activities at Phinda Rock Lodge centre on immersive wildlife encounters and authentic safari experiences. Twice daily guided game drives explore the diversity of Phinda’s Big Five habitat - a mosaic of grassland, wetland, forest and scrub - with excellent opportunities to see lion, rhino, leopard, elephant, cheetah and more. Walking safaris are on offer while excursions such as turtle tracking or diving trips at nearby Maputaland add a coastal adventure to the safari itinerary.