A Safari Like No Other

You will be met by a representative and assisted through customs and immigration. Transportation to the Residence Hotel has been arranged to accommodate your arrival time.

If you arrive in the morning, we can assist in arranging a tour of the township of Soweto or a visit to the Apartheid Museum, or book a spa treatment (costs extra).

That evening the group will gather for a calm yoga practice, dinner, and guided meditation to help with the transition into South Africa.

After breakfast, we’ll fly in to Phinda’s airstrip. On arrival, we’ll be taken to the Rock Lodge which is dramatically set into a cliff face, seemingly suspended over the deep valley below, providing breathtaking views of Phinda Private Game Reserve.

After lunch, we’ll take our first safari ride. In the evening we’ll dine on the rooftop overlooking the reserve.

You will stay in one of six luxurious suites. Sleep well as you nestle down in your comfortable room, well-protected and cared for.

Mornings are a great time to see wildlife since they move around more when the air is cooler.

We’ll have a full breakfast and some time to freshen up before yoga on the deck. Our practice will be Hatha influenced, meaning that our focus will be on using our breath to help us create peace and stability within ourselves.

After a delicious lunch, we’ll head out again for some more wildlife and exploring during an evening safari ride. Our day will come to close as we share stories over a lovely dinner.

Breakfast will be at the lodge before we head to Maputaland. We’ll see wildlife as we leave and return to the game reserve.

We’ll gently move our bodies with yoga on the beach in the fresh oceanic air, bringing our minds and bodies into a calmer, natural state.

We’ll spend the day enjoying the beach, playing games, splashing in the water, or perhaps sitting under an umbrella reading or journaling. A lavish picnic lunch will be served, and drinks and snacks will be provided throughout the day.

We rise before sunrise and head off into the bush to be in sync with Mother Nature. The wisdom and experience of our trackers and rangers will take us to corners of the reserve where the wildlife lives.

More opportunities to witness wildlife up close and practice techniques to help us tap into our hearts, bringing them back into their natural state during our evening game ride.

Dinner under the stars, amongst company that cares – a perfect way to end the day and head to bed for a good night’s sleep.

Greet the day with the sun for a sunrise yoga practice. We’ll be heading into the Sand Forest for Forest Bathing, a Japanese technique to help bring our hearts into their natural states.

We will be moving to Vlei Lodge, one of Travel + Leisure’s Top Ranked Lodges for 2021, overlooking a unique vlei (wetland system) on the edge of Phinda Private Game Reserve’s rare sand forest.

We’ll enjoy an evening safari ride. Dinner will taste so good and sleep will be even sweeter after a full day of mindfulness in nature.

We’ll get an early morning start with something light to eat before heading out for a safari ride. Breakfast afterward will be at the lodge to fuel our bodies.

Then, gentle yoga in the only Sand Forest on the planet. Yoga gives us strength and stability. Nature calms our minds and gives us peace. Together, in a special forest like this…that’s when the magic happens.

Enjoy lunch, then head out for more wildlife and exploring during an evening safari ride. Then, we share stories over a lovely dinner.

We will be hands-on in the dehorning of a rhino. Roll up your sleeves and be elbow to elbow with the habitat rangers or stand to the side, taking it all in.

Very few people will ever have an opportunity like this. It would not have happened if it wasn’t for you. This experience will change you. And yes, you will have plenty of photo opportunities.

We’ll head out again for some more wildlife and exploring during an evening safari ride. A lovely dinner followed with a good night’s rest to bring a once-of-a-lifetime day to a nurturing closure.

We’ll greet the sun with a sunrise yoga practice, easing into the day with calm breathing and gentle poses.

You’ll meet with locals as they share their culture and traditions. We’ll visit a market created just for local women artists to sell their work. You’re buying directly from the artists so the prices are fair.

Back at the lodge we’ll freshen up, have a delicious lunch and head out to the bush for our last safari ride. The celebration continues back at the lodge for a dinner party under the stars, savoring the magic we experienced together over the past 9 days.

You’ll wake to sunrise yoga, greeting the new day with the sun on your face. Letting the world know that you’re ready to take the new you onward in your journey. Then, our breakfast discussion will be all about how we can maintain in our natural state – with our minds and bodies loved and supported – once we leave South Africa.

Then we part ways. Some will fly back to Johannesburg. Some will continue on with their travels. The flight back to Johannesburg is included. If you desire to keep on traveling, we can help with arrangements.