South Africa’s top 8 luxury lodges and hotels

From ultra-luxurious safari lodges with spas to treehouses under the stars, South Africa offers some of the continent’s most stunning properties and experiences. Perhaps go wine tasting on a private train, dip in the pool alongside elephants in Kruger National Park or relax at a spa retreat overlooking Table Mountain. Here, we’ve rounded up the ultimate luxury lodges and hotels the country has to offer.

1. Bushman’s Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat, Cederberg Mountains

Shaded by the dramatic peaks and ancient red-rock scenery of the Western Cape’s Cederberg mountain range lies this spectacular retreat. The ultimate in authentic luxury, Bushman’s Kloof is all timber-beamed rooms, suites and private villas, the likes of fireplaces and four-poster bed a wonderful contrast to outside’s remote wilderness.

It makes for a wonderful base for twice-daily safaris with a difference. Alongside sunset and sunrise game drives, there’s…