Website: www.isibindi.co.za

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Contact Person: Brigitte van Tooren
Telephone: +27 (0)35 474 1473
Fax: +27 (0)35 474 1490
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City: Isimangaliso Wetland Park
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Country: South Africa

This intimate, luxury 24 bed lodge is nestled on the pristine coast of Maputaland, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, within the Isimangaliso World Heritage Park - an internationally recognized World Heritage Site. It's the ideal place to explore unspoilt, wilderness beaches. Thonga Beach Lodge is a magical place of coastal forests, grasslands, shimmering lakes and exquisite sandy beaches. Its crystal clear, warm waters offer superb snorkelling and unspoilt off-shore scuba diving, arguably the best in South Africa.

Set above a private, sandy beach and nestled into magnificent coastal dune forest, Thonga Beach Lodge captures the essence of a luxury Robinson Crusoe hideaway.

Each airconditioned suite has been carefully constructed to ensure minimal impact on the environment, with maximum comfort. Enjoy mouth-watering cuisine, romantic candlelight dinners on the beach and relaxing Sea Spa treatments.

Mabibi offers superb snorkelling opportunities. 1,250 fish species (Great Barrier Reef has 1,500) occur on the reefs in this area. Scuba diving is phenomenal, with reefs located a short distance from the lodge. Shoals of game fish, sharks and schools of bottlenose dolphins are often seen and we can accommodate scuba divers from the beginner to the veteran.

Lake Sibaya, Southern Africa's largest fresh water lake, is only 6kms from the lodge. From here you can either go on a guided kayaking trip or in the evening experience glorious sundowners with hippos and crocodiles nearby.

From November to February, witness the amazing sight of giant Leatherback and Loggerhead turtles struggling up the beach to lay their eggs. These magnificent creatures, having swum the length of the African continent, return every year to the beach where they hatched.