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CAMP AMALINDA

Amalinda is a splendid camp tucked away into an ancient bushman's shelter in the Matobos Hills. Accommodation at Amalinda consists of eight individual thatched rooms, including two romantic honeymoon suites. The rooms are architecturally extraordinary, built around huge boulders, and luxuriously appointed. All have en suite facilities.

The common area is located high up on a hill with a panoramic view across the Matobo Hills. Delicious and abundant meals are served on a massive teak table in the open-air dining room. A cozy library and chess room, located amongst the tree tops, is a haven of peace and tranquility. There is also an extensive wine cellar housed in a natural cave. In the evenings, sundowners can be enjoyed under the stars, around a warm fire in the enclosed "boma" area. At the base of the camp is a well equipped open-air gym, where the more energetic can work off the effects of Amalinda's fabulous food. Afterwards, jump into the large swimming pool or relax in the comfortable chaise lounges enjoying a drink from the bar, while watching the waterhole and absorbing the atmoshpere of the Matobos landscape.

A very wide range of activities are available at Amalinda. The Camp is perhaps most famous for offering elephant-back safaris. Another adventurous highlight is tracking black and white rhinos on foot in the adjacent Whovi Game Park, while traditional game-drives and horse-riding in the park are also available. Around camp, guests can enjoy fabulous bird watching - the Matobos are home to the greatest variety and density of raptors anywhere in the world.

Guests can also participate in guided tours of some of the ancient rock-art sites in the Matobo Hills, a reminder of the san bushman, southern Africa's earliest human inhabitants, and the first of many to be drawn to the power of the Matobo Hills. Cecil Rhodes, the driving force behind Britain's colonial ambitions in Africa (as well as founder of De Beers and the Rhodes Scholarship), was also drawn by the spirituality of the Matobos, and visitors can marvel at the vistas from his grave at "World's View" (or Malindidzimu "the Place of Spirits" to the Ndebele people).

Contemporary Ndebele people also consider the Matobos a very sacred place, and continue to hold important religious ceremonies in the area. Guests at Camp Amalinda are offered the opportunity to meet some of the Ndebele villagers who live in the vicinity of the Camp, and an overnight stay at a traditional African village can even be arranged.

Camp Amalinda is a very special lodge, creatively fitting into and accentuating the magic of the Matobo Hills around it. The structure and design of the lodge reflects the spirituality of its surroundings, and the whole lodge pulsates with the energy of the Matobos.

To find out more about Camp Amalinda, or to make a reservation, call on

27-11-463-7889 or email us.

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