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IN KWAZULU-NATAL, A NEW OFF-THE-GRID LODGE WITH 1 2 LUXURIOUS VILLAS BONDS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE FLORA – AND THE RESIDENT HERD OF ELEPHANTS.

JESS NICHOLSON

VISI | MFULAWOZI WILDERNESS LODGE BEFORE THE MFULAWOZI PRIVATE GAME RESERVE’S BIYELA LODGE, there was nothing – except hectares of pristine bush adjoining the lower Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, and plenty of wild animals. “The elephants were our natural surveyors, providing well-worn paths to assist in deciding where the best routes for game-viewing would be,” says Barry Theunissen, who designed and built the lodge with his wife Sonya. “While we were building, elephants often came to inspect the progress. There are herds of more than a hundred that congregate in the river in front of the lodge site.” Having spent large chunks of time in wildlife reserves, the Theunissens named the lodge after local chief Phiwayinkosi Biyela, a descendent of King Shaka. The project was conceived collaboratively with the amakhosi who own…

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