Lehele
Lehele Villas
Children of every age are welcome, babies included. Children aged three and over can join game drives.
The Lehele Villas stand alone in the fynbos: seven family villas, each in its own corner of the reserve, with giraffe sometimes passing the deck. Lehele lodge is between three and fifteen minutes away.
Lehele is the family lodge. Children of every age are welcome, babies included, and the children’s day moves from inside the lodge out into the fynbos. The Junior Ranger Programme, included in your stay, begins right here.
Each Lehele Villa has three or four en-suite bedrooms and a double-volume lounge and dining room, warmed by a wood-burning fireplace, with a kitchen alongside. A wraparound deck, with its own braai, is made for the hours when nobody wants to be indoors.
Bedrooms take king or twin beds, with seating and a private corner of the outside deck. Bathrooms have walk-in showers, deep baths and double basins. Cotton percale linen, bathrobes, a tea station, a safety box and air conditioning are all here, with Wi-Fi in the room, and housekeeping comes twice a day, with a turn-down when you would like it.
Bedrooms take king or twin beds, with seating and a private corner of the outside deck. Bathrooms have walk-in showers, deep baths and double basins. Cotton percale linen, bathrobes, a tea station, a safety box and air conditioning are all here, with Wi-Fi in the room, and housekeeping comes twice a day, with a turn-down when you would like it.
Meals and game drives begin at Lehele Lodge. You can drive yourself along a scenic reserve road that a hire car manages comfortably, or choose the rate that includes transfers and be brought to the lodge and back.
What you’ll find
- Seven family villas across the reserve (three or four en suite bedrooms)
- Open plan lounge, kitchen and dining under thatch, with a fireplace and TV
- Wraparound deck with a braai, valley and mountain views
- Bedrooms with king or twin beds, seating, fireplaces and private deck areas
- En suite bathrooms with walk in showers, deep baths, double basins
- Cotton percale linen, bath towels and bathrobes, tea station, safety box, air conditioning
- Internet in the room
- Twice daily housekeeping with turn down
- Meals, drives and Junior Ranger Programme from Lehele Lodge
Good to know
- Children of every age are welcome, babies included. Those aged three and over join the game drives, and the Junior Ranger Programme is included for ages four to twelve.
- The Lehele Villas are spread across the reserve, between three and fifteen minutes from the lodge along a scenic drive. Meals, game drives and activities all begin at Lehele Lodge, so you will make that drive several times a day, either at your own wheel or on a rate that includes transfers.
- That suits some families better than others, so ask us or your agent which villa you are being offered, and how far out it sits, before you book. We would far rather you knew.
- If the driving would take the shine off it, the private residences run differently. Each has its own field guide, chef and vehicle, so the day starts at your own door and nothing depends on getting down to the lodge.
A conservation fee is charged separately for each stay and goes to the Gondwana Conservation Foundation, which funds the reserve’s anti-poaching unit, species returns and alien clearing. Every stay contributes to our conservation legacy.
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Also at Lehele
The family lodge. Meals and drives leave from here.
Three ways to stay. One reserve.
Exclusive use. Your own guide, chef and vehicle.
Plan your stay
Tell us when and who. We’ll take it from there.