Vuyatela

Vuyatela

Description

Djuma Game Reserve offers guests the choice of three luxury lodges: from the magnificent Bush Lodge to the private Galago, as well as the unique Vuyatela. At Djuma Game Reserve we show you the softer, gentler side of Africa with luxury lodges, sumptuous cuisine and all the creature comforts. All three lodges have experienced and qualified guides that will ensure the best possible safari.

The cultural theme also runs through activities. After morning game-drive guests may accompany their Shangaan guide to his nearby village, where they will have the opportunity of interacting with his family and friends in a very authentic and contemporary African environment.

Vuyatela is an expression of modern South African culture. Each of the eight chalets or kayas is secluded in African bush.

Vuyatela! - 'Come and visit again' in Shangaan, a farewell to guests who have enjoyed our hospitality and who wish to return as friends.
Everything about this lodge says come on down, sip a cocktail from your private pool while watching animals meander in front of your deck.
Marvel at the detail of the contemporary African artwork in the main lodge, and frequent the gym/relaxation room and the library. You're able to send an email home and check on your favourite website from the privacy of your deck and lounge, or utilize the main terminal in the library for the top animal/conservation websites.
Each of the chalets at Vuyatela is a collection of buildings joined to each other. The private lounge is separated from the bedroom by a beautiful Teak deck, which ends at the private plunge pool. The view from the Teak deck is into pristine African Savanna with its bounty of animal life, which is likely to grace your view. You will notice that each of the buildings that make-up your chalet, or 'Kaya' (Shangaan word for house), is built in a different technique. Wood frames with packed stones, mud walls painted with buffalo dung and structural elements such as support poles for the roof on the outside of the hut. Notice the gables on some of roofs, this has a three hundred year history in South Africa with the arrival of the Cape Dutch style of gables found on the farmsteads in the southwestern Cape which, has been re-interpreted by modern Shangaan people. Some of the 'Kaya’s' have abstract patterns painted on the walls and others have even domestic scenes painted on.
Air Transport from Nelspruit, Hoedspruit, Skukuza, or anywhere in Southern Africa

Accommodation

Rooms and units

Luxury Suite 8

Includes: All Meals and Activities

All 8 suites comprise bedroom, dressing-room, bathroom, Separate lounge, private Teak deck with plunge pool, Air conditioning, fan, mosquito net, bar fridge, IDD Telephone. Rates include all meals.

Attractions

"Vuyatela Lodge is both extraordinary and wonderful - by far the most unusual bush camp we have ever seen. It is the actualised dream of its idealistic visionary owners, who aimed to create a camp which perfectly combines the natural and contemporary cultural components of Africa.
The attention to detail is exquisite, with hand made mosaics decorating the bathrooms, and the exteriors cleverly painted by local Shangaan villagers. "
Classic African Tours

Activities Nearby
Bird Watching

Accolades

:Tourism Council of SA Star Grading

Facilities

Amenities include:

8 luxury suites made up of bedroom, dressing-room and bathroom with bath and outdoor shower, separate lounge, private deck and plunge pool. Air-conditioning, fans, mosquito nets, a telephone and bar fridge.

The main lodge includes a large double deck, outdoor dining, wine cellar, bar overlooking the watering hole, indigenous aquarium, suspended bird-watching tower.

Internet library with detailed wildlife websites, gym and relaxation room.

Breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and fresh bakes and dinner daily.

2 safaris (game drives) daily. A daily guided walk in the bush.

We also offer daily tours to a nearby Shangaan village, where you will learn about the customs and traditions of the local people.

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