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Zuleika Country House - Accommodation in Hoedspruit near Kruger National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa

The Drakensberg mountain range errupts magnificently from the horizon forming the lip of the Blyde River Canyon, the third largest in the world. The mountains are just a few kilometres past the end of Zuleika Country House Accommodation in Hoedspruit near Kruger National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa and the view warrants a good glug of wine at sunset while you are seated on the wooden deck - meals are also served out here. You can either venture off to the dam at the base of the canyon (a twenty-minute drive) where you will feel insignificant in the lea of so much towering rock; or just less than an hour’s drive will put you on top of the world overlooking the vast green-filled chasm. Zuleika is a new venture for Altie and Lucas, and their wonderful nature ideally suits having guests.

Price: 5

Dinner, bed and breakfast

3 twin, 1 twin timber lodge and 1 double stone lodge

The building is brand new, thatched, with built-in beds and earth-coat concrete floors, slate bathrooms in earthy hues and wooden-stick towel rails. Colours are rich and dusky; smoked blue, sand yellow and terracotta red. The best room is an open-plan suite with private balcony with view for romantic quiet evenings and listening to fish eagles in the mornings. Altie has converted an old farm dam into an elevated swimming pool and next to it is a thatched lapa for braais and shade under the indigenous Marula tree. There are also two self-catering units with wooden ceilings, tiled floors, cherry-wood blinds and a kitchenette..

One can go white water rafting on the tumultuous river, or hike down the canyon slopes to watch the cormorants and observe and hear the lake's vociferous hippo population, or go on a cruise. Birdspotting expeditions with a local expert in the canyon's higher reaches can be organised. Or, reaching still higher, for truly panoramic views: how about a hot air balloon expedition ? Of course, there are numerous game drives in the Kruger by day and night, you can go horse riding in the bush, or how about a game of golf at the Drakensig golf course ?