- Winner of the world’s leading luxury lodge award at the Grand Final of the World Travel Awards 2009
- Winner of “Africa’s Leading Luxury Lodge” and “South Africa’s Leading Safari Lodge” in the 2009 World Travel Awards
- Winner of “Africa’s Leading Luxury Lodge” and “South Africa”s Leading Safari Lodge” at the 2008 World Travel Awards
- Winner of Africa’s Leading Luxury Lodge in the 2007 World Travel Awards
- Winner of “luxury individual hotel, lodge or resort offering best overall product and service” in the Selling Long Haul Awards for 2007.
- Winner of the Chairman’s Award at the 2007 Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism
- Winner of the Leading Safari in South Africa category in the 2006 World Travel Awards
- Winner of the Safari Spa category in 2006 Les Nouvelles Esthetiques spa awards
- Winner in the Best Social Involvement Programme category in the 2006 Imvelo Awards for Responsible Tourism
- Winner of the Best of SA in the Lodge Spa category by House and Leisure/Visa 2006
- Luxury Travel Awards winner “One of the World’s Best New Hotels 2005” – Luxury Travel Magazine
- Third place in the 2006 Qb awards in the hospitality category (awards held for interior design)
- Nominated for 2006 First Choice Responsible Tourism Awards in the Best for Poverty Reduction category
- Finalist in the 2006 CIMTIG Travel Advertising Award for the Thanda brochure
- Top 10 spa voted by Marie Claire 2005
- The “best find” at ILTM in Cannes 2004 by French Elle Decoration magazine
- Selected as inbound industry champion in Now Media’s travel & tourism industry awards for responsible tourism 2006
- Only private game reserve in the world to be a member of The Leading Small Hotels of the World
- First private game reserve in KZN to introduce a breeding pack of the endangered wild dog.
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