Winner of “Africa’s leading Luxury Game Reserve” at the 2012 World Travel Awards.
Winner of Africa's Leading Luxury Villa at the 2011 World Travel Awards
Winner of the World's Leading Luxury Lodge award at the Grand Final of the World Travel Awards 2010
Winner of South Africa's Leading Luxury Villa andAfrica's Leading Luxury Villa at the 2010 World Travel Awards
Winner of theWorld'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 Africas 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
Thebest 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