Guests of the Homestead at Phinda Private Game Reserve, which opened on August 1, will feel at home in the wild. The new contemporary-style four-suite villa in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, welcomes only a single party of no more than eight guests at a time, so families or small groups can return from a safari on Phinda’s 56,800 acres to comfort and solitude. (The property’s staff includes a private ranger, tracker, butler, and chef.) All the beds are positioned so that guests can wake to morning vistas of the bushveld, and the villa’s floor-to-ceiling windows, observation decks, and courtyards assure views of the landscape from virtually every vantage. Game drives on the Phinda reserve, which Homestead guests may schedule any time of the day or night, promise glimpses of cheetahs, rhinos, and other wildlife; less adventurous days can be spent lazing beside the infinity pool.
$3,090 to $6,060 per night; 888.882.3742, www.andbeyondafrica.com
