About
Phinda Private Game Reserve, formerly known as Phinda Resource Reserve, is a 170 km² private game reserve situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between the Mkuze Game Reserve and the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park. Formed in 1991, this ethnically named reserve means "return to the wild". Phinda has seven distinct ecosystems with palm savannah and mountain bush to rare sand forest and dense thornveld. == Fauna == Wildlife inhabiting this reserve include African bush elephant, South African giraffe, Burchell's zebra, blue wildebeest, African buffalo, hippopotamus, Southern white rhinoceros, spotted hyena, South African cheetah, African leopard and lion. == Lodges == Forest Lodge - sixteen stilted glass chalets . These chalets are hand built by local Zulu people to minimize impact on the rare Sand Forest. They seem to float between the forest floor and the towering torchwood trees. Mountain Lodge - twenty chalets and conference facilities situated at the top of a lavish bushveld world, with panoramas of the Lebombo Mountains and the Lake St. Lucia coastal plains. SOURCESWikipedia
Wildlife & Birds
Buffalo
3
Cheetah
3
Elephant
3
Giraffe
3
Hippo
0
Hyena
3
Leopard
3
Lion
3
Wildebeest
3
Zebra
3
African swamphen
3
African Green Pigeon
3
Great White Pelican
3
Green-winged Pytilia
3
Giant Kingfisher
3
White Rhino
3
Black Rhino
1
Wild Dog
1