Reflections Eco Reserve, Garden Route

A 42-hectare Private Nature Reserve situated on the Rondevlei, the last of the Wilderness lakes. Surrounded by the National Park, our spectacular self-catering Chalets and Safari tents offer the ultimate escape into peace, solitude and off-grid comfort.

Self-catering accommodation options at Reflections Eco-Reserve

Accommodation offered in self-catering style in either a timber eco-chalet or luxury tent. Breakfast and dinners can be arranged, with enough notice. Breakfast is a continental platter that we will deliver to your tent and dinner is presented as a braai (barbecue).

Our eco-friendly, off-the-grid accommodation is of high standard.

Luxury self-catering eco-chalets

These 4 luxury self-catering timber eco-chalets are powered by a combination of solar and wind. Because they have ample battery storage we seldom have problems with power outages.

Spacious and airy, each chalet accommodates 4 adults in two bedrooms and 2 children in an upstairs loft room. A large bathroom with bath and shower is complemented by an outside shower and an additional toilet. The outdoor shower is a perfect way to enjoy nature!

There is a large open plan kitchen with dining and sitting areas and a fireplace, which open onto an expansive wrap-around deck with views across the reserve. Each chalet has its own braai (barbecue) area.

Accommodation is all on a self-catering basis, although breakfast and dinners can be arranged, with enough notice. Breakfast is a continental platter that will be deliver to your chalet and dinner is presented as a braai (barbeque).

Luxury self-catering glamping tents

These luxury self-catering glamping tents are perfect for couples looking to immerse themselves in nature. Built on decks with sweeping views across the Rondevlei lake, they are the ultimate in eco-friendly ‘glamping’. Each has wooden floors, an en suite bathroom with a shower that opens onto nature, a comfortable queen size bed, a kitchenette, and a spacious private deck with views of the fynbos and lake and a braai (barbecue) area.

The luxury tents are completely private and powered by their own micro off-grid systems.

Reflections Eco-Reserve is a conservation project –

Rehabilitating the land: –

Reflections Eco-Reserve is one of the biggest conservation projects on the Garden Route. There is an active land rehabilitation programme in place and the indigenous vegetation is already thriving. Each new season produces new plant highlights and furthers our goal of greater plant diversity. The aim is to remove non-native vegetation and try to restore the land, as much as possible, to a wild state. 42-hectares has been cleared and planted in excess of 3 500 trees. The resulting increase in birdlife has been phenomenal and regular sightings of caracal, bushbuck and bush pig are seen.

The Eco-Reserve are completely off the grid. Nature-friendly cleaning products gets used and this encourage recycling and waste separation by guests.

The aim of their reforestation program is to assist nature in returning this land back to its original state while using the processes of nature to off-set our carbon dioxide. Trees assist with the control of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which is influencing climate change, by incorporating it into their structure.

Large areas of the Garden Route have been swamped by invasive alien tree species. In order to assist in combating this the reserve are clearing pine and wattle trees and have begun planting the indigenous trees that used to occur. These are tree species that need very little water to survive as well as providing far more habitat to birds, insects and mammals. To date nearly more than 3,500 trees has been planted on Reflections Eco-Reserve. All trees are sourced from an empowerment program for previously disadvantaged communities. Planting trees benefits animals, humans, our communities and the environment.

Activities for guests at Reflections Eco-Reserve

Nature walks, birding and mountain biking are just three of the activities that are popular with guests staying at Reflections.

Located on the Rondevlei and surrounded by the Garden Route National Park, Reflections Eco-Reserve has access to beaches, forests and mountains, so for visitors to the reserve there are many on-site and off-site activities. These range from beautiful nature walks and incredible birding on the reserve and surrounding area, to snorkeling in the rock pools at nearby Gericke’s Point, mountain biking in the forests and whale watching excursions which take you through The Heads of the Knysna Lagoon and into the ocean beyond.

Birding at Reflections Eco-Reserve and in the Garden Route

Reflections Eco-Reserve is one of the best places for birding in the Garden Route. Keep your binoculars and your bird book handy because the reserve has a wide range of habitats including wetlands, coastal bush and fynbos which are host to many of the 250 species of birds in the Garden Route.

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