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Wamukelekile to our secret valley

Amid the lush backdrop of KwaZulu-Natal’s picturesque terrain, you’ll find iNsingizi Lodge & Spa tucked away in a beautiful secret valley. Nestled in the rolling hills of Eston/Mid-Illovo, iNsingizi Lodge & Spa offers an unrivalled African bush experience within a 100km radius of Durban, with something to offer even the most jaded urban-dweller — an invigorating retreat, a romantic getaway, or an adrenaline filled adventure. From the moment you drive up our signature “red brick road” to the main lodge, feel your stresses and strains melt away as you enter the heart of Africa.

 

Mid Illovo, KwaZulu-Natal    |    (+27) (0)83 414 1932    |    hello@insingizi.co.za

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The Ultimate african wellness spa experience…

Enjoy a heavenly breakaway at our wellness spa, with a variety of rejuvenating and indulgent spa treatments.

Choose your treatments…

Your wedding “Out of Africa”

Let us make your dream wedding come true at
our charming country wedding venue,
set amidst the beauty of the African bushveld.

Plan your wedding with iNsingizi …

World-class adventure running & mountain bike trails…

You haven’t ridden or run KwaZulu-Natal… until you’ve ridden iNsingizi’s trails.

Trails at iNsingizi…

Inspired by nature, stay in one of our beautifully appointed en-suite chalets

iNsingizi Lodge & Spa brings nature literally to the doorstep of your room, providing fully-catered accommodation.

Book your stay at iNsingizi…

So much to do at iNsingizi!

Not only have we kept boredom at bay at iNsingizi Lodge & Spa, we’ve banished it altogether.

Eat . Play . Relax

Choose your experience …

Decadent treats in the great African outdoors
with high tea at iNsingizi

Lovingly prepared by our chef, high tea at iNsingizi is perfect for any event or function.

View our High Tea Menu…

Corporate wellness…health is your wealth

From outdoor conferencing to wellness retreats and think tanks, iNsingizi is where the best ideas and  brainstorms are born.

Plan your corporate wellness with iNsingizi …

Year end functions with a difference at iNsingizi

Join us for a festive year end function with a difference in a beautiful, tranquil setting with friends, family or colleagues.

View our year end function packages…

Wellness Specials

Pick between one of the following options:


February, March, April & May 2022

Power up with therapy in every sense of the word…

– Amandla Ukuhwalala Ikhaya R 2000 per person- Save R1000 pp

June, July, August & September 2022

Journey through our spa with a full days’ worth of pampering and spoils.

– Uhambo Ikhaya  R3600 per person –  Save R700pp

October, November, December 2022 & January 2023

Journey through our spa with a full days’ worth of pampering and spoils.

– Amandla Usuku Ikhaya R2800 per person – Save R500pp

Terms & Conditions Apply.
Only valid mid-week, excluding Public Holidays, beverages NOT included, subject to availabilty.

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Staying safe together

We would like our valued customers to know that we are taking all the necessary precautions to ensure your safety and wellbeing during your stay with us at iNsingizi.

It goes without saying that at iNsingizi hygiene has always been our number one priority. However, to ensure that our clients, our staff and our families are doubly protected during this time, we have additional hygiene measures in place.

Rigorous sanitization • Training and education • Screening

Fishing at iNsingizi

Take the bait on iNsingizi’s four well-stocked dams

  • Largemouth bass (M. salmoides)
  • Florida black bass (Micropterus salmoides)
  • Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

Fishing at any of our 4 dams is booked for iNsingizi guests only.
We do not provide or rent fishing equipment, so please bring your own rod and bait.

Wildlife at iNsingizi

We have 17 recorded animal species at iNsingizi Lodge & Spa

Set in 350 hectares of unspoilt African bushveld, 831m above sea level, iNsingizi Lodge & Spa boasts a rich biodiversity within a compact area, enabling guests to view diverse game and birdlife at close quarters.

Up to 17 recorded animal species call iNsingizi home, amid varied topography and ecosystems/vegetation zones, ranging from cliff escarpments and flat plains to deep krantzes and ravines; and grasslands and scrub through to dense bush and woody glens.

  • Porcupines
  • Banded mongoose
  • Large grey mongoose
  • Deer
  • Antelope
  • Reedbuck
  • Kudu
  • Nyala
  • Eland
  • Bushbuck
  • Grey duiker
  • Blue duiker
  • Impala
  • Zebra
  • Blue wildebeest
  • Serval
  • Caracal
  • Jackal
  • Genet

Bird species at iNsingizi

Apalis
Bar-throated apalis Yellow-breasted apalis		Barbet
Black-collared barbet Red-fronted Tinkerbird Crested barbet		Batis
Cape batis Chin spot batis		Bee-Eaters
Little bee-eater
Bishop
Southern red bishop		Boubou
Southern boubou		Bulbul
Dark-capped bulbul Sombre greenbul Terrestrial brownbul Yellow-Bellied greenbul		Bunting
Golden-Breasted bunting
Bush Shrike
Grey-Headed bush shrike Orange-breasted bush shrike		Buzzard
Forest buzzard Jackal buzzard Steppe buzzard		Camaroptera
Green-backed camaroptera		Canary
Brimstone canary Cape canary Forest canary Streaky-headed canary Yellow-fronted canary
Cape White-EyeChats
African stone chat Mocking Cliff chat		Cisticola
Levaillants cisticola Neddicky Rattling cisticola Zitting cisticola		Cormorants
African darter Reed cormorant White breasted cormorant
Coucal Burchell’s coucalCranes
Grey-crowned (crested) crane		Cuckoo
Black cuckoo Common cuckoo Diederik cuckoo Jacobin cuckoo Klaas’s cuckoo Red-chested cuckoo		Cuckooshrike
Black cuckooshrike Grey cuckooshrike
Doves
Laughing dove Lemon dove Namaqua dove Red-eyed dove Tambourine dove		Dove & Pigeon
Ring-necked dove Emerald-spotted wood dove		Drongo
Fork-tailed drongo		Duck & Geese
African black duck White-faced whistling duck White-backed duck Yellow-billed duck Egyptian goose Spur-winged goose
Eagles
African crowned eagle African fish eagle Long-crested eagle Martial eagle		Eastern NicatorEgret
Western Cattle egret Great egret Little egret		Falcon
Lanner falcon Peregrine falcon
Firefinch
African firefinch Red-billed firefinch		Flufftail
Buff-Spotted flufftail Red-chested Flufftail		Flycatchers
African dusky-flycatcher African paradise-flycatcher Ashy flycatcher Blue-mantled crested-flycatcher Southern black-flycatcher		Francolin & Spurfowl
Coqui francolin Natal spurfowl Shelley’s francolin Swainson’s spurfowl Red-necked Spurfowl
Grebe
Little grebe		Guineafowl
Helmeted guineafowl		Harrier
African marsh-harrier		Hawks
African goshawk African Harrier-hawk Black sparrowhawk Little sparrowhawk
Heron
Black-headed heron Striated heron Grey heron Purple heron Hamerkop		Hoopoe
African hoopoe Common scimitar bill Green wood-hoopoe		Hornbill
Crowned hornbill Southern ground-hornbill		Indigobird
Dusky indigobird Village indigobird
Kestrels
Rock kestrel		Kingfisher
African pygmy-kingfisher Brown-hooded kingfisher Giant kingfisher Malachite kingfisher Pied kingfisher		Kites
Black-winged kite Yellow-billed kite		Lapwing
African wattled lapwing Blacksmith lapwing Crowned lapwing Black-winged lapwing
Longclaw
Yellow-throated longclaw		Mannikin
Bronze mannikin Red-Backed mannikin		Martin
Brown-throated martin Sand martin Rock Martin		Mousebird
Red-Faced mousebird Speckled mousebird
Narina TrogonNightjar
Fiery-necked nightjar		Oriole
Black-headed oriole		Ostrich
Common ostrich
Owl
Cape eagle-owl Spotted eagle owl		Pigeon
African-green pigeon African-olive pigeon Speckled pigeon		Pipit
African pipit Striped pipit Plain-backed pipit		Plover
Three-banded plover
Prinia
Tawny-flanked Prinia		Puffback
Black-Backed puffback		Quail
Common quail Kurrichane button quail		Robin Chats
Cape robin chat Red-capped robin chat White-browed scrub robin
Roller
European roller		Sparrow
Cape sparrow House sparrow Southern grey-headed sparrow Yellow-throated Bush sparrow		Spotted Thick-Knee (DikkopStarling
Black-Bellied starling Cape starling Common myna (Indian myna) Red-winged starling Violet-backed starling Wattled starling
Stork
African openbill African spoonbill White stork Woolly-necked stork		Sunbirds
Amethyst sunbird Collared sunbird Greater doubled collared sunbird Malachite sunbird Olive sunbird Scarlet-chest sunbird Southern doubled collared sunbird White-Bellied sunbird		Swallow
Barn swallow Lesser-striped swallow White-throated swallow Wire-tailed swallow		Swift
African-palm swift Common swift Little swift
Thrush
Cape rock thrush Kurrichane thrush Olive thrush		Tit
South black tit		Tshagra
Black-crowned Tchagra		Turaco
Knysna turaco Purple-crested turaco
Wagtail
African pied wagtail Cape wagtail		Warbler
African Yellow warbler Little rush-warbler Willow warbler Cape Grassbird Yellow-throated woodland warbler Barratt's warbler		Water Birds
African jacana African purple swamphen Black crake Common moorhen Red-Knobbed coot		Waxbill
Blue waxbill Common waxbill Grey waxbill Swee waxbill
Weavers
Cape weaver Dark-backed weaver Spectacled weaver Thick-billed weaver Eastern Golden weaver		Widowbird
Red-collared widowbird White-winged widowbird Pintailed whydah Fan-tailed widowbird		Woodpeckers
Cardinal woodpecker Golden-tailed woodpecker Olive woodpecker Red-throated wryneck

Year end functions at iNsingizi

Option A
R320 pp

Welcome drink on arrival
2 course braai

(Minimum 6 guests)		Option B
R450 pp

Welcome drink on arrival with canapes
3 course meal

(Minimum 6 guests)		Option C
R780 pp

Welcome drink on arrival
45 min massage
Charcuterie board
2 course meal

(minimum 4 guests)
** Please contact us for menu options
** 2021 rates
** T & Cs Apply
** Subject to availability
** Additional beverages not included
** Booking essential

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Eat at iNsingizi

Breakfast
Amandla Breakfast
R130pp		Lunch
Picnic Lunch (custom make your picnic)
R500 per couple  

Light Lunch (2 course)
R125.00pp  

Pub Grub (2 course)
R200.00pp		Dinner
Uhambo Dinner (3 Course)
R270pp

2022 Wedding Elopement Packages

OPTION AOPTION BOPTION COPTION D OPTION E
Bridal couple onlyBridal couple & 2 guestsBridal couple & 6 guestsBridal couple & 14 guests Bridal couple & 18 guests
1 bottle JC Le Roux1 bottle JC Le Roux3 bottles JC Le Roux5 bottles JC Le Roux 7 bottles JC Le Roux
MidweekR3 500R4 500R6 000R9 000 R12 000
Weekend / Public HolidayR4 500R5 500R7 000R10 000 R13 000

All the elopment package options include the following:

  • Bridal Suite (2 pax) – Bed & Breakfast : use to get ready & for the evening
  • 3-course menu (Canapes, Main Course & Dessert) – 3 options provided. – We are happy to work within dietary requirements (Vegan, Vegetarian etc)
  • Jc Le Roux (Number depends on option selected)
  • Guests – NO accommodation
  • Flowers for registration table
  • Use of inhouse décor & facilities
  • Non-exclusive use of venue (Ceremony venue will be private for a 30min period)
  • Tea/Coffee/Juice
  • Use of music system (Depending on venue)

Extra Costs

  • Spa
  • Extra accommodation
  • Different menu options other than the 3 that are part of the packages
  • Additional flowers, décor, candles etc
  • Bar
  • Exclusivity of venue
  • Vendors (Make up, Hair, photographer, DJ, Marriage Officer etc

BOOK YOUR WEDDING DATE AT INSINGIZI LODGE & SPA

Bush Chalet

Rates
Bed & Breakfast: R1000 per person
Dinner Bed & Breakfast: R1300 per person
Fullboard: R1500 per person

** Plus R200 surcharge for single person occupancy		Amenities
Bathroom Amenities
Shower only
Single Vanity
Ceiling Fan
Heater
Hair Dryer
Coffee/Tea Station
Veranda
Electric Blankets
2 x Single & 1 x King or 4 x Single

Treehouse

Rates
Bed & Breakfast: R1000 per person
Dinner Bed & Breakfast: R1300 per person
Fullboard: R1500 per person

** Plus R200 surcharge for single person occupancy		Amenities
Bathroom Amenities
Double Shower only
Single Vanity
Ceiling Fan
Heater
Hair Dryer
Coffee/Tea Station
Veranda
Electric Blankets
1 x King or 2 x Single

Figtree Suite

Rates
Bed & Breakfast: R1250 per person
Dinner Bed & Breakfast: R1500 per person
Fullboard: R1700 per person
** Plus R200 surcharge for single person occupancy		Amenities
Bathroom Amenities
Double Shower
Bath
Outdoor Shower
Double Vanity
Air-conditioner/Heater Unit
Hair Dryer
Coffee/Tea Station
Veranda
Electric Blankets
1 x King or 2 x Single

Hilltop Suites

Rates
Bed & Breakfast: R1250 per person
Dinner Bed & Breakfast: R1500 per person
Fullboard: R1700 per person
** Plus R200 surcharge for single person occupancy		Amenities
Bathroom Amenities
Double Shower
Bath
Outdoor Shower
Double Vanity
Air-conditioner/Heater Unit
Hair Dryer
Coffee/Tea Station
Veranda
Electric Blankets
1 x King or 2 x Single

Stirling Guest House

Rates
1-8 pax: R425 per person
9-16 pax: R400 per person

Forest Chalet

Rates
Bed & Breakfast: R1000 per person
Dinner Bed & Breakfast: R1300 per person
Fullboard: R1500 per person

** Plus R200 surcharge for single person occupancy		Amenities
Bathroom amenities
Ceiling fan
Coffee/Tea maker
Hairdryer
Balcony
Shower only
Electric blankets
2 x Single & 1 x King or 4 x Single

Injabulo Mini Day Spa Packages

Let us add a little joy and happiness to your day. Whether you joining us for the day or trying to keep yourself busy while the family are on the trails, these options are for you:

R1300 per person
Enjoy 90 minutes of pampering and a 2-course lunch.

Ubuntu Facials

  • Lulu & Marula Purifying Facial 45min

Detox your skin to restore its natural balance, using fruit enzymes and sugar cane extract to speed up healing.

  • Lulu & Marula Nourishing Facial 45min

Replenish dull, tired and dehydrated skin with this nutrient rich facial. Using Marula oil full of antioxidants and omega to regenerate the skin.

Ngyibonga Massages

Body

  • Stress Relief Full Body Massage 45min

Healing hands massage the whole body for an overall stress relief.

  • De-Stress Back, Neck & Scalp massage 45min

A Massage designed to relieve all these tension areas.

Options ... add hot river stones to the above massage treatments

  • Full Body Salt Glow 45min

A full body scrub to detox and refresh tired skin.

Hands & Feet

  • Foot & Leg Treatment 45min

A soak, scrub and heavenly massage.

  • Hand & Arm Treatment 45min

A scrub and massage to nourish and relax dry hardworking hands.

Aromatherapy Body Cocoon 90min

Choose from soothing, energizing or calming aromatherapy blends to use to perform this full body salt and sugar scrub, body cocoon and aromatherapy oils rub.

iNsingizi Signature Treatment 90min

An all in one experience to hi-light all that is natural and healing at iNsingizi.
Foot  and back scrub, nourish and massage, hot stones, as well as a mini facial.

Injabulo Mini Day Spa Packages

Let us add a little joy and happiness to your day. Whether you joining us for the day or trying to keep yourself busy while the family are on the trails, these options are for you.

R770 per person
Enjoy a 45 minute massage and a 2-course lunch.

Ubuntu Facials

  • Lulu & Marula Purifying Facial 45min

Detox your skin to restore its natural balance, using fruit enzymes and sugar cane extract to speed up healing.

  • Lulu & Marula Nourishing Facial 45min

Replenish dull, tired and dehydrated skin with this nutrient rich facial. Using Marula oil full of antioxidants and omega to regenerate the skin.

Ngyibonga Massages

Body

  • Stress Relief Full Body Massage 45min

Healing hands massage the whole body for an overall stress relief.

  • De-Stress Back, Neck & Scalp massage 45min

A Massage designed to relieve all these tension areas.

Options ... add Hot river stones to the above massage treatments

  • Full Body Salt Glow 45min

A full body scrub to detox and refresh tired skin.

Hands & Feet

  • Foot & Leg Treatment 45min

A soak, scrub and heavenly massage.

  • Hand & Arm Treatment 45min

A scrub and massage to nourish and relax dry hardworking hands.

Umama Day Spa Package

Using products formulated specifically to treat Moms to be & keep baby safe.
Enjoy the relief for your tired legs as well as the back, neck & scalp massage in our comfortable massage chairs to keep you & baby comfy at all times. This includes a light lunch, 90 minutes of pampering as well as limited beverages.

R1000.00

Amandla Day Spa Package

Power, pause and reset…This quick fix spa package will leave you feeling empowered & rejuvenated.
With our one of a kind iNsingizi Signature treatment which includes attention to back, feet and face, as well as our Hand & Arm treatment. Your whole body will feel new. This includes a light lunch, 135 minutes of pampering as well as limited beverages.

R2000

Uhambo Day Spa Package

Journey through our spa with a full days' worth of pampering and spoils.
The package begins with a light breakfast as you choose the aroma spa journey for your needs. Fulfill the senses with our Body Cocoons, Lulu & Marula facial and much more… This includes a light breakfast & lunch, 270 minutes of
pampering as well as limited beverages.

R3000

Uhambo ikhaya Overnight Package

Journey to our home for a night away from the hustle & bustle to fully appreciate the full day spa journey with hours worth of pampering. Start your day with a health breakfast followed by 270 minutes of pampering, a delicious lunch, limited beverages, 3-course dinner, restful nights sleep and of course top it off with a full English Breakfast before departure.

R4300

Usuku Overnight Package

iNsingizi Signature Treatment 90min

Enjoy a relaxed lunch followed by 135 minutes of pampering, limited beverages and finish off with a 3-course dinner, a restful night's sleep and a delicious breakfast before departure.

R3300

Ukuhwalala Overnight Package

Enjoy the evening twilight with this spa package. Begin your evening with 90 minutes of pampering, limited beverages, a 3-course dinner before retiring to your room to finish off with a 45 minute treatment, restful night's sleep and a delicious breakfast before departure.

R3000

iNsingizi high tea menu options

  • Mini Cheese Cakes (1pp)
  • Brownies - we are famous for these delicious treats
  • Mini Pavlovas - filled with cream and seasonal fruit
  • Milk Tart
  • Lemon Meringue
  • Scones - no High Tea is complete without these!
  • Cupcakes various flavours and toppings
  • Lamingtons
  • Lemon cake
  • Almond tart
  • Sandwiches - a variety of fillings and breads
  • Sausage rolls (3pp)
  • Cheese puffs (3pp)
  • Bruschetta with toppings (2pp)
  • Chicken wings (3pp)
  • Samoosa (2pp)
  • Mini quiche - let us know your favorite
  • Mini Potato Rosti topped with cream cheese & smoked salmon
  • Cocktail sausages and mustard dip (3pp)

To make things simpler we have a couple of options for you to choose from.

The prices below also include tea, coffee and a glass of bubbly/orange juice on arrival.

Choose 8 from the list at R140pp

Choose 6 from the list at R110pp

Choose 4 from the list at R80pp

Minimum of 6 people, Booking essential.

Book high tea at iNsingizi now