Lodge · Garden Route
Grootbos Forest Lodge
Grootbos Forest Lodge, is a luxurious eco-lodge renowned for its commitment to sustainability and conservation. The lodge offers a unique experience where comfort and natural beauty seamlessly blend, providing guests with an immersive retreat into one of the world's most biodiverse environments. Grootbos is celebrated for its array of nature-based activities. Guests can enjoy botanical safaris, guided nature walks through the ancient Milkwood forests, horseback riding, bird watching, and whale watching excursions in season.
From R 16 500 per person sharing, per night
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About the lodge
An overview of Grootbos Forest Lodge.
Grootbos Forest Lodge, is a luxurious eco-lodge renowned for its commitment to sustainability and conservation. The lodge offers a unique experience where comfort and natural beauty seamlessly blend, providing guests with an immersive retreat into one of the world's most biodiverse environments. Grootbos is celebrated for its array of nature-based activities. Guests can enjoy botanical safaris, guided nature walks through the ancient Milkwood forests, horseback riding, bird watching, and whale watching excursions in season.
Highlights
- Exceptional Culinary Experience
- Whale Watching
- Spa and Wellness
- Private Nature Reserve
- Educational Experiences
You Should Know
This lodge accepts children from the age of 12 years old.
Notes:
- The adult sharing rate applies to a child (12–16 years) sharing with a single adult.
- Should three children (12–16) share one suite, the adult sharing rate applies to the first two children.
The Details
The suite features a spacious bedroom with an en-suite bathroom (including a bath, toilet, and shower), a separate lounge with tea and coffee-making facilities, a minibar, a cozy fireplace, a Smart TV for in-room entertainment, a room safe, and air conditioning.
The spacious suites open out onto a private outside deck with outdoor showers overlooking Walker Bay.
Price Includes
- Welcome drink served upon arrival
- Water, soft drinks, tea, and coffee, minibar
- All meals
- Horse riding for both novice and experienced riders through the reserve
- Daily activities
- Coastal drive with seasonal land-based whale watching (particularly during July to December)
- Beach picnics
- Transfers to/from all included activities
You pay the lodge's rate, never a markup.
The same as booking direct
Rates and dates.
Per person sharing, per night. Final pricing depends on dates, room category and party size.
Valid until 10 Jan 2027
Price your stay
Peak / migration
16 Jul 2026 – 15 Dec 2026
Full Board — Accommodation, welcome drink, all meals (breakfast, light lunch & à la carte dinner), water, soft drinks, tea & coffee, minibar, and a selection of guided and self-guided nature, wildlife, coastal and family-friendly activities, including transfers to included activities.
R 16 500
per person · night
≈ R 99 000 for 2 guests · 3 nights
Festive
16 Dec 2026 – 10 Jan 2027
Full Board — Accommodation, welcome drink, all meals (breakfast, light lunch & à la carte dinner), water, soft drinks, tea & coffee, minibar, and a selection of guided and self-guided nature, wildlife, coastal and family-friendly activities, including transfers to included activities.
R 17 500
per person · night
≈ R 105 000 for 2 guests · 3 nights
Rates are per person sharing, per night. A single supplement may apply for solo travellers. We offer a price match guarantee, just ask your safari specialist.
Family policies
Travelling with children.
What our safari specialists know about bringing children to Grootbos Forest Lodge, current as of May 2026. They plan family trips here all the time, so anything below that needs arranging, they will sort. For the bigger picture, see our guide to safari with children .
- Minimum ages
- Stay 12+ · Game drives 12+ · Walking safari 12+
- Child rates
- Children 12+ only at Forest Lodge. Children 12–16 on sleeper couch in lounge pay child rate. Max 2 children on sleeper couch. Children of any age in their own bedroom pay full adult rate. Adult-sharing rate applies when a 12–16-year-old shares with a single adult; if three children share one suite, adult-sharing rate applies to the first two.
- Family rooms
- No dedicated family unit.
- Care
- Kids' programme · Babysitting available
- Exceptions
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Forest Lodge itself accepts children from age 12 only — younger children must instead stay at the sister property Garden Lodge, which accepts all ages and houses the Explorer Programme (from age 4) and childminders. There is no family suite at Forest Lodge (Two-Bedroom Family Suites exist at Garden Lodge only). Children under 12 visiting the reserve are limited to guided pony rides rather than horse riding; horse-riding weight limit is 90 kg / 198 lbs.
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Your specialist for this lodge
Safari Specialist - Southern Africa
Knows Grootbos Forest Lodge backwards. Your direct contact from first enquiry to the day you come home.
With Sara across the team.
"Leigh-Ann was outstanding and very helpful in putting an itinerary together not just for a Safari but including internal flights and accommodation in Cape Town and all along the Garden Route. Would highly recommend using Safari.com for your South Africa trips especially if it is your first trip."
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