• Fantastic For Kids - with the owner previously being a pre-school teacher, the colourful lodge is a haven for kids with its little jars of sweets, interactive kitchen and many other fun elements.

• Massive Family Rooms - the huge rooms have fold-down couches, which, even when folded down, still provide plenty of space around them.

• Safe - situated in a malaria free area.

An absolute paradise for kids, this innovative, stylish and intimate lodge embodies a 'funk-meets-futuristic-farmhouse' ambience. Kwandwe Ecca Lodge definitely loves kids.

Overlooking rolling spekboom valleys, main guest areas include a spacious sitting room, dining room and bar area, interactive kitchen, sparkling rim-flow lap pool and interpretive centre. Even though it is not fenced in, there is still a certain element of safety at this colourful and fantastic place.

The 'fun member' of the Kwandwe family, Ecca Lodge is constructed of stone gabion walls and corrugated iron. Nestled in a gently sloping, densely vegetated hillside, the lodge is airy and open with barely a barrier between indoors and the African bushveld.

Kwandwe Private Game Reserve lies in the heart of South Africa's malaria-free Eastern Cape near Grahamstown, and is a natural conclusion to a journey along the world-famous Garden Route. A victory for far-sighted conservation, 20 000 hectares (49 000 acres) of farmland in the Great Fish River region were restored and restocked with African wildlife. Today, thousands of animals including lion, black and white rhino, buffalo and elephant roam this diverse and fascinating reserve.

Kwandwe aptly means 'Place of the Blue Crane' in Xhosa (South Africa's highly endangered national bird) and is home to a population of these rare birds. Kwandwe's reception building is a Frontier War-era fortified homestead, and the reserve boasts its own intimate chapel.

Kwandwe Ecca Lodge is located in Kwandwe Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape along a 30 kilometre stretch of the Great Fish River.

• South Africa Self Drive Safari
• Malaria free safaris

• Swimming Pool

Kwandwe Ecca Lodge features just 6 intimate suites, each with an en suite bathroom with shower, bath, w.c and twin hand-basins, as well as a sitting area which can comfortably convert into accommodation for children 11 years and younger.

• Select Currency: EURGBPZARUSD †
• 1 October 2008 - 31 December 2008
  
  From € 456 £ 363 R 5740 $ 707 per person sharing
• 1 January 2009 - 6 January 2009
  
  From € 524 £ 418 R 6605 $ 814 per person sharing
• 7 January 2009 - 31 January 2009
  
  From € 279 £ 222 R 3520 $ 434 per person sharing
• 1 February 2009 - 14 April 2009
  
  From € 524 £ 418 R 6605 $ 814 per person sharing
• 15 April 2009 - 30 September 2009
  
  From € 279 £ 222 R 3520 $ 434 per person sharing
• 1 October 2009 - 31 December 2009
  
  From € 524 £ 418 R 6605 $ 814 per person sharing

† All prices are accurate but you may find that the final rates in your quotation vary slightly due to room type, seasonality and currency conversion.