Most lodges are imaginatively built to blend into their surroundings with style and size varying enormously from lodge to lodge. All are situated to take in the magnificent views across broad flood plains, endless savanna, volcanic craters, life giving rivers and forested mountains. Some are built with the central facilities and rooms in one building, a sort of bush hotel, and others have each room as its own private house. All have en suite bathroom facilities. Some of the best and most interesting incorporate thatch roofs, with stone or wood collected locally, and many have uniquely designed swimming pools. As a rule the smaller lodges are the most exclusive and hence the more expensive.

Although cooked in permanent kitchens, the food in lodges is very similar to our Classic Tented Safaris with lots of imaginatively well prepared fresh locally produced meat and vegetables, fruit and salads. All the lodges and permanent tented camps have a wide selection of imported and local wines, spirits, beers and soft drinks.