Thanda Private Game Reserve - Zululand
Thanda Private Game Reserve - Weddings
Are you looking for an intimate and luxurious wedding destination? Do you dream of an unforgettable romantic safari wedding? Exchange your vows at ‘Africa’s most romantic safari destination’; at Thanda you are African royalty.
Celebrate your love at Thanda Private Game Reserve and experience a uniquely African destination wedding.
Wedding Ceremony and reception
Thanda will organise every aspect of your wedding in a professional manner, enabling you to relax and enjoy your special day, as you transform into a true African beauty. A destination bush wedding is an unforgettable and unique experience surrounded by important friends and family members - or perhaps just the two of you and an official.
Have your safari wedding ceremony in a secluded bush location under Acacia trees with plains game watching curiously from a distance, or in a starlit boma at night or on a deck overlooking unspoilt African bush. Let majestic Zulu dancers can usher you down the aisle and dance in celebration as you are announced husband and wife.
An exquisite venue for honeymoons, bush weddings and proposals, each of the luxury bush villas offers guests the epitome of self-contained privacy; each villa has its own private boma, infinity pool and sundeck, private sala as well as indoor and outdoor showers that can be used in the magical African night.
Thanda has three unique venues to host your special day, and later accommodate you and all your guests:
Thanda’s royal private villa is a wonderful location for a safari wedding as it offers complete privacy and exclusivity away from the rest of the lodge. The wedding party will be accommodated in privacy in a self-contained environment. The magnificent manicured lawn of the Royal Suite is a striking setting on which to hold your reception, after a romantic ceremony under Acacia trees.
The royal private villa can accommodate 10 adults and is the epitome of opulence, equipped with a private boma, library, cellar, business room with internet connectivity, games room, heated swimming pool and magnificent viewing deck looking out onto a waterhole often visited by the Big Five.
Thanda’s tented safari camp has a beautiful public deck overlooking dense and beautiful bush. The tented camp is intimate and ideal for a colonial themed wedding.
The accommodation at the tented camp offers five tents (max. 10 adults) each with a four-poster bed for the safari wedding that dreams are made of, as well as a honeymoon tent. Please note: children under the age of 16 are not permitted to stay in the tented camp as it is unfenced.
Thanda’s professional and trained staff will go out of their way to make your wedding day memorable as they are renowned for their attention to detail and extra special service. Thanda is a proud member of The Leading Hotels of the World and will ensure that strict attention to detail and service is met.
Thanda's Wedding Service
Thanda’s many wedding services include: ~royal gala reception venue ~catering ~cake ~décor and table settings ~flowers and candles ~hair and make-up ~spa treatments ~red carpet in the bush ~Zulu dancers ~photographer and videographer ~music/DJ ~wedding ceremony ~ officiate including marriage certificate ~ A bottle of champagne ~ bridal bouquet and groom’s corsage ~wedding cake ~wedding gift ~romantic turn-down ~ head, neck & shoulder massage (bride & groom) ~ non-professional photographer (own camera) ~ wedding coordinator ~professional photographer ~ choir ~ wedding reception meals ~ additional flower arrangements
Ultimate luxury in the heart of untamed Africa…
Thanda’s main lodge has many exceptional areas to host you on the most important day of your life. The lodge will be transformed into the ideal romantic venue for your wedding.
