Matobo Hills Lodge

Welcome to Matobo Hills Lodge The lodge is situated within a private nature reserve bordering the Matobo National Park and is surrounded by some of the most spectacular granite scenery in the world. The Matobo Hills are renowned not only for their beauty and abundant flora and fauna but also for their unique historical, cultural and spiritual significance. The granites of Matobo were formed over three thousand million years ago and have been carved by the erosive forces of nature into a remarkable gallery of sculptured rock covering several thousand square kilometres. In general terms two types of granite hills occur in Matobo. The chaotic jumbles of rocks and balancing boulders or castle kopjies have been created by erosion working along the horizontal and vertical lines of weakness that formed as the ancient granites cooled. The northern section of the hills is a national park and its wooded gorges and open valleys are home to a wide range of wildlife species inc...