Lodge

Perched 140m above the plains of the De Hoop Nature Reserve, Falcon Ridge commands stunning views from Cape Infanta to Cape Agulhas … on a clear day you can truly see forever!

The objective has been to design houses that blend into the landscape by using the shapes, colours and textures of the immediate environment.

Roofs draw their colours from the greens of the fynbos, favouring the darker hues and curved in sympathy with the landscape. Roofs are also restricted to a maximum height of 6m and fragmented to reduce the visual impact of the buildings. Wall colours represent the living wood of the shrubs and trees while the decks draw upon the silvery grey of the dead wood.

Stonework is in the style of the dry-packed limestone walls which are the most striking man-made feature of the area.

By carefully positioning each building within the undulating terrain, they will only be visible within a radius of about 500m, quite often much less.

The total development footprint of 2Ha represents less than 1% of the conservation area of this 220Ha portion and 0,1% when considered against the whole of Falcon Ridge. Conservation is clearly the highest priority!

The luxury lodge, nestled within its own valley consists of 10 en-suite bedrooms, five of which are housed in the main building while five are self-contained units, built approximately 5m apart, along the contour, and linked to the lodge by a raised wooden walkway.

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