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Cybele Forest Lodge

Roaming Africa Pty(ltd)
+ 27 (0) 39 975 1466
Email: tanya@roamingafrica.com


White River - Mpumalanga

As you travel into the cool of the forest country, deeper and higher, far into the mountains you will find Cybele forest lodge and spa. Three hundred acres of African paradise, living forest, mountains and meadows.


In the centre, the lodge is a charming old farmhouse with a wide veranda where you can sip sundowners whilst looking out over the magnificent gardens. Let the world slip away as you watch the monkeys cavorting in the giant turpentine trees.


Furnished throughout with antiques, original art and exquisite fabrics, the main house is a most relaxing place to read a book or to browse through one of the many current magazines from all over the world.

Daydream on the veranda, or visit the bar to enjoy a drink or a special cocktail before sampling the lodge's legendary cuisine.


The magic of Cybele emerges as you are shown to your room. Accommodation is limited to 28 guests, ensuring peace and quiet, and personal attention. Each of the suites and cottages has been furnished and decorated to exacting standards. Original art adorns the walls and every whim is catered for, from the well-stocked mini bar in each room - complete with freshly sliced lemon and lime for your gin-and-tonic and ginger for your tea - to the little sheep you'll find on your pillow at night.

All rooms and suites have walled gardens, many with views over the mountains, and six have heated pools for your exclusive use. Other features include separate lounge areas, air conditioning throughout, heated towel rails, satellite television, immaculate bedrooms and bathrooms - many with walled outside showers, under floor heating, and fireplaces ensuring, in winter, you can drift off to sleep with the comforting flicker of an open fire.

Additional facilities in all suites
Private heated swimming pools
Poolside sun beds
Sun umbrella
Whisky and vodka decanters (charged on consumption)
Digital safes (inside cupboards)
Iron and ironing board
Towelling and cotton dressing gowns
Air-conditioned in bedroom and sitting room
2 fireplaces, 2 televisions (except the courtyard suite)


The food at Cybele is supervised by internationally experienced chefs and could be described as classic French combined with traditional English. Naturally, we use only the best and the freshest of ingredients. No expense is spared in the preparation of our food, which has been acclaimed on numerous occasions by guests and journalists from all over the world, as amongst the best on offer in South Africa.

The lodge offers a full buffet breakfast, including seasonal fresh and poached fruits, home-baked muesli, ham, cheeses, home baked scones, croissants, muffins and preserves, freshly squeezed juices followed by a traditional English breakfast, to order, incorporating, for example, dishes such as eggs benedict, kippers, etc.

A five-course table d'hôte dinner menu is presented every evening and you may choose to dine between 7:30pm and 9:00pm. Pre-dinner snacks are served from 7:00pm till 8:45pm in the main house. The dinner menu offers diners a well-selected choice of starters, main courses, side dishes, desserts and cheeses to satisfy all palates. Lunch is a là carte, served either in the gardens under the trees, in the dining room or in the privacy of your room.


The spa in the forest provides a natural wellspring of health and peace, offering a wide range of treatments and therapies designed to rejuvenate the body and restore the soul. Dramatically increased in size, facilities now include several massage and beauty therapy rooms, including a new double treatment room enabling you to share your special experience.

There are two hydrotherapy baths - one hewn from natural granite and situated in its own private courtyard, a steam room and spacious showers with multiple high-pressure jets. For your total well-being, come and experience one of our special health break packages which include a tailor-made low fat, high nutrient diet programme. And if you like, bring your partner or a friend who can happily enjoy the typical cuisine on offer whilst you gently detox, de-stress and relax in the most perfect surroundings imaginable.
At Cybele there is as much or as little to do as you'd like, with relaxation being our guests' top priority.

Activities include:

Walks
Horse-riding
Gymnasium
Shopping
Swimming pool
Birdwatching

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Roaming Africa Pty(ltd)
+ 27 (0) 39 975 1466
Email: tanya@roamingafrica.com

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