South Africa options 19 occasions on Condé Nast Traveler’s Reader’s Selection Awards of the 30 Finest Lodges in Africa for 2020.
That is the 33th annual Readers’ Selection Awards and the primary 12 months that readers needed to vote throughout a time when nobody was travelling.
‘However this 12 months, your vote counts greater than ever. Voting for a resort you’re keen on or an island the place you’ve had the happiest vacation is a strategy to present your appreciation for the locations you possibly can’t wait to get again to,’ the web site reads.

The Saxon Resort, Villas & Spa got here in at quantity 21
‘So the names on this 12 months’s version are those that introduced you consolation, that you simply nonetheless linked with lengthy afterward, that acquired you thru the months with out journey. These are the enduring gems that may face up to the take a look at of time and the vicissitudes of circumstances. So whereas it’s all the time an honor to be on this checklist, on this strangest of years it’s a particular honor, certainly.
‘Many readers have advised us that once we emerge from this pandemic, they need to flip their consideration to the classics, whether or not meaning private favorites or locations they know have introduced pleasure to others. If that sounds such as you, contemplate these lists a jumping-off level for what’s subsequent.’
The primary spot was claimed by the Royal Mansour Marrakech in Marrakech, Morocco.
The lodges that made South Africa proud have been:
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