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Earthy Luxury in a Dutch Afrikkaans Bush Escape

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INK Design Lab created this glamourous neo-primitive resort in South Africa’s northernmost province of Limpopo.

The exterior manages to hint of both an immigrant Dutch ancestry and an indigenous African design vernacular.

Set in 12,000 acres of wilderness, the intriguing boutique hotel houses up to 26 visitors at a time.

Every detail is earthy and primitive, yet with an air of comfort and luxurious welcome.

Curves easily define all of the spaces, public and private, without strain.

The most surprising example: a well appointed library.

Perhaps because each guest room is centered on a fabulous oval or circular soaking tub, all the curved spaces never seem strained or at odds with the furniture.

Comfort and serenity imbue a soak in the contemporary bathtub in the glorious natural setting.

Intricately carved double doors (with more circular designs carved into them!) lead to a completely circular free standing soaking tub in this circular room.

In another, a richly polished mahogany floor and earthy plaster walls play against a refreshing contemporary oval bathrub.

After a day exploring the Savannah, how magical would be the comfort and charm of this earthy retreat.

The sheer romance of a canopy bed with gauzy white curtains would offer refuge and repair to pamper battered senses.

You’d even return to a roaring fire that perfectly offsets the dreamy canopy bed in the distant African bushlands.

A study in contrasts.