
Gansbaai, South Africa
Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
Set within a 2,500-hectare private reserve on South Africa's southern Cape coast, Grootbos occupies a stretch of ancient milkwood forest and fynbos habitat between Walker Bay and the Atlantic. Recognised in La Liste's Top Hotels for 2026 with a score of 96 points, it operates in the conservation-led luxury tier where the reserve itself is as much the offering as the accommodation above it.




