KwaZulu-Natal is one of South Africa’s best-known safari destinations, and Villa Thandawena sits right in the middle of it. The 11,700-square-foot house is part of Thanda Safari, a roughly 40,000-acre private game reserve where elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, and buffalo roam and giraffes and zebras can sometimes be spotted right from the home.
The five-bedroom house is the flagship of the Thanda Royal Residences, a small collection of private homes within the reserve, and…

