Club Med Opens South Africa Beach and Safari Resort

Key points

• On September 17, Club Med South Africa Beach and Safari Resort officially opened in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with more than 200 guests attending.
• The resort represents investment of over 2 billion rand and is South Africa's first all-inclusive resort and the group's first dual beach-and-safari property.
• It has more than 480 rooms, including over 400 at the beach resort and more than 70 at Vikela Safari Lodge.
• Vikela Safari Lodge sits within an 18,000-hectare private reserve where guests can experience high-end Big Five safaris.
• The property is about 30 minutes from King Shaka International Airport and 45 minutes from Durban.
• Construction created over 2,300 direct and indirect jobs and 600 permanent positions; 84% of beach resort staff are South African and the Vikela Safari Lodge team is 100% local.
• Club Med Lifestyle Group operates 69 resorts across more than 40 countries on six continents and targets 85 by 2030.
• New projects in 2026 include the April opening of Club Med Hangzhou Longwu and the August groundbreaking for Club Med Exclusive Collection Koh Samui, with a new village in Kota Kinabalu due by year-end.