INTOSOL Holdings Plc announced that is has completed the purchase of the Leadwood Safari Lodge site (the ‘Safari Lodge’) in the Leadwood Big Game Estate in South Africa, one of the premier locations globally to see the Big Five in the wild. The Safari Lodge, which is anticipated to open in fourth quarter 2019, will be included in the Company’s ‘SOUL Private Collection’, INTOSOL’s portfolio of owned and managed boutique hotel properties. The Safari Lodge encompasses four-hectares which will house up to fifteen high-end safari chalets within beautiful bushland in close proximity to a game attracting large water hole and views across the Blyde River Canyon Mountains. It is situated between the Kruger National Park and the Blyde River Canon, both renowned for their outstanding natural beauty and the diversity of the wildlife. Equally, the Safari Lodge has excellent access, being a 20-minute drive from Hoedspruit Airport HDS, which has links to locations where INTOSOL’s other properties are located, including Ocean’s Wilderness, its nine-bedroom boutique hotel in the Garden Route. This ZAR 9 million purchase is consistent with the Company’s strategy of building a property portfolio of boutique hotels, which facilitate increased margins and provide asset backing to the business, in tandem with providing personalised travel design to its growing client base, which currently stands at c.15,000.