Choose Your Retreat
Experience
Luxury Wellness · Animal-Assisted Healing · Nature-Based Restoration
Welcome to Sense Retreat. A tranquil escape hosted at African Lion Lodge, Rust de Winter, just outside Dinokeng and only 45 minutes from Pretoria. This is space to pause, breathe and reconnect.
Unlike our scheduled retreats with fixed dates, this page opens the door to flexible, private bookings. You choose the dates. We create the experience.
Whether you need a single day to reset or a full multi-night stay to restore your energy, each experience is crafted with intention, luxury and deep emotional care.
Choose Your Retreat
Experience
Luxury Wellness · Animal-Assisted Healing · Nature-Based Restoration
Welcome to Sense Retreat. A tranquil escape hosted at African Lion Lodge, Rust de Winter, just outside Dinokeng and only 45 minutes from Pretoria. This is space to pause, breathe and reconnect.
Unlike our scheduled retreats with fixed dates, this page opens the door to flexible, private bookings. You choose the dates. We create the experience.
Whether you need a single day to reset or a full multi-night stay to restore your energy, each experience is crafted with intention, luxury and deep emotional care.
Embark on a restorative journey of physical and mental renewal, where every experience is designed to awaken your senses and restore your wellbeing. Surrounded by the calming beauty of nature, the gentle connection of animal therapy, and the soothing harmony of the natural elements, you'll find space to release stress, regain balance, and renew your energy from within.


Every day brings its own lessons, but for me, true understanding arrived when my imagination was captured by parables.
They triggered an intense, undeniable self-awareness, not just within myself, but deeply reflecting the people I crossed paths with.
To be absolutely clear: I do not “work through” animals. My work is entirely through the Spirit. This specific language was simply given to me as a tool I could understand, a way to shine a light on the exact limiting beliefs holding you back, helping you overcome them, and bringing true healing to your being and your soul.
– Zani van wyk
the tranquility in the morning"