Case file — PRJ-004
Umbhaba Eco Lodge.
An eco lodge near Kruger National Park that needed its website to feel like the place: warm, calm and easy to book.
The brief
An eco lodge minutes from the Kruger gate, with three room grades — standard garden, deluxe garden and deluxe lakeside — plus dining, guided experiences and a genuine sustainability story. Lodge websites usually fail in one of two ways: they bury the rooms behind atmosphere, or they lead with a booking widget and no reason to book.
The build
We let the lodge’s own photography carry the atmosphere and put the room grades one level from the homepage, each priced and described in its own right. Booking stays reachable on a phone throughout the scroll rather than only at the top. Sustainability gets its own section instead of a line in a footer, because for this guest it is a reason to choose, not a disclaimer.
Scope of work
- S-01WEBSITE DESIGN
The lodge’s own light and material palette, composed around their photography rather than a template’s.
- S-02DEVELOPMENT
WordPress build with room grades, dining and experiences maintained by the lodge team.
- S-03BOOKING PATH
A persistent booking route that stays in reach on a phone through the whole page.
- S-04CONTENT STRUCTURE
Three room grades separated properly so a guest compares rather than guesses.
The details that mattered
- Three grades, clearly separated. Standard garden, deluxe garden and deluxe lakeside each get their own page. Guests choose on a real difference, not a price tier.
- Booking never scrolls away. Most lodge traffic is mobile and mid-planning. The booking route stays reachable wherever the guest stops reading.
- Sustainability as a reason, not a footnote. This guest is choosing an eco lodge on purpose. The story earns a section.
- Calm pacing. A lodge site should feel like the place. Generous spacing, few interruptions, no pop-ups over the photography.
Quick answers
Do you build for lodges and hospitality?
Yes, it is one of our home sectors. The pattern is always the same: the property's own photography, calm pacing, booking always in reach.
Can the lodge update the site themselves?
Yes. Rates, rooms and galleries are all editable by the team; that is part of the handover.