A weekend to breathe in

Sun Vacation Club's Lefika Villas in Sun City is a blend of luxury, heritage and nature

- Lesego Chepape

Some weekends arrive just in time — like a quiet drumbeat in a noisy week, beckoning you to pause and breathe.

That was exactly the rhythm of our escape to Sun City this past weekend, where my partner and I surrendered to the warm embrace of Lefika Villas — Sun City’s latest ode to luxury, heritage and rest.

Set against the majestic backdrop of the Pilanesberg’s rugged hills, Lefika Villas feels like something ancient and intimate.

“Lefika” means stone in Setswana, and the name does more than pay homage to the land — it speaks to the soul of the place. You feel it when you arrive: the scent of the earth, the stillness of nature, the whisper of ancestry carried on the wind.

The architecture draws from Itlholanoga, the heritage site not far from there — believed to be the original Lost City. Here, walls speak in stone and silence.

We arrived in the golden hush of late afternoon. Our villa, a three-bedroom beauty carved with intention, welcomed us like an old friend.

Inside, light danced on hand-blown-glass pendant lights, while bead chandeliers hung like gentle storytellers above us.

The space is all about touch and texture: dark wood furniture, jute fabrics and natural hues that seem to blur the line between indoors and the land beyond.