Maytham hosted a weekend with guests at this remarkable Natural Selection location. ‘Welcome home!’ Nowhere on the planet does the simple greeting sound as mythical. And as authentic. Lekkerwater Beach Lodge in the De Hoop Reserve is one of my favourite local destinations. It is not only a home away from home, but a home to all of us. There is strong evidence that the De Hoop coast is where a relatively small group of Homo sapiens survived the last Ice Age.