Garden Route
Accommodation
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The picturesque towns, lagoons, beach resorts and forests of the Garden Route offer a vast range of accommodation options ranging from golfing estates and tree top hideaways to five-star hotels and Big Five game reserves.
Below is our choice of the finest accommodation options on the Garden Route.
- Best Value
Kanonkop House
- Whereabouts: Knysna, Eastern Cape
- Includes: Accommodation, breakfast and local brand beverages
- Experiences: Knysna heads, golfing, beaches, hiking, walking, cycling and water activities
- Best Value
The Turbine Boutique Hotel and Spa
- Whereabouts: Knysna, Western Cape
- Includes: Bed and breakfast
- Experiences: Knysna Heads, Tsitsikamma, fauna and flora, boat cruises, Knysna Elephant Park,
- Best Value
Views Boutique Hotel & Spa
- Whereabouts: Wilderness, Garden Route
- Accommodation, full English breakfast, complimentary Wi-Fi, use of the gym, sauna, and hydrotherapy pool in the spa
- Experiences: Beaches, Wilderness National Park, Southern Right Whale Watching (seasonal), Garden Route
- Best Value
The Plettenberg Hotel
- Whereabouts: Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape
- Includes: Accommodation, buffet breakfast, complimentary welcome drink on arrival, and complimentary minibar
- Experiences: Beaches, craft markets, Monkeyland, Elephant Sanctuary, Garden Route
- Best Value
Kensington Place
- Whereabouts: Higgovale, City Bowl, Cape Town
- Includes: Accommodation and breakfast
- Experiences: V&A Waterfront, Table Mountain, Cape Peninsula, Cape Winelands, exceptional Cape cuisine
- Best Value
Rosenhof Country House
- Whereabouts: Oudtshoorn, Western Cape
- Includes: Accommodation and full English breakfast
- Experiences: Ostrich farms, Cango Wildlife Ranch, wild meerkat interactions, Cango Caves
- Best Value
The Boardwalk Hotel
- Whereabouts: Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
- Includes: Bed and breakfast
- Experiences: Bayworld Aquarium, Kragga Kamma Game Park, Seaview Predators Park, Splash Waterworld, The Island Nature Reserve, Private Big 5 Game Reserves
- Best Value
Gondwana Game Reserve
- Whereabouts: Situated outside the charming coastal town of Mossel Bay
- Includes: Accommodation, dinner, breakfast, lunch and 2 game drives per day
- Experiences: Game drives, bush dining, African sunsets, Garden Route activities
- Best Value
Sanbona Dwyka Tented Lodge
- Whereabouts: Little Karoo, Western Cape
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, two game drives, guided walks, tea, coffee, water, game drive beverages, tourism levy and 14% VAT
- Experiences: Game drives, nature walks, bird watching, spa treatments, rock art formations
- Best Value
Tsala Treetop Lodge
- Whereabouts: Situated in the heart of the Garden Route, between the coastal towns of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay.
- Includes: Accommodation and breakfast
- Experiences: Birds of Eden, Monkeyland, Elephant Sanctuary, Cango Ostrich Farm, Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre. whale and dolphin watching, shark cage diving, horse riding, surfing, sea kayak, Bungy jumping, skydiving, mountain biking, Featherbed and Robberg Nature Reserves, canopy tours, golfing
- Best Value
Buffelsdrift Game Lodge
- Whereabouts: Oudtshoorn, Garden Route
- Includes: Bed and breakfast
- Experiences: Meerkat safaris, elephant feeding, walking and brushing of the elephants, lion feeding, spa treatments, star gazing, Cango Caves, Ostrich Farms, Wine farms and the Gamaskloof Valley
- Best Value
Fancourt Hotel
- Whereabouts: George, Western Cape
- Includes: Bed and breakfast
- Experiences: Biking, swimming, golfing, nature walks, spa treatments, Big 5 game reserves, Garden Route
