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, South Africa
- Includes: Accommodation and full English 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: Near Mossel Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, and twice daily game drives
- Experiences: Big 5 game drives, bush walks, bird watching, 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
Sanbona Gondwana Family Lodge
- Whereabouts: Little Karoo, Western Cape
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, game drives, guided wilderness walks, teas & coffees, water and game drive beverages
- Experiences: Big 5 game drives, bush walks, rock art, stargazing, mountain biking, spa treatments, bird watching, bush dining, African sunsets
- 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, South Africa
- Includes: Accommodation, Breakfast, and Dinner.
- 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
Sanbona Tilney Manor
- Whereabouts: Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, two game drives daily, guided walks, tea, coffee, water, game drive beverages, tourism levy and 14% VAT
- Experiences: Game drives, nature walks, San rock art, birdwatching, boat safaris, stargazing, bush dining, African sunsets
- 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
- Best Value
Sanbona Explorer Camp
- Whereabouts: Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, beverages, and walking activities
- Experiences: Wilderness walks, bush dining, rock art, African sunsets
- Best Value
Morukuru Beach Lodge
- Whereabouts: De Hoop Nature Reserve, Garden Route
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, soft drinks, and two guided activities daily
- Experiences: Hiking, biking, bird watching, whale watching (seasonal), beaches, snorkeling, sand dunes, vlei wetlands, fynbos, garden route
- Best Value
The Rex Hotel
- Whereabouts: Knysna, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa
- Includes: Accommodation & breakfast
- Experiences: Tsitsikamma forest, oysters, boat trips on the Knysna lagoon, mountain biking, elephant park, fishing and many arts & crafts outlets
- Best Value
The Robberg Beach Lodge
- Whereabouts: Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape
- Includes: Bed and breakfast
- Experiences: Sailing, Lawnwood Snake Sanctuary, Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary, Whale Watching (seasonal), Birds of Eden, Hiking, horse riding, Garden Route
- Best Value
Samara Private Game Reserve
- Whereabouts: The Great Karoo, South Africa
- Includes: Accommodation, all meals, tea and coffees, two safari activities daily, selected local beverages during game drives, Wi-Fi, and Vat
- Experiences: Game drives, guided walks, wilderness picnics, bird-watching, mountain biking, conservation activities, luxury star bed sleep-out
- Best Value
Garden Route Game Lodge
- Whereabouts: Albertinia, Garden Route, South Africa
- Includes: Accommodation, breakfast, dinner, one morning and one evening game drive
- Experiences: Big 5 game drives, reptile encounters, spa treatments, bird watching, bush dining, African sunsets
- Best Value
Arniston Spa Hotel
- Whereabouts: Arniston, Western Cape, South Africa
- Includes:
- Experiences: Fishing, board boarding, biking, golfing, scenic walks, swimming
- Best Value
Kwandwe Ecca Lodge
- Whereabouts: Kwandwe Game Reserve, Eastern Cape
- Includes: Accommodation, twice daily game drives, nature walks accompanied by an armed ranger, big game walking safari (tracking white rhino, black rhino, elephant and buffalo on foot, accompanied by an armed specialist ranger and tracker team; subject to availability), 3 meals daily, soft drinks, house wines, local & premium brand spirits, beers, teas & coffees, refreshments on game drives, laundry, emergency medical evacuation insurance, VAT, transfers to & from the reserve’s airstrip, complimentary child-minding
- Experiences: Big 5 game drives, guided walking safaris, fishing, bush dining, spa treatments and African sunsets.
