Houses can be better equipped or more working space in the kitchens.

It is beautiful, the wild animals walking around, the river, nature, the ocean all was exceptional good and beautiful!

Stayed in April 2024

Location within the park

Very roomy with kitchen

Stayed in March 2024

Signage on cycle and walking trails is not clear enough and maps are not detailed enough.

Location is fantastic. Peaceful yet with plenty of activities

Stayed in January 2024

Guests should know that the road to De Hoop is partially gravel, making the travel time lengthy. There is also no WIFI or a clear signal in the Village Cottages. It would be great if De Hoop Collection provided more thoughtful activities for kids of different ages.

Our family of five stayed in the Village Cottages. It was tastefully decorated, fairly clean and comfortable. The animals and birds at De Hoop are free to roam the grounds, and my kids found it amazing to see them up close. The restaurant offers a really good breakfast and made a decent cappuccino. The flora and fauna at De Hoop Nature Reserve, as well as the beach scapes are so unique and beautiful, a must see is the beach at Koppie Alleen and to visit Bites Cafe. The staff at De Hoop Collection, namely the guides and reception staff are incredibly professional and knowledgeable.

Stayed in January 2024

A piece of paradise with the best staff on the planet

Stayed in December 2023

1. Outside chairs 2. room on kitchen shelves to put away cutlery and crockery 3. living room chair cushions keep sliding down - tie back will help

Not Applicable

Stayed in December 2023

Very windy

The nature reserve is outstanding

Stayed in December 2023

As a self catering cottage, an oven tray would have been benefical to cook our Christmas dinner. The staff soon fixed this by bringing us one from the Restaurant … thank you so much! Otherwise very well equipped for fully self catering over a gourmet Christmas period. We were 4 adults and loved it, And it was not one of the deluxe suites (that we could have had the choice of at considerably Higher expense)

The property was spacious, comfortably furnished for general living. Nicely situated and an easy walk to Restaurant, reception and pool. It was quiet and peaceful even though semi detached. Nice private area with BBQ outside. Very comfy beds and linen, shampoos etc. (even the bunk beds which I as an adult slept in) Would highly recommend it as a great place to stay in this exceptional nature reserve. All the staff we encountered were amazingly helpful and smiley. Thankyou!

Stayed in December 2023

The Cottage was overpriced for 2 people. And for what js available. We only could book in a 6 bed and one would think to fill the place the price could be more reasonable.

Love the beauty of De Hoop. The variety of walk,cycling and swimming. We appreciate the friendliness of the staff. Definitely a must for birders.

Stayed in December 2023

The staff are very good and friendly

Stayed in December 2023

Amazing experience. Having a barbecue very close to zebra, ostrich and other animals. Nice cottage with plenty of space. Beautiful reserve. Higly recommended

Stayed in December 2023

We joked about the entrance drive, but a 50km boneshaker drive should really be flagged up a little more clearly in the booking, so that you make sure you're in the right car' The reception was 'frosty' at best which you don't want after your drive in. Was hard to understand why it wasn't a warmer welcome. Similar in the restaurant 'fig tree'. A beautiful setting, great chef and manager - but a mixed bag of service - from very chatty to really quite rude service. The pool near the restaurant / seating area didn't look fit to swim in which kids were a bit disappointed by. Same with kiddy play area which was in need of attention. A lot of attention seemed geared toward pushing guided trips, with staff deferring on any question with a 'you will need to speak to a guide'. There was a little bit of an 'atmosphere' about the place which was hard to pinpoint but must have come from something going on with those running the place. Not sure if there's some sort of high staff turnover or issue with contracts but there was definitely something..

Arriving at de hoop is a labour of love! Hire a 4x4 rather than an urban car as you'll go off the N2 on to 50km of rough dirt and gravel track to get down there. But once there the views of the bay and the sand dunes are worth it! The dunes at Koopie Allen should be an Unesco site. They are like landing on tattooine or a foreign planet, the families jaws all simultaneously dropped as we saw them for the first time.. Barely anyone else there across a stretch of 15km of sand dune. UNBELIEVABLE. Regarding De Hoop Collections themselves. The rooms are pristine white cottages, well decorated and a throwback to a simpler time. The fact the village cottages didn't have TV inside set the tone perfectly for our stay. The walks and bike trails were easy to find and gave spectacular views The animals: Eland, Ostrich, Zebra, water voles, Boks, tortoise and a variety of birds made the experience really special each time you walked from room to restaurant. The pool out back of the restaurant was pretty rustic but we had fun for an hr or so with the kids there, joined by a couple of local frogs... The food was nice. Steak first night and Ostrich the second both really well cooked.

Stayed in December 2023

Nothing!

Friendly staff, cute house with all the facilities you need, very clean.

Stayed in November 2023

Guest houses are relatively cold, nevertheless they are kind of special and fit into the set-up of the resort.

Very special setting in the middle of de Hoop resort. Nice dining room and helpful staff.

Stayed in October 2023

I was disappointed that they didn’t have Earl Grey tea. They had about 8 other kinds of tea, but not that kind.

Friendly, helpful staff. They helped us with a flat tyre. Lovely, clean accommodation.

Stayed in October 2023

Comfortable

Stayed in September 2023

I love how the animals live together in harmony at De Hoop. Such a treasure! The reserve is beautiful....an untouched gem. The roads are well maintained. The Fig restaurant serves great food and has a lovely ambiance with views looking across the vlei. Very friendly staff. Definitely will visit again.

Stayed in September 2023

Very comfortable accommodation in a beautiful and unique location

Stayed in September 2023

beautiful house with everything you need in an amazing surrounding: animals in front of our window m. reasonable priced food and drinks. amazing beach

Stayed in February 2023

Great location, comfortable beds and a cosy cottage in general. We loved to watch the animals passing by.

Stayed in February 2023

That dreadful artificial creamer for coffee and tea; why not a small long life milk carton in fridge? That the reception office (where we paid our fee to enter the reserve) had a piece of crudely torn cardboard acting as louvre, replacing the bottom broken glass louvre. (which was of course unwashable amongst other undesirable qualities). The fact that phoning your official "reservations" number , and being politely assured our evening meal (at 7 p.m.)was booked, turned out to be untrue. We hovered for over an hour before being found a table for two at about 8.30 That the notice , in the coastal car park (7 km from the cottages), misleadingly said the beachfront cafe was open. It wasn't, not for another three days

We liked sitting on the back steps looking at birds and animals at dawn. We liked not really seeing or hearing other guests. We liked the perfectly set dining table and wished we had brought raw ingredients to cook a meal or two, to match

Stayed in February 2023

Great surroundings and great guided hikes (one to the vulture colony)

Stayed in January 2023

A gas option for boiling water would be handy for loadshedding times.

The cottage exceeded my expectations. Very clean and spacious with most of the essentials you might need including a large fridge. The restaurant is excellent and the whole place had such a lovely and welcoming feel. The beach is stunning and the nature reserve itself is awesome with all the animals roaming freely.

Stayed in December 2022

A bit too expensive given the dated interior and the somewhat musty smell No fly screens, windows don’t close properly, we had a ton of tiny flies entering through cracks at night

Great location in the middle of the national park spacious, well equipped kitchen, nice braai area behind the cottage

Stayed in October 2022