This negative is not really a negative - it's part of the experience - but if you have a smaller car, you may want to pass on this. It's a hard drive on a really bad road for quite some time off the main highway. We have a 4X4 and it was still a challenge. The bonus to this is that it is an extremely private property and very quiet. A real authentic Drakensberg experience.

This place is one of the few we've stayed at during COVID that didn't have lower service standards than normal. The hosts were incredibly attentive, and the meals were outstanding. They had the best honesty bar as well! The rooms were comfortable and clean, though rustic, as fits the environment there. The hot water bottles for the bed were also great. The attention to detail was excellent, and the whole experience was fantastic. We lost power due to load shedding one evening, and the hosts were communicative, gave us all the back up lights we needed ahead of time, and turned the powerless evening into a romantic candle-lit dinner and fireplace experience. Gorgeous and quiet setting. If you want mountain solitude and personal attention and amazing food, this is the place to be.

Stayed in May 2021

The access road to the lodge is very rough and long - it is passable with a sedan but with a few near-scrapes and semi-regular bottoming-out. A 4x4 should be very strongly encouraged. Regardless of car type, we found the journey in/out of the property detracted from our experience. The lodge has no back-up generator and load shedding is frequent.

The views from the property are stunning, and once you're out on the main road it's a short drive to the Monk's Cowl national park entrance for hiking. Ryan and Danny made a good effort to meet our vegan/vegetarian dietary requirements.

Stayed in September 2023

carpets in rooms need thorough cleaning

the showers and the breakfast

Stayed in April 2023

Unfortunately we had a bad experience here. We had little red worms that kept appearing in our bed. We cleaned thoroughly, as we really loved the property and understood this was a part of nature, and tucked in for the night.. We then heard 2 dull thuds on our blanket. We turned on the lights to discover the worms were falling from the thatch roof. As much as we love nature, we couldn't sleep in a bed with worms falling on us.. Also note that we discovered the hard way that a low vehicle (vw golf) was unable to enter the property without scraping along the ground. The note we received mentioned that any vehicle is fine, and an SUV is only recommended for the rainy season The worst part is we were not granted a refund that even covers one night, of our 3 days booking. Very disappointing response from the owners.

Stayed in October 2022

The road up to the lodge is bad, so it takes time to get up and down. Preferably for 4x4 vehicles.

The location is magnificent, with stunning views of the mountains. The breakfasts prepared by Lyn and her staff are exceptional. Hot water bottles for our beds made the stay really cozy. Lovely comfortable shared lounge and dining area with fireplace. Pat and Lyn are wonderful hosts who made us feel welcome and took care of every need.

Stayed in June 2022

There was an unbearably strong smell in our room - smelled like room had been fumigated/painted and then strong citronella was burnt. After check-in we immediately left to buy dinner and spent evening in guest lounge. We only briefly visited our room during evening, then we noted the smell, which we initially thought was strong room fragrance/citronella. Around 7pm we removed room fragrances, opened all windows and put high-velocity fan on full blast. We returned to our room around midnight but smell was unbearable after 30mins in the room. I thought I was going to have an asthma attack, even though my asthma is well controlled & not overly sensitive to smells. My husband (not asthmatic) also found the smell intolerable. We thought it rude to wake owners after midnight given that there were no other rooms available & smell persisted, so we slept (very uncomfortably) on the guest lounge sofa. Next morning we politely expressed our dissatisfaction & details of events to owners. They acknowledged the smell & suggested it may be eucalyptus oil used to clean the room. They agreed to refund us for remaining nights once they received the money from booking platform and asked for my bank details. They later withheld the refund without even the decency to notify us – they emailed their reasons to Booking.com, denying the severity of smell and said we didn’t give them a chance to fix the problem - no other rooms were available and the fact that the smell had not aired out after 5+ hours with fan on and windows open was a clear indication that the problem COULD NOT be fixed. IT’S CLEAR THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR GUESTS FOR VARIOUS REASONS: LYNN BLOCKED MY NUMBER (MY WHATSAPP MESSAGES & CALLS FAILED), THEY DIDN’T RESPOND TO MESSAGES VIA BOOKING.COM, STATED IN EMAIL TO BOOKING.COM THAT WE MADE UP THE SMELL AS EXCUSE TO LEAVE EARLY (THIS IS NOT TRUE!) AND COMPLAINED ABOUT SHUTTLING FOREIGNERS WHO WERE SCARED TO DRIVE RIVER CROSSING.

Beautiful location & premises, but sadly we could not enjoy our stay due to the horrible smell in our room, which they refused to refund us for.

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