Hotels in South Africa

Lions Place is a fabulous lodge. Located in the middle of a private reserve bordering the Kruger National Park, the hotel provides a luxury experience. Besides being very nice, well decorated and comfortable, it offers several alternatives to tour the area with highly trained guides (Congratulations to JB and Ian for their fantastic work as guides!) The room is very spacious, with a very comfortable bed, a large bathroom with a large bathtub, closets, tea and coffee making facilities, cold water and an incredible view of the savannah. Lions Place also has a swimming pool, and two viewpoint that allow you to view the beautiful scenery, plus the garden where if you are lucky you can find wild animals (we saw a porcupine). JB, who is in charge of the place is the best! Very friendly, welcoming and an excellent guide both in the area and during the full day safari we did in Kruger. At Lions Places you can also request, in addition to the value of your stay, a dinner, which is an unforgettable experience. A French and South African fusion dinner with a starter, main course and dessert, which, weather permitting, is served outdoors. In our case we did a full day safari (exceptional!) and a morning bush walk. Both instances were amazing! We saw lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, hippos, and many other mammals and birds that made the visit unforgettable. A special note to the ladies who run the place, they are very kind and excellent cooks! Totally recommended and we would stay there again.

The Tsala team made this place extra special. We got recently engaged and they went the extra mile to celebrate this with us.

What a fantastic place to stay - comfortable accommodation, beautiful view, convenient location, and gracious hosts! The property manager, Esme, was very responsive and made the check-in process a breeze.

This is a marvelous venue with a extreme good staff! We had our best suite ever in this superb boutique hotel! Many thanks to the staff!

Amazing nice room and super location of the hotel with very friendly staff

Absolutely beautiful. Nice views. Nice style of furnishings. The lighting of the candles at night. And the hot flask. The fireplace.

Great Lodge. Fantastic service, amazing safari experience with great ranger. life-time experience.

An absolutely exceptional place with such kind and helpful staff. Thank you so much for accommodating my request to store my luggage for a longer time — it was greatly appreciated. I’m already looking forward to coming back!

We can only recommend staying at this wonderful Lodge! Craig, Andrew and all the other staff were so friendly and kind- they made our stay a once in a lifetime experience! They made us a warm welcome, served us delicious food and drinks, and organized the best safari we ever had. Thank you so much for everything - we will never forget our stay!

Some locals first reaction is that the location is slightly unusual for Paarl, so we didn’t know what to expect. But the surrounding grounds and views of the mountains are STUNNING The white painted old buildings are beautiful, and the food superb Would highly recommend A real gem

Amazing family run BnB. Sheryl and Allan were fantastic and hospitable and incredibly friendly. Bed was extremely comfortable and lovely breakfast served in the mornings. Room was spacious and immaculately clean. Would highly recommend.

In a stunningly beautiful location, the hotel is sheer pleasure from the moment of arrival. Large and comfortable rooms with great views, two lovely pools, delicious bar food and exceptionally friendly and helpful staff led by manager Sandy all make for an unforgettable experience. The 90-minute free boat trip on the estuary was the cherry on the cake.