"This exquisite retreat located in a private nature reserve is one of the very best places to stay in Swaziland, with imaginative accommodation and a beguiling natural ambience." Read More
P.O Box 199
Piggs Peak H108
Swaziland
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Tel ( +268 ) 2431 3429
Fax ( +268 ) 2431 3319
Cell ( +268 ) 7604 2802
September 2012 - January 2013
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What a magical place – we have had an incredible stay and were very sad to leave. We will be back! I have found a piece of heaven.
Lisa Duthie, South Africa
We had a wonderful, relaxing visit with the guest friendly service, delicious dinner and breakfast. Loved the nature, waterfall sounds and comfortable lodging! Will be back!
Mike and Marge Catt, USA
I enjoyed my stay immensely. This place is very unique in terms of type of accommodation and beautiful environment. Definitely a place with lots of memorable character and class. Thank you very much for a great stay!
David Wong, USA
A really beautiful place , so peaceful and unspoilt with beautiful views
Vesty, UK
Perfect!
Moraud, France
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Everything perfect!
Sadimar Rothenhofe, Germany
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Beautiful resort, wonderful staff, very friendly and accommodating (must recommend).
Nomsa, South Africa
All very good, despite the rain
Sarah Reynolds, South Africa
Absolutely lovely place with outstanding staff
Mikeal
The nature is beautiful and very rich in botanic plants, wonderful views and surprises. The Beehive is very original and it was great to stay in.
Michael Weil, Germany
The coffee in the restaurant is excellent!
Adrian Strydom, South Africa
Wonderful place – thanks so much for the great hospitality. Most comfy beds in Swazi and Mozambique! Thandi is so sweet!
Nils Mueller. Mozambique
Very nice staff, nature here is wonderful. Nice to relax.
Fischer, Germany
Very nice restaurant and very good food. Steaks excellent.
Heinrich and Daisy Greter, Switzerland .
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We will come back!
Steffi and Torsten Scharman, Germany
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It was super!
Kim van Asch, Belgium
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We really enjoyed our stay – thank you!
Carmen Feil, Germany
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Perfect for relaxation!
Bernhard Naef, Switzerland
Excellent service, friendly staff.
Zoe Smithson, UK
Thank you. We really enjoyed it. Everyone was so kind and we loved the Beehive.
Marysia Nash, Scotland
Everything was wonderful! Thank you for a lovely few days. We wish we could stay longer!
Sylvan Argo, USA
It’s all very good!
Els Gayvaerts, Belgium
Great atmosphere. Lovely people. Tents overlooking the river were fantastic.
Ryz Wedepohl, Australia
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Will recommend your lodge!
Carlos Salomme, Argentina
We are sorry, just one night!
Waschk, Germany
A most beautiful place to stay – the surroundings, gardens and buildings are exquisite.
Nikki Jenkins, Australia
Paradise.
Brian Mellish, UK
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It was perfect!
Jasmine Leslie, Canada
Beautiful place. We will be back.
S. Mostert, South Africa
Great hospitality.
Armanita Gani, Mozambique
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GREAT place to stay! We really enjoyed our time and the staff!
Scarborough, USA
Very nice environment (too bad it was raining for two days) and very nice contact with the staff.
Maxine Dethier, Belgium
This was a wonderful experience. Great staff and relaxing accommodation.
David Reiter, USA
It’s wonderful.
John Walley, UK
Really lovely place.
Welsh, South Africa
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We felt all is in place for good relaxation. Keep it up!
Salamao Mungoi, Mozambique
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Excellent tranquil lodge. Highly recommended.
E. Karisa, Mozambique
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The gardens are outstanding! Very nice staff. Great ambience and wonderful to relax.
Angela and Ross Matthews, South Africa
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Everything was spotlessly clean and the people are very friendly and helpful.
Daniel du Preez, South Africa
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Great moment at Phophonyane!
Cathy Xicluna, France
Great place! We simply enjoyed it!
Brekeyfeld, Germany
Keep it this way, the atmosphere is lovely.
Christian Kahlbom, Sweden
Wonderful stay, many details for our comfort. Thanks for the unexpected car wash!
Barbara Esser-Leyding, Germany
Beautiful setting. Very friendly and helpful staff. Peaceful, relaxing.
Page-Smith, Australia
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Great place and friendly staff.
Minna Tuominen, Finland
This is an island in the desert. Wonderful experience. As you say, Peace, Silence, Nature.
Frank Rek/Cordina Bach, Germany
Wonderful time here!
Vortkemp, Germany
The Bradt Travel Guide to Swaziland (November 2012)
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This exquisite retreat located in a private nature reserve is one of the very best places to stay in Swaziland, with imaginative accommodation and a beguiling natural ambience.
Phophonyane is one of those destinations that inevitably attract the travel cliché ‘best kept secret’. It has a magic all its own.
Overlooking the Phophonyane River and Falls, which run through the property, it has a good pool and restaurant, and well-maintained network of self-guided trails with excellent birdwatching. Discreet and highly original.
www.bradtguides.com/
May-August 2012
| We loved our stay here – the charming tent, the quiet ambience. It felt like a magic enchanted forest.Erin Puckett, USA . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Emphasize beauty of beehives on website. Staff are exceptionally friendly and welcoming – we loved our stay here.
Ken and Alec Graham, UK. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We loved this beautiful and relaxing place!
Sarah Cleveland, USA
Very good communication. Loved it, very beautiful!
Riana and JP, South Africa. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Would have preferred 3 nights. Grounds and development and planning are outstanding
A Holmes, UK.
We had a lovely stay. Would love to come back and will be recommending to others.
Dan Matthew, Australia. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
A great location, lovely surroundings, interesting surrounding for walking, hiking. We really enjoyed it.
Simon and Elizabeth Bazalgette, UK.
Lived up to very high expectations set by many friends in Mbabane.
Benjamin Rinehart, USA.
Extremely relaxing stay, trails are perfect including the fantastic natural pool. We really enjoyed everything and can strongly recommend the place.
Haeberle, Germany.
We really enjoyed our stay. We came on a suggestion and will forward the recommendation to others. Would certainly return!!
Leslie and David Harris, USA.
It was lovely!!
Marcel van Harpen, Holland.
Keep up the good work
Masotja H. Mabila, Swaziland.
Lovely place and friendly staff.
Rhythm Africa Tours, South Africa.
We enjoyed our admittedly short stay at your magnificent, enchanting and beautiful place so very much.
Waltz, Germany.
It was a fantastic stay, very tasteful and eclectic décor, grounds, amazing trails to fantastic views and waterfalls. Beautiful birds, fresh air, quiet, excellent service.Zafir Buraei
All perfect.
Andrea Schneider, Germany.
What you have here is really wonderful. A great place and excellent service!
Jeanette Lars, Denmark.
Excellent place and experience
Harriet Cullinan, UK.
Excellent accommodation and setting.
Mark van Dyk, RSA.
Don’t change anything, it’s perfect.
C. Serre, France
All excellent.
Are van der Linde, South Africa. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Excellent. We will be back!
Christine Stakos Australia
We really enjoyed our time here (could have stayed for 2 weeks if we had the time!)
Edwin and Nicole Visser, Holland. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
All things great!
Carstein Schiefelbein, Germany
Fantastic place, peaceful and tranquil
M.Commissaris, Singapore. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Very nice place with good rocks!
A Kroner, Germany. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We bath wish we’d planned more time here!
Cynthia Lynn, USA.
Nothing to improve, real good service.
Laubach, Belgium. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
This place is beautiful and every person is kind.
Katie and Holly, Swaziland and USA.
It’s a very great experience. Thanks a lot!
Anick Leplatre, France. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Incredible place, wonderful environment. Our piece of paradise in Swaziland.
Luana Dias, Brazil
Fantastic experience. Hope to return in future.
David Stirling, USA.
Everything was great.
Westernolz, Germany
Perfect service, swimming pool nice but cold (May)!
Fabrizio and Sophie Ruffo, Belgium. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Thanks for the pleasant stay and the very friendly team.
H.V. Bastiaan, Germany.
Peace, privacy and paradise –very true!!
Lizette Swart, South Africa. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Just perfect!
Joris Dassen, Holland
This is a lovely place with the best staff – they were so friendly and helpful. Thanks.
February-March 2012
| Charming, welcoming, rainforest dream garden.
-Jonathan Berman, South Africa
We love the place!!! Thank you so much. Special thanks to Nessi.
-Pottiez, France
We should have stayed longer than one day.
-Buit, Netherlands This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lovely atmosphere, very comfortable beds, helpful and friendly staff. We will be back
-D.Godfrey, UK/SA
We had a wonderful experience in the beehive hut. The trails and waterfall are beautiful. Relaxing weekend away.
-Carey Truitt, Mozambique
A perfect experience.
-Keith Allen, Swaziland. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Everything was perfect.
-Anika Engel, Germany.
Very good cook and food.
-Tissot, Switzerland
We would like to come back – it is a wonderful place.
-Eckart Boess, Germany . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We enjoyed it very much! Thank you.
-Marlene and Hans Delcker, Netherlands
It was great. Thank you very much.
Frank Kloos, Germany
Although our stay was short, we enjoyed it a lot! The staff and the lodge are very nice.
-Roxana Zimmerman, South Africa.
Very satisfied, wonderful environment.
-C.J.Dugard, South Africa/Netherlands This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Very relaxing, very friendly and very beautiful.
August 2011-January 2012
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January 2012
We had a wonderfully peaceful and restoring time and we will certainly be back – wonderfully smiley staff, great walks, good food . . . what more could we possible ask for?
-Freiderike Bubenzer and Annabel Smith, South Africa/UK
During out one night stay couldn’t find anything to improve. It’s just wonderful here.
- Brigitte Rettig, Germany
Thank you for treating us well and for your hospitality.
-Mpho Budeli, South Africa . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Truly beautiful and peaceful place. Tasteful, elegant and so natural. Very comfortable. Enjoyed our stay immensely.
-Marise Fernandes, Uganda.
We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly in this oasis. Very sympathetic buildings and garden areas which complement the natural beauty all around.
Bainbue de Burca, Ireland . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fantastic, will be back.
Marks v. Geunnel, South Africa. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
December 2011
Everyone was very friendly and helpful. The grounds are fabulous. We were here for Christmas. It was a great dinner –delicious food in a beautiful setting.
- Jim Ricca. USA/Mozambique
Great staff. Helpful and friendly
- Rutz and Gluttig, Austria
We had a great stay, will be back again.
- Frank Kresoldlt, South Africa
Wonderful place. Great people.
- Sabine Stein, Germany
Loved my visit. Thanks
Rich, USA
Great experience, extremely relaxing!
Thabiso Zwane, USA
Keep it so!
Schulz van Endert, Germany . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
November 2011
It is an ideal experience, just the way it is. The attitude, friendliness and helpfulness of your staff is the best we have experienced in all our travels through Africa
-John and Sheila Davis, USA . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Amazing time. Will be recommending!
-Ben Wright, Alex Morales. UK
Water, wonderfully sounding water everywhere!
-Norman Davis, South Africa. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Very nice lodge
- Bob Alexander, Germany
Nice experience. Beautiful place. Excellent service
- Jacques Robbertse, Swaziland
We found it just marvellous, thanks
-Silva Duarte, Portugal . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Very nice – thank you.
-Zurlinden, Switzerland . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Excellent facilities.
Nyawira Muthai, Kenya . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We had a wonderful time.
-David de Rose, Canada
Lovely place!
John and Shirley Currie, South Africa . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Road signs could be better but thoroughly enjoyed our stay
-Deborah Cape, UK
We are very pleased, happy. Good accommodation, friendly staff, its Paradise here!
-Dirk Arenz, Germany . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Keep it the same
-Boerhorst, Netherlands. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We just love the place. Thank you very much. We will definitely be back. Staff are professional without exception and extremely welcoming. Very relaxing.
-Martin Talbot, UK/Russia . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
It’s just perfect! We loved this place.
-Michaeli, Germany
Great stay in relaxing environment. Beautiful views and friendly service.
-William Sudding, South Africa . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Excellent accommodation and service. Thank you
Chris Hewitt, Swaziland
October 2011
It was absolutely beautiful!! One of the most stunning locations I have been to in Southern Africa.
-Laureen McCoy. South Africa/USA
It’s a wonderful place – with very nice people.
Catherine Monte, France/Germany
Make this place closer to Italy!
Otavia Binnelli, Italy . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Just keep it all going!
-John And Sheelagh Granville , Italy.
Such a beautiful place. One can stay for a long time.
-Tanya Thiele, Germany.
We enjoyed our stay very much.
-de Vroome, Netherlands . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We had a wonderful time; very dedicated staff, perfect hiking trails, food lovely. So sad to leave!
-Simone and Soenke, Germany.
It is all very good with great hospitality and friendly people.
-Wietre Schuitema, Netherlands.
It was just great and the hiking trail very nice, thank you. We love the silence here.
- Andre Lutz, Switzerland
September 2011
All was perfect and delightful! People are very kind and gentle, the lodge is just incredible for its location, style, decoration, views – one of best lodges in all Southern Africa.
Blanchet, France
We loved our time here. The atmosphere is so calm, relaxing, peacefu
Christopher Rice, USA
Loved the whole experience. Wish we could stay longer
Dave Angove, New Zealand This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lovely place. Just a shame that we cannot stay more!! Good service, excellent beds, brilliant cooking and wonderful view!
Aziza, France
Outstanding quality! No suggestion for improvements.
Cathrine Hildan, Norway. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Such a lovely, peaceful stay and lovely staff. Thank you so much.
Williamson, UK
Really perfect. Should stay here longer!!!
Walter and Marit Cost, Netherlands . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
It’s excellent!
Romero Justino, Mozambique
Trails were fantastic, kids say cool
’Farrell, SA
August 2011
This is a wonderful, relaxing treat and so quiet. I can’t think of a way to improve it. Excellent food! Complements to the chef. Very friendly and efficient waitress.
-Nancy Kock, USA . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phophonyane Falls is without a doubt the most beautiful area in Swaziland and the Ecolodge was a wonderful experience. Our chalet/cottage was a wonderful, romantic retreat. Thank you!
Deborah and Stephen Weiss, USA . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
All was perfect and delightful! People are very kind and gentle, the lodge is just incredible in its location, style, decorations, viewpoints. One of our best lodges in all Southern Africa.
Blanchet, France.
We enjoyed our stay enormously
Stanley Slaughter, USA. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Very nice location, well-kept gardens and pleasant ambience. Will definitely recommend it to our friends!!
Elisabeth Stampa, Spain
Keep things the way they are!
Charles Barker, UK.
Relaxing stay – shame we did not stay longer.
Alex Kehoe, Mozambique
It was perfect.
Ruf Kathin, Germany
Very nice and friendly place.
E. Koelma, Netherlands
It’s absolutely perfect. Stay “wild” – not too much luxury.
Jaussoin, France
Such a lovely, peaceful stay, and lovely staff. Thank you so much
Willamson, UK .
Outstanding quality! No suggestions for improvements.
Cathrine Hildan, Norway. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.