Lovely bushveld weekend. Beautifully isolated venue away from the hustle and bustle of Mabalingwe, but close enough to the shop and other entertainment. Good amenities and plenty of little creatures came to visit. Fire pit and plunge pool were the cherry on top for us.

Pleasant and peaceful place to relax. In general, this is a quiet, peaceful location and a good place to relax. We were well received and received great hospitality from the owners who were always available for any problems. The cottage needs a lot of maintenance; door handles come off easily, sliding doors are difficult to open, and when it rains, there are a lot of leaks in the lounge area. Also, no hot water in the kitchen.

Disappointed. Extremely disappointed. Cottage had not been cleaned from previous guests. Bedding was provided promptly and the place was cleaned the next day. Spoilt the weekend for me.

The cottage was overall very disappointing and there were very little redeeming qualities except for the pool. The only reason I am bothering to even write this review in the first place is to help people understand exactly what they are getting themselves into. My family and I feel as though the owners of this cottage do not care about the wellbeing, the safety or the comfort of their guests and this is why: The road to the cottage from the point where one exits Mabalingwe is probably the worst road that I have ever had the displeasure to drive on, to call it “bumpy” would be an understatement. The road is far from suitable to drive on unless you have a 4x4 and even then it would be advisable to go slow on it. There was no warning that the road would be unsuitable for normal cars, otherwise I would not have booked the cottage in the first place. The location itself has a great view and is very secluded but the seclusion could be more of a problem than a good thing because in the booklet that is in the cottage, it states that there are frequent opportunistic robberies (which is also not stated on their website) which does not make one feel safe as there is no burglar bars or alarms or any safety measures except for: “hide your stuff”. There were many problems with the house including: A distasteful zebra skin carpet, dirty bedsheets and pillows on three of the beds, a hole in the ceiling upstairs, a sliding door/window that leaked during a thunderstorm, inadequate ceiling fans, extremely small bathrooms with doors that don’t cover the door frames properly, neither were the bathrooms properly cleaned, a lack of kitchen equipment, such as pot holders or oven mitts, a wipe up cloth, measuring equipment, side plates, a fridge, that could hardly be called cold even when turned up to capacity, air conditioning not properly installed, and only in one bedroom and lastly the cottage does not really cater for 6 people in spite of sleeping 6, as those sleeping upstairs had to use one of the en-suite bathrooms, the indoor dinner table has only 4 chairs and the couch only sits 3 people. The last thing I will mention is that there are no bug screens on the doors and windows which means windows and doors can’t be opened at night for air otherwise you’d be inundated with insect life and mosquitoes, and the fans really were inadequate to cool the cottage properly. The only really good feature in this cottage is the pool, it was excellent, only it was a shame that it’s “infinity” feature was not on because the pool was not filled enough. The cottage was definitely not worth the money I paid. We were so looking forward to this getaway but it was overall a disappointing and stressful experience.