Name: Knysna Hollow Country Estate
Address: 5 Welberdacht Lane, 5, Knysna, KNYSNA, ZA

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2026

Chanel

The property is beautiful, surrounding mountains, spacious luxurious room, comfortable bed, good food.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Apr 2026

Monika

Beautiful property with well-kept gardens and surroundings. The room was very spacious, clean, and tastefully decorated. The only negative I can mention is the air conditioning, which was quite loud, and the extra sofa bed, which made so much noise that we sometimes woke up even from a deep sleep. The restaurant served very tasty, high-quality food, but the included breakfast was the same every morning.
There are two pools on the property, both clean and well maintained.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2026

Nicola

Absolutely stunning! The room was clean and spacious, with very comfortable beds. The grounds are lovely which make for a very relaxing stay. Lots of choice at breakfast and evening meals were delicious. Highly recommend.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2025

Jonathan

Great stay! Go to

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2025

Al Moather

It was in quite place

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2025

Rachel

i liked how quaint the video place was! the our place was beautiful and i loved being able to walk around the property. the only note i had was there were a few ants during my stay but it didn’t bother me.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2025

Gerry

We enjoyed our stay at Knysna Hollow Country Estate a lot.

The room is very spacious, the garden is beautiful and everything is very convenient.

The food at the restaurant was always delicious. The waiting time for the food was a quite long.

All in all a very nice Hotel and definitely worth visiting.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2025

Chloe

Lovely place, spacious rooms, friendly staff, very relaxing. We would certainly return!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jan 2023

Nasser

This is an amazing facility. Very well maintained and located. Very well run, great food and excellent staff

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Dec 2022

WILLIE

BEST PLACE TO STAY!

THIS WAS AN AWESOME PLACE TO STAY. STAFF WAS AMAZING AND HELPFUL. IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND SUPER CLEAN. BREAKFAST AND DINNER WAS DELISOUS. IF IN KNYSNA THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO STAY!!! #1

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2022

Sanjay

Brilliant location. Friendly staff and the most tranquil setting. Lovely place to relax.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2022

Mehran

A place to be in Knysna

An absolutely memorable stay at Knysna Hollow Country Estate, recommended to those who like to stay in a calm, clean, well-located hotel while enjoying facilities. Personnel of hotel are really friendly and helpful.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2021

Jon

Perfect location, great service! Wonderful family getaway

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2020

Khumo

10/10

Amazing venue and friendly staff. It was a fantastic pick.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2019

Nina

Perfect 10

Wow! Absolutely, fantastic stay. Nkosi and the whole Knysna Hollow Team made our experience perfect. The food was so incredibly good, the accommodations were clean and modern. There is nothing but praise for our stay. Thank you for a wonderful holiday!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2019

Susan

The staff was amazing. The rooms were bright, clean and spacious. The breakfast was excellent. Great location with a car. Beautiful setting and quiet. We hope to be back. Thank you

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2019

Peter

Superb in all ways - a must stay!

Knysna Hollow Park is a beautiful location. The level of quality of the rooms and service were second to none - the most beautiful accommodation we have stayed at during our South African holiday. Gardens were an absolute treat also.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2019

Kristin

We loved this hotel! The grounds, rooms, and restaurant were beautiful and modern. All of the staff was friendly and helpful. Great location in Knysna along the Garden Route!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

This Hotel was recently re-built and radically redesigned.
The Room that I stayed in was finished to a particularly high standard and was spotlessly clean. It was quiet and very comfortable.
The management have paid fantastic attention to detail, if one needs to use the Bathroom during the night then a light automatically comes on to guide you to the loo!
Upon arrival I was greeted in the car park by a member of staff who immediately took my baggage and guided me to Reception, where the check in process was friendly fast and efficient.
Dinner was very good (I had a Steak Sandwich with a twist) service again was very good.
I do however have one small gripe, I ordered the full breakfast and unfortunately the Sausage was not cooked properly and was pink and raw inside, mistakes happen, and I was offered a replacement breakfast without any problems or back chat.
This Hotel is well worth a visit and I was very impressed.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2019

Roger

An exceptional hotel

Brand new rooms, well located, rooms set in individual \"houses\" in beautiful gardens. Two swimming pools. All staff are welcoming, friendly and efficient. The largest selection of sattelite channels of any hotel I've been too. Fantastic breakfast. On site restaurant \"Social\" has a wide and varied menu which does not disappoint in taste. All this and very reasonable prices for a property of this exceptional nature.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2019

Matheus

Fantastic experience

Our stay was absolutely amazing. The property is stunning, the service impeccable, the accommodations clean, new and comfortable, the staff was incredibly nice and helpful, and the breakfast was absolutely delicious. Cannot recommend Knysna Hollow Country Estate highly enough!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2019

Barend

Yes!

I’ve booked the hotel for my parents who were on a road trip. They absolutely loved it. And a very special thanks to the staff for accommodating all my special resquests to make my parents’ stay as easy as possible - you were wonderful!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2019

Hugo

Super Nice Place

Lovely place with super friendly staff. Beautiful hotel within tranquil surroundings. Rooms are neat as a pin and so were the \" still new\" gardens. Good breakfast and great dinner and lunch menus.

Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Mar 2017

Verified traveler

Good meals and good hotel

Food was very good , home cooking but very nicely cooked. Stayed in eco rooms, which were very comfortable and good space.

Partner

2/10

Poor

19 Dec 2016

Sanghyun

No air conditioner and poor wi fi.
Don't want to stay next time.

Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Oct 2016

Irvin

Nice hotel

We stayed only one night. It was a nice hotel, with lovely gardens and pool outside. Everything was great, the room was nice, the staff were friendly, good breakfast buffet. The only thing that bothered us a bit was a strange odor in the bathroom, kind of moth-like, may be found to the lush of green and vegatation around. However, the surrounding of our chalet were lovely and in overall we lime our stay a lot.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2016

Verified traveler

hotel in nature

Exellent stay in this hotel

Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2016

Kunene Health Care

Wifi was not great if at all.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2016

Gordon

Recommended stay

While there was a claim of WiFi in the room, it was sketchy.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 May 2016

moran

very good place for families. nice pool.

great stay

4/10

Poor

06 Apr 2016

Paola

Basic Rooms, wi-fi does not connect

Room are vey basic, no water no fridge --

My wi-fi did not work, and when I asked for help to connect the manager turned off my roaming and I got charged over US$50 in roaming charges right away. I could not believe it.

Plus, the water did not work at night and there were city road works, screaming and noises from trucks/city workers -- the hotel did nothing, there was no-one at reception.

We actually tried to go talk to works and ask to keep noise down, but they were beyond the fence, on the street - so we did not bother to go around.

On the good side, staff tried to help initially and the breakfast was ok.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2016

Ian

Great relaxing stay

Fantastic food.
Friendly and helpful staff.
Set in lovely grounds.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Feb 2016

Mo

Good but can be improved

Overall our stay at this hotel was pleasant and we enjoyed our stay. The staff were friendly and housekeeping was good. Although there was no iron in the room, hotel staff were very efficient in ironing the clothes and returning very quickly.

The downside of our stay is that the mattress used on the sofa-bed were extremely poor quality and although it was changed after request, it was still not good enough. Also, in a two-bedroom chalet only one had ceiling fan, though a small table fan was provided upon request.

8/10

Excellent

21 Feb 2016

John

Excellent Value

Excellent staff - professional and very friendly.
Very good a la carte restaurant and excellent breakfast choices.
Very large and light bed-room in the ultra 'eco' modern block. But no bathtub which was disappointing - as were the two sinks located in the bed-room rather than the bathroom. very strange. We would have preferred an 'African style' thatched cottage that are attractively set in beautiful grounds.(even though it would have been less 'eco'). A regular stopover for coach tourists but well managed and this did not interrupt the peace of this hotel. In summary, very good value and an enjoyable 5 night visit.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Friendly staff, lovely setting, good food

Family

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jan 2016

Lee

Short stay in Knysna

Enjoy the stay and the area.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2016

Verified traveler

Knysna hollow country estate

We had travelled a long way and despite arriving late the staff had a table for us in the restaurant and a drink poured immediately! Very friendly and attentive staff and beautiful surroundings with so much to do just a short drive from the hotel. We drove the garden route and Knysna was my favourite stop. :)

8/10

Excellent

12 Oct 2015

Lara

Great stay

We stayed for 3 nights Oct 2015 and had a great time.
The Chalet was very comfortable and very spacious.
The Staff were very friendly and the breakfasts were delicious.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 Jul 2015

Anita

We really had a very nice stay. We were a little disappointed that there where no dstv channels available on the tv especially sport channels. But, on our last evening it was very cold and wet and we got a complimentary upgrade to a bigger room with a fireplace and we surely enjoyed that. Will recommend the place to anyone.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 May 2015

Mr L R

Lovely family stay

Lovely stay. friendly staff, delicious food. I will definitely be back again

Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jan 2015

Hubs

Lovely retreat, highly recommended

Arrived when the kitchen was shut, however the manager personally made us a sandwich. He was very hospitable and nothing was too much trouble. The staff were all friendly and welcoming and it was a lovely, comfortable place to stay.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jan 2015

Verified traveler

Nysna party

Great time

Partner

2/10

Poor

05 Jan 2015

Jay

Terrible experience - Avoid!

I booked this hotel for 2 nights for my family and I from 1st Jan 2015 and arrived expecting at the very least a clean room. Unfortunately the room we were allocated was very dirty (smelly, dusty, cobwebs, bits of food on the furniture and the bathroom had not been cleaned as it had dead cockroaches in it). We therefore complained and were moved to another room which also had not been cleaned which we then accomodated by leaving the hotel for the afternoon so that they could clean the room! When we returned we again found dead insects in the bathroom. The same smell was in the second room and we were told that it would disappear when the fan was operated as the thatched roof created the very damp smell. This did not happen and as a result we did not sleep all night which meant we were exhausted and angry the following day, so much so that we did not even have breakfast as we were concerned about the hygene at the hotel. We therefore checked out and were charged for 1 nights stay which we were foreced to pay by the hotel but we strongly believe this should be refunded to us (1,600 SA Rands) from either the hotel or Expedia. In fact, we are very surprised that a company such as Expedia can be recommending this hotel on their website.

Unsurprisingly I would not be recommending this hotel to anyone I know and urge anyone considering this hotel to look for other options.

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2014

Michael

Pleasant surrounds

Complex, surrounds and staff were great. Only negative was room had a musty smell. Also need a car as a little way out of town.

Partner

4/10

Poor

25 Dec 2014

Verified traveler

disappointing

below average

Family

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2014

andrew

Nice hotel, quiet surroundings not far from town

Lovely hotel & staff. Room was a little cold as the weather had started to turn but eventually warmed up. Breakfast was lovely. Restaurant has a good selection to choose from.

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2014

Dot & Collin

Friendly service and great food.

Service was very good, most beds are made up as two singles joined together . Bit disappointing. Rooms were a bit musty smelling so just needed to open windows .large rooms. Otherwise everything was very good. Views amazing. Would come back again.

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2014

Jackie

Beautiful Hotel

Loved the grounds of this hotel and the chalets were comfortable and beautiful. Hotel was very easy to find.

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2014

Andrew

Quiet, relaxing hotel

Friendly staff and an excellent restaurant. Good location for visiting knysna.