Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge

We used the recommended driver William/Mrudi to come from Johannesburg. Thank you very much, William. We also want to thank Fifi for her sharming smiles. We stayed more than a week in the lodge. The food was good. There are 3 options for vegetarians in the dinner menu. We enjoyed all of them.

We were disappointed with our room, it did not seem clean. It had a bit of a smell and the floors also seemed dirty so much so that neither of us wanted to walk around barefoot. The curtains were very dirty and full of stains as were the ceilings which were full of mould in the bathroom. The room and bathroom is in dire need of a fresh coat of paint. The ceiling in our room also had boot marks, seems like the previous guest tried to get rid of the mosquitos which is quite evident from the remains on the ceiling. Furthermore the fitted sheet was too small for our bed and constantly rollled up exposing the bare matress. A water leak from the geyser was also not pleasant as the constant sound of water falling onto the ground was disturbing and made it difficult to get a good night's rest. We had dinner at the restaurant and the chicken schnitzel was substandard, the French fries were the only enjoyable item on our plates. The whole lodge seems to be in a state of dilapidation. It is clear that it is not being maintained nor well managed. We paid for two nights however we decided to cut our losses and to seek alternative accommodation for our 2nd night. The price they charge per night cannot be justified. It was our second and last time. I must however give a big thank you to Agnes at reception who tried to convince us to stay by offering to upgrade our room, but we already decided that we no longer felt comfortable staying there

We booked the car transfer for the Sentinel Parking with Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge. We are a family of four and were charged 15 euro each for this 30minute transfer with a 4x4. With us was another couple so there wasn't place for everyone in the Toyota Pick up and know what ... after paying 60 euro for the transfer (for a family of 4), two of us ended up at the back with no roof, no seats and nothing except for very cold wind and the disastrous state of the road. At least, our transfer back to the lodge was ok as we were alone.