Sewula Gorge Lodge
Sewula Gorge Lodge Hotel / Lodge accommodation in Estcourt Kwazulu Natal
Sewula Gorge Lodge |
CONTACT DETAILS
Tel: +27 (0)36 352 2485
Cell: +27 (0)82 824 0329
Fax: +27 (0)36 352 2868
Physical Address
Malanspruit Farm
Off R103, 18km from Estcourt
Estcourt
Kwazulu Natal
3310
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Sewula Gorge Lodge is a four star, exclusive, luxury, fully serviced, self-catering lodge, built at the base of a waterfall, on the rivers edge, in a spectacular Gorge. It is situated in KwaZulu-Natal between the towns of Estcourt and Mooi River on a working cattle farm, within a nature reserve area.
The lodge has four en-suite cottages (basically bedrooms) with their own balconies. Three of these have twin beds and showers and one has a double bed with a bath and shower. These are all fed by a main central building, which has the kitchen, lounge and dining room in it.
The lodge is fully serviced, with a very well equipped modern kitchen. We provide our guests with all their linen and towels, and firewood. Our staff does all the washing up; the rooms twice a day with a turn down at night, (where tea, coffee and Rooibos are put into the rooms), light your fire in the lounge fireplace for you, and generally try to make your stay as enjoyable as possible.
Due to the nature of the lodge, once a couple, family or group books with us, even if there are only two people involved, we do not take any other bookings in the lodge, so your family/group will be the only people in the lodge. This is done because people who do not know each other cannot reasonably be expected to share a kitchen.
The rooms all have a fan, heater, hairdryer, toiletries, International convertible plug, and a wall safe. There are cots available, a self-braai facility, covered parking and your laundry can be done on request. Children are welcome.
Activities at the lodge include: swimming in the river, dam fishing (Bass), Bird watching, an abundance of flora and fauna, found along the marked walks and around the gorge. The lodge is built in a National Heritage site. There is a paleontology site (Fortified Iron age man) on the hill behind the lodge, and an Anglo-Boer War Monument site to the one side of the lodge.
Come and visit our lodge and experience a place in a setting so beautiful it sings to your soul.
Small, private, intimate and secluded in a gorge below a waterfall within the Rensburg Koppie Natural Heritage Site Easy of access (15 minutes) from the N3 Highway between Estcourt and Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal Built with discreetly provided modern conveniences and fully serviced to set new standards in relaxed self catering A Bald Ibis nesting colony, a rich variety of indigenous trees, pools and cliffs in the riverbed, various historical sites, a cattle ranch for fishing and cycling and a region offering the Drakensberg, the Midlands Meander, Battlefields as well as sporting opportunities Free of malaria and bilharzia Exclusive use of Lodge. Four separate en-suite sleeping chalets and dramatic main building for up to 8 adults and 10 children.
Sewula is particularly suited to small groups of family or friends or business colleagues who enjoy the informality of self catering with the benefit of helpful staff to wash up and generally assist. To assist you we provide a Provisioning service whereby we send a draft shopping list, which you return, and we do the rest.
Accommodation
Sewula is particularly suited to small groups of family or friends, or business colleagues who enjoy the informality of self catering with the benefit of helpful staff to wash up and generally assist.
To further assist you we provide a “Provisioning Service”, whereby we send a draft shopping list, which you return, and we do the rest.
Four en-suite cottages with sleeping lofts for children and young people provide beds for 8 adults and 10 children. Three of the cottages are twin-bedded with showers and one is a double with a bath and shower.
The rooms are serviced daily. There is a strikingly designed and comfortable Main Building consisting of a fully equipped modern kitchen, lounge with an open fireplace and dining room with a generous outside deck.
ATTRACTIONS - THINGS TO DO
Activities
Not that you need do anything, Sewula is perfect for spending your days and nights comfortably lazing, reading and socialising, surrounded by the unique natural drama of the Sewula Gorge, the waterfall and the river. Swim in the cool pools and sunbathe on the sandstone slabs.
If you want to walk, SEWULA offers much. There are clearly marked paths and guides.
- The delightful shaded river walk can be extended by swimming in the rock pools and spending time at the Bald Ibis nesting site
- A fine example of an iron-age (14th Century) ‘fortified hill site’ is easy of access and immediately behind SEWULA
- Of great interest is the Rensburg Koppie National Monument where in 1838 a small group of Voortrekkers escaped being killed by Zulu soldiers by fleeing to the stony hillock next to the iron-age hill
- There is a steep but gentle walk to an Anglo-Boer War 1899 defensive position with its dry-packed stone ’sangas’ clearly visible
- The surrounding cattle ranch offers mountain bike tracks, dam fishing as well as pleasant and easy walks
- If one wants to get into a motorcar then there is a treasure trove of activities. Estcourt town has all sporting facilities, good supermarkets and other services. The Drakensberg is an hour away, as are the Battlefield sites on the Tugela line and the Midlands Meander is reached within half an hour
RATES
R340 per person per night self catering
