Knysna Hollow Country Estate!

Re-Opens October 2018

Knysna Hollow Country Estate will re-open in October 2018 as a brand-new, exclusive 4-star country hotel. Set in the heart of the Garden Route in a lush 3-acre garden environment, Knysna Hollow has been completely re-invented as an upmarket, full-service hotel on the outskirts of Knysna. The property will feature 45 luxurious Garden Suites, situated in the indigenous gardens around two sparkling swimming pools. All rooms will be decorated in a clean, contemporary style with private garden-facing verandahs and will offer all modern in-room amenities including air-conditioning, satellite television, Nespresso coffee stations, king-size beds and free wireless internet.

The modern Cape-country style Manor House will be the focal point of the new property and has been purposely designed to offer a contemporary, relaxed space where hotel guests can meet and enjoy genuine hospitality and cuisine. A sleek new reception and guest hospitality area will welcome guests upon check-in, while the open-plan destination restaurant will offer all-day dining with seasonal, locally-sourced dishes for which Knysna Hollow has always been renowned. The bar-lounge area will feature a unique glass wine cellar and a library with internet work stations on a mezzanine level. All restaurant and bar areas will open out onto outside verandahs with views of the gardens for outdoor dining and sundowners in the warm summer months.

Knysna Hollow will also re-open with two modern function facilities catering for conferences, weddings, meetings and events.

Tourists who provoke animals will be kicked out – SANParks

Tourists who provoke animals in South Africa’s national parks will be escorted off the park, with possible criminal action against them, SANParks has said. The authority’s comments follow the publication of a video showing a lioness being provoked by a radio-controlled car in the Kruger National Park.  

The video, which was uploaded online by Lowveld Media on March 24, depicts a remote-controlled car being steered towards the lioness with surrounding vehicles present.

When contacted by Tourism Update, Wanda Mkutshulwa, SANParks Head of Communications, described the behaviour as stupid.


Mkutshulwa pointed out that people often linked the KNP with incidents that might have happened at a neighbouring game farm. However, Benno Stander, Online Editor of Lowveld Media, confirmed that the incident did in fact occur in the KNP. “The person who sent the video to us is a well-known person and a source of ours but he’s currently doing work in Kruger National Park, so he opted to remain anonymous,” said Stander.

Spokesman for the KNP, William Mabasa, told the Lowvelder: “This is a serious violation of the rules of the Kruger and against the spirit and nature of all the rules in the park.

“The animals get scared and stressed, but they are also curious and might want to inspect the object, eat it and then perhaps choke on it and die. They might also run away and that is unfair to the other visitors who are viewing the animals,” Mabasa said.

Mkutshulwa said that anyone who was found to be engaging in such behaviour would be escorted by game rangers out of the park and, if necessary, criminal action against them would be taken.

You can view the incident by clicking here.