I spent a week at The Ranch and loved it! The place was extremely busy due to the World Cup but the owners and staff still found time to help every SINGLE GUEST! Their hospitality is amazing. I even talked to a guest who lost his camera and was doing the lion walk the next day. The hotel let him borrow a camera and burn his pictures to a CD! This does not happen in every hotel.

Dinner at Basil's was delicious. The lion was was out of this world. The game drive was great! The employees are the friendliest I have ever met.

There is so much to do for people of all ages. I highly recommend this place. You will not be disappointed. I would love to go back to The Ranch.

We have just returned from a wonderful restful break at The Ranch. Everyone there works hard to ensure a wonderful stay. We particuly liked the home made biscuits in the room. Basil's Restaurant is one of the best that we have eaten at in SA. The gardens are lovely as is the pool area. Nothing to do except visit lions but that is what we wanted. Give a try if you are in the area.

It's been almost 3 years since we stayed but i have to leave a review after finding this hotel and hope that it is still as wonderful as it was when we stayed. My family and I have stayed 3 times at The Ranch on the way from Zimbabwe to Durban, and we always enjoy our stays. We had two double rooms next to each other which were big and very well air conditioned. The beds were huge and so comfortable, i slept so well and never woke up during the night which is unusual for me. The bath salts in our bathroom smelt so lovely i took them home and used them as potpourri!!

The food was gorgeous, i love a good steak as a treat and mine was perfectly cooked and tender. Good ol' south african beef i guess. The chocolate mousse is another of my favourites and i look forward to it everytime! Haven't used the pool yet so can't comment, but we did sit on the wooden porch for drinks in the afternoon which was so relaxing and never had to look for the waiter as he appeared just in time to take orders for top ups! there was also a wedding ceremony going on so my sister and i enjoyed seeing the bride!
Its a bit of a drive if you want to go shopping or into town for any reason but if you are happy to relax and just enjoy being away from the buzz of the city for a day or two it's perfect. We will hopefully be back to stay soon.

This 4-star hotel is part of the Protea Hotels Group - hence one expected good, but boring predictable service. I was pleasantly surprised on my first day of four: rooms were spacious and very well specc'ed (42' LCD monitor with 7 cable channels, air-con/heater combo, huge bathroom with Dove conditioners).

The hotel also has its own game farm plus a Lions' park - cost just under $10 for a 1.5hrs joy ride (highly recommended).

Hotel has two beautiful restaurants - +/- $15 for a full three course meal excl. drinks. One big selling point for this hotel are the entertainment facilities: two big, blue heated pools, a jaccuzi, a well-equiped gym, games' room, a well maintained tennis court, a big flower garden, etc.

Overall service was acceptable, but I did not appreciate a $20 overcharge on my checkout bill; although, they eventually accepted their fault and corrected it.

I will definately visit this place again.