My wife & I stayed at Akademie for three nights as part of our honeymoon in South Africa. We'd read some excellent reviews prior to booking (recommended by our travel agent) but nothing prepared us for just how accommodating and hospitable Katherine, Hazel & Arthur made our stay.
Nothing was too much trouble and all members of staff went to great lengths to ensure that we were completely satisfied. This included booking a horse riding trip, two sets of taxis, confirming dinner reservations and even helping us organise the collection of several cases of wine that we purchased during our stay.
All this and I haven't even mentioned the food yet! Make sure you're hungry as the breakfast is excellent and involves several courses! On our last day we had to leave at 5am to make a connection, but the kitchen sent up a dry breakfast the night before which we thought was a very nice touch.
A few other highlights:
- Super comfy (and large) bed
- Heated floors were divine and kept the room nice and warm
- Simple and effective wifi login and password, none of the web login rubbish you get in most hotels, internet speed was good
- Excellent in-room illy coffee and snacks included in the price
- Local mobile phone provided to us with lots of useful local numbers and saved us roaming costs
We really enjoyed our honeymoon in South Africa and...My wife & I stayed at Akademie for three nights as part of our honeymoon in South Africa. We'd read some excellent reviews prior to booking (recommended by our travel agent) but nothing prepared us for just how accommodating and hospitable Katherine, Hazel & Arthur made our stay.
Nothing was too much trouble and all members of staff went to great lengths to ensure that we were completely satisfied. This included booking a horse riding trip, two sets of taxis, confirming dinner reservations and even helping us organise the collection of several cases of wine that we purchased during our stay.
All this and I haven't even mentioned the food yet! Make sure you're hungry as the breakfast is excellent and involves several courses! On our last day we had to leave at 5am to make a connection, but the kitchen sent up a dry breakfast the night before which we thought was a very nice touch.
A few other highlights:
- Super comfy (and large) bed
- Heated floors were divine and kept the room nice and warm
- Simple and effective wifi login and password, none of the web login rubbish you get in most hotels, internet speed was good
- Excellent in-room illy coffee and snacks included in the price
- Local mobile phone provided to us with lots of useful local numbers and saved us roaming costs
We really enjoyed our honeymoon in South Africa and have vowed to return. We will definitely stay at Akademie again for our next trip.
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