Dear Silvia and Grant,
thank you very much for the amazing stay. We spent our honeymoon at the Waterland Lodge. For the normal travelers, everything you might need is there. The Internet works fine, Wi-Fi at the whole property. You get hot and cold water. The Kitchen has everything you need. A Braai (BBQ) place is there. A hairdryer and Power adapters for EU plugs are there as well. The bed is comfortable and the Apartments are quite big. We stayed at the Fish-Room. It was nicely decorated.
For the not so normal travelers. They have a Garden which is super pretty. Dogs, Birds and a Squirrel are always there. There is a nice Pool area and you can use Silvia’s Veggie garden. We got invited for dinner and spend some really great evenings with them. They make sure your stay is unforgettable. We went Running with Silvia. If you choose to follow her offer to go running, make sure u are pretty fit. She is and it was nice to get to know her and the surrounding woods.
The Property is filled with live and love. Every little thing is placed with care and the overall look and feel is welcoming. The signs are chosen carefully and its quite fun to walk around and find more little details. While we were there they did some renovations, but they didn’t bother us at all. No loud noises, besides the birds and no harsh paint smells.
If you like dogs Waterland Lodge is the right place for you. There are small ones, active ones and really big ones. Actually, the biggest one behaves just like the small ones. U can but don’t need to make friends with them. Just know they are around. We enjoyed the breakfasts outside on the terrace with them.
The Waterland Lodge is surrounded by some hills. There are plenty of tracks to go running or hiking. They provide you with great books about the trails. Grant and Silvia know some more details about the area, be sure to ask them before you head of in any direction. To go downtown Cape Town, there are 2 roads you can take. The nice beach road, or the “hill” road. Both take about 30 min. The Tourist Bus is driving on the Main road close by. But far enough away not to hear the cars to much.
They Have 2 Kids and sometimes friends over. If you travel with kids, the property is big enough to play soccer. If you don’t like Kids, or Dogs or life at all you can even close the blinds and stay inside the whole day. Just know there are no TVs in the Rooms.
If you want to experience the south African friendliness like we did, be sure to book this place. The hosts are building their own little paradise, we can’t wait to go back and see the progress they made. Thank you both for a remarkable honeymoon.
Anja and Steffen