Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa

Garden Route, South Africa - Premier 5

Nestled high on the clifftops above the tranquility of Knysna's lush forests and rolling waves, the magnificent Pezula Resort Hotel offers spectacular ocean vistas. A stop along South Africa's famed Garden Route, Pezula offers discerning travelers an exclusive luxury experience.

The 78-suite luxury hotel houses world-class features including a spa designed to reflect the natural surroundings of the estate. The Pezula Resort Hotel boasts a tennis academy with qualified instructors, an 18-hole championship golf course, cricket academy, swimming pools and world-class spa and gym.

Explore the magnificent scenery on horseback, venture off on one of the estate's many hiking trails, or wander through the impressive botanical gardens. If that seems like too much activity, just kick back and spend a day on the private beach, enjoying a champagne picnic or have yourself a spa treatment.

Nearby is the charming town of Knysna, with its craft markets, famous oysters and magnificent lagoon. Nature lovers will soak up the beauty of the indigenous forest in the Tsitsikamma National Park and its stunning tree canopy tours. The town of Wilderness, famous for its lovely blue lakes, also offers magnificent sandy beaches that stretch for miles. To get there it is well worth taking a scenic trip on the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe, South Africa's last steam-hauled passenger train, operating between Knysna and George.