Sandford Park Country Hotel — Hotel in Okhahlamba Local Municipality

Place is dying fast. There is no proper hiking trail on the premises. A 12 minute walk around an oval dam is all. No horse riding on the premises. They points you to Hiking at the Royal Natal National park. Maintenance lack since the last owner bought it about 5 years ago. See the best pictures was uploaded and posted 5 years ago. Covid took its toll too. The dam in front of the hotel is overgrown and filled with Green moss on top. It smells and is messy. The trees in front grew to huge heights so that you cannot see the landscape, neither the Mountains. It is messy. Games room is a disaster. Manager maintain a couple of core units that visitors use, it appears to be a strategy on cutting on running costs in terms of cleaning. It is an old place in general. It will cost too much to do a proper revamp. The original swimming pool in the catalogue picture section of google maps do not exist. It is filled up and management is busy with paving. It is a slow progress. Messy. The new pool is smaller. Place is dying. I would recon it is downgrading...

My husband & I, with our 11 yr old son, stayed only for 1 night on our late drive from Durban to Jhb - it was all we needed. The room was clean. Bed was clean and comfortable. Breakfast was included in the rate and was tasty. The staff on duty were very kind and accommodating - attentive from the very first email communication. They are trying their best to bring this hotel back up from what I can imagine, it once was. Originally a lovely, country hotel with what looked like some beautiful, big grounds and spectacular gardens. However, sadly over the years (perhaps Covid played a part) the main grounds and main building have deteriorated and are looking run down and old. Needs some cash influx and TLC to upgrade it and re-establish the beautiful gardens to what they once were.|Overall, it was value for money for...

Not sure why this hotel is rated 3-stars. In my opinion, it should be 4 stars or higher. Friendly staff, excellent rooms with air conditioning incase it got really cold at night. Bath water was always hot. Stayed here in December for 2 days & 2 nights. We went out during the day and came back to clean towels, bed made and coffee station re-nourished. Excellent service and quiet area. The only concerns of mine is that the website or Google says that the breakfast was for free, no they still billed us, was delicious nonetheless. And when it rains, it's a struggle to drive on the muddy and gravel road. We still had an amazing time and would definitely want to come here again! The tourists who stayed there too were also very friendly and greeted...