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eKhaya Bush Villa

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Located near Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate, eKhaya Bush Villa provides an upscale retreat complete with spa services and airport shuttle. Guests enjoy WiFi connectivity while unwinding in the garden or browsing the library after outdoor adventures.

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Air-conditioning
  • Laundry room

Room options

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  • 11 sq m
  • 3 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
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About the area

Located in Hoedspruit, eKhaya Bush Villa is in a rural area. Jessica the Hippo is a popular attraction and the area's natural beauty can be seen at Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate and Orpen Gate. Phalaborwa Gate is another place to visit that comes recommended. Discover the area's wildlife on a nearby safari, or try your luck with game drives and game viewing. Visit our Hoedspruit travel guide
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374 Kierrieklapper Str, Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate, Hoedspruit, Limpopo, 1380

What's nearby

  • Selati Nature Reserve
    Selati Nature Reserve
    1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
    Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
    43 min drive - 36.1 km
  • Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate
    3 min drive - 1.5 km
  • Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre
    32 min drive - 28.3 km
  • Jessica the Hippo
    36 min drive - 22.0 km

Getting around

  • Hoedspruit (HDS)
    32 min drive

Restaurants

  • Fig & Bean
    4 min drive
  • The Hoedpsruit Café
    5 min drive
  • Thirsty Giraffe
    8 min drive
  • Mugg & Bean
    4 min drive
  • Silver Wings Spur Steak Ranch
    4 min drive

About this property

eKhaya Bush Villa

Upscale guest house near Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate
Take advantage of an airport shuttle, a terrace and a garden at eKhaya Bush Villa. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities, such as dry cleaning/laundry services.
Other perks at this guest house include:
  • An outdoor pool, along with sunloungers
  • Free self-parking
  • A round-trip airport shuttle (surcharge), barbecues and concierge services
  • Tour/ticket information, luggage storage and a front desk safe
Room features
All rooms are individually furnished, and include comforts such as premium bedding and air conditioning, as well as perks such as free WiFi and safes.
Extra amenities include:
  • Free toiletries and hairdryers
  • Wardrobes/cupboards, ceiling fans and daily housekeeping

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Tile flooring in public areas
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 8:00 PM

Late check-in subject to availability

Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours

To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Prior to arrival, you must complete online registration via a secure link

If you are planning to arrive after 8:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Deposit is payable by bank transfer or credit card and is due within 48 hours of booking the reservation.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Cots (infant beds) are not available

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 350 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee per child: ZAR 350.00 (up to 18 years old)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit and outdoor lighting
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Frequently asked questions

Does eKhaya Bush Villa have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is eKhaya Bush Villa pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at eKhaya Bush Villa?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at eKhaya Bush Villa?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 8:00 PM. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

What time is check-out at eKhaya Bush Villa?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Does eKhaya Bush Villa provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle. A fee of ZAR 350 per person applies.

Where is eKhaya Bush Villa located?

Situated in a rural location, this guesthouse is 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate and 11.7 mi (18.9 km) from Jessica the Hippo.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on selected room rates because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

eKhaya Bush Villa Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

9.8

Cleanliness

9.2

Location

9.4

Staff & service

9.6

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 31 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 31 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 31 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 31 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 31 reviews

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

eKhaya

Excellent place to stay. Wish it could have been longer. Thank Mike and the team.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Stefani

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Our stay at eKhaya Bush Villa was absolutely impeccable. The room was beautiful, spacious, and very comfortable. The staff was outstanding, incredibly kind, attentive, and always ready to help. The activities organized by the hotel were excellent, and the food was delicious. One day we wanted to visit a place in town, and they quickly arranged a transfer for us, which made everything so easy. Everything was truly perfect. We even had the unforgettable experience of seeing giraffes up close right inside the lodge’s reserve. I highly recommend eKhaya Bush Villa, it was an extraordinary stay from start to finish.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excelente!!! Uma casa super luxuosa com seis suítes, quartos luxuosas, camas super confortáveis, funcionárias maravilhosas que cozinham excelentementemente. Fiquei muito surpreendido e satisfeito mesmo. Além disso, fica o eKhaya fica dentro do condomínio que fica ao lado do centrinho onde tem fast food, posto, mercado, etc. A não ser que vá ficar em hotel all-inclusive de passeios tipo o Kapama, é um lugar excelente. Fiquei muito surpreendido ainda mais pelo valor
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great overall stay for one night prior to traveling home to the US. Large rooms with great amenities. Wish they had mosquito nets but did not get any bites during my stay as I had used the provided repellents. Staff was attentive at times but sometimes difficult to ask questions and get recommendations.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Paradise in South Africa/Dream Come True

This place is South Africa's best kept secret. Everything was great and I highly, highly recommend you stay here. I would advise you to forgo, at least in part, the fancy schmancy safari lodges that cost up to $1,000 a night and stay here instead because it's just as nice if not nicer and you get WAY more value for your money and can still book guided safaris from here and see all of the animals your heart desires. What's more, you are near the world's third largest canyon here with a breathtakingly beautiful boat ride. Use eKhaya Bush Villa as your base to then explore both Kruger National Park and the canyon area. My individual experience: To put it mildly, my trip to both Cape Town and Johannesburg did not go well. I had intended to stay at eKhaya Bush Villa two nights but stayed four instead because it became my oasis of tranquility and beauty. I don't know how old the place is but everything looks BRAND NEW. Claire, the owner, is a hospitality goddess. Truly. Hearing of my unpleasant experiences, she bent over backwards to make me feel at home and she helped me salvage my vacation (my experiences in Cape Town and Johannesburg were so bad I was thinking of flying home to the U.S. early). I am a HUGE fan of Claire and eKhaya and you will be too. The rooms are very spacious, the beds very comfortable, the bathrooms very large, the grounds are beautiful, the food is good and the staff friendly and helpful. AND it's in a secured estate so you are 100% safe. Don't miss it!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Yuri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Excepcional

Incrivel experiencia. Equipe muito atenciosa e consegue os melhores passeios unica obrigação é se divertir. Tem uma janta muito boa e diferente todo dia.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
Verified

8/10 Good

Marten

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service from the staff. Modern villa. Beds and Bathroom (shower) were perfect. Our main reason for the stay was a place to sleep while visiting Kruger National Park and we lost some time to get there compared to staying in the park but luxury and comfort wise this Villa outranks anything in Kruger Park
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Aviv

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

מדהים!!!

מקום מאובטח ברמה גבוהה, בעלת המקום מקסימה ומקבלת את פני האורחים בצורה מושלמת. אפילו עזרה לנו בתכנון מסלולי טיול באיזור והמליצה על מסעדות. שדרגה אותנו לסוויטת ירח הדבש וגם האוכל במלון היה מדהים! ללא ספק נחזור לשם בעתיד!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

LOIC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Belle villa belle deco

Belle villa avec un très bon accueil et une deco super sympa. Dommage que la nuit est perturbée par des tains qui passent pas loin
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super Location mit Charme. Tollles freundliches Team. Lecker Essen. Schöne Zummee. Für unsere Gruppe mit 5 Pärchen optimal
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Liebenswertes Personal, sehr komfortabel, die angebotenen Exkursionen sind sehr empfehlenswert. Gerne wieder!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Pekka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great villa!

Big thanks to Ekhaya people. Lovely villa to stay and everyrhing was perfect! Easy to visit Kruger, panorama trip etc. We are missing you../
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Clarice

lugar maravilhoso. pessoal super atencioso. providenciam os passeios que vc deseja. preparam as refeições com o maior carinho. nota dez. super recomendo.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Teza

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

eKhaya home away from home

My husband and I really enjoyed our 4 nights stay at eKhaya. The place is very well done and thought of. The ladies were delightful and courteous, always ready to help. Mike definitely knows his stuff in the area, and gave us great advice on which tours to take. And were very lucky enough to see a lot. So happy with everything. Hoping to come back and bring some friends.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent location. Dinner options are limited but decent. Breakfast was pretty good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Verified

8/10 Good

Jay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was surprised this was a full-on B&B, with all the rooms communal style in one house. This should be made clear in the listing as not everyone likes the B&B template. Very nice new house with outstanding staff. Somewhat pricey with some noise issues.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Dave

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We liked the fact it was in a remote location and quiet. The hospitality and food were terrific.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Felipe

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ótima base para conhecer o Kruger

Hotel muito bom para usar como base para conhecer o Kruger. Fica a 45min do Orpen Gate e dentro de uma mini reserva onde você pode passear com o seu próprio carro e ver girafas e zebras. O atendimento é simplesmente fantástico! Ficamos na suíte de lua de mel (já que era a nossa) e ela é maravilhosa. A varanda abre para os fundos do hotel que é essa mini reserva e o banheiro possui duas janelas de vidro no teto que permitem que você tome banho de banheira vendo as estrelas no céu. Café da manhã incluso era muito bom e o jantar que pagamos por fora era excelente também. Eles possuem um honesty bar onde você pode pegar vinho, cerveja ou qlqr outra coisa da geladeira e anotar em um caderninho para pagar depois. Achei os preços bem justos comparados ao desses produtos no mercado. O único ponto negativo foi que me ofereceram alguns passeios quando fiz a reserva e depois, na hora de pagar, me avisaram que a tabela de preços que me mostraram estava defasada e os preços tinham subido. Fiquei chateado porque tinham subido quase 2x!! Sugiro perguntar qual a vigência da tabela antes de reservar e confirmar o preço no dia do passeio. Fora esse problema, foi tudo simplesmente perfeito!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Renata

Amei!

Excelente!!! Equipe maravilhosa e hotel lindo!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Not fantastic

There was very little help offered my the manager as far as trip planning is concerned.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Verified

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Average Hotel

I was assigned a room on the ground floor and could hear the guests from the room upstairs. Creaking wooden floorboards from their footsteps and their conversation could be heard loud and clear. Breakfast and dinner was relatively good.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

D M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ekhaya, heerlijke bush lodge.

Fantastische locatie in, met slagboom afgesloten, omgeving met rondlopende wilde dieren. Kan rustig wandelen en eerste antilopen ontmoeten. Buitengewone service en heerlijke keuken, lokale lekkernijen serverend.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Vilson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fantástico

Hospedar-se no eKhaya, expressa realmente a tradução da palavra que dá nome ao estabelecimento - sentir-se em casa. Michel o proprietário e seu staff foram maravilhosos em nos atender e proporcionar a melhor estadia possível. Destaque para nosso check-out; onde Regina e suas ajudantes cantaram para nós, dizendo que sentiriam nossa falta. Foi emocionante. As acomodações são ótimas, o local muito seguro e tranquilo, e o café da manhã personalizado para seu gosto.
Verified

8/10 Good

WILSON

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bom preço, funcionárias simpáticas.

Muito confortável, limpo e ótimo preço pela hospedagem. Mas os valores cobrados pelo transfer, janta e pelos passeios sao bem elevados. Podia ter tv no quarto, mas não tem. Reservei um quarto com chuveiro, mas me Colocaram num quarto q só tinha banheira.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Best lodge in Hoedspruit. Best hotel ever!

This is by far THE BEST HOTEL I've ever stayed at and easily the BEST LODGE IN HOEDSPRUIT!!!! The owner of this lodge, Suzette, told me as soon as I arrived that I am now part of the family here and that I would leave a changed person. I can honestly say after my stay here that I feel like I'm a part of the family at this lodge. The place is very comfortable and clean, and gives off a vibe like you are at home. The food here is AMAZING! Everything was freshly cooked and made with love. However, the absolute best thing about this lodge are the people who run it. Suzette, Uncle Tom, and Mike really made me feel welcome like no other accommodation ever has before. They bent over backwards to make my stay as pleasant as possible. They truly were...like family. I would stay here again in a heartbeat. My 4 nights at this lodge was the highlight of my trip to South Africa. Only thing I could recommend is that the wifi be faster.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018