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Beautiful countryside but for the cost of the tour , we would not repeat it. There was very little fynbos in flower in April. Might be an idea not to do tours if there is not much to see. A fair amount of time was spent at the florigium which we would have rather done on our own. The lunch was by far the highlight, beautifully set in an old house- using fynbos ingredients and absolutely delicious. We felt that this restaurant should form part of the painting display area- thus allowing one to spend much more time there.

We stayed at Grootbos for two nights in the Forest Lodge as part of our honeymoon. This was one of the best hotels we have ever stayed at - the service and attention to detail is exceptional, as are the suites, the food and wine and the spa. While we were there we had a couples massage and did the big marine 5 boat trip, the Lady Stanford river cruise and the 4x4 botanical tour. Our guide Nicol really made the stay for us - he went above and beyond to tailor the experience for us and one of our favourite moments of our whole honeymoon was when Nicol made an impromptu stop at the beach as he was driving us back to Grootbos because he saw a glimpse of whales. He then took us right down to the rocks by the sea so that we could watch the sunset with whales swimming past with a bottle of champagne. The staff generally were amazing from the reception staff and the waiting staff to the spa team. Everyone was so friendly and made us feel very special. They organised lots of special touches for our honeymoon, including a surprise private dinner down in the wine cellar one evening. We couldn’t recommend Grootbos enough!