Tucked away just outside Hazyview in Mpumalanga - just over 4 hours by road from Johannesburg - lies Rissington Inn, a stylish but informal, thatched country lodge with long views over the Sabie River valley.
Sub-tropical Hazyview offers a genuine year-round climate for visitors - summer heat with cooling rains and warm, sunny winter days. The surrounding indigenous bush, with its spectacular birds and brightly flowering trees, lends a special African feel. Rissington Inn is the perfect place to relax: - great hospitality, no rules, no dress code. It is the perfect stopover on the way to the game reserves and an ideal base from which to explore all that Mpumalanga has to offer.
There are 16 individual rooms and suites, set in 10 acres of colourful gardens, and offering comfortable, spacious and airy accommodation. All rooms have their own entrances and verandahs. Each has a private bathroom and the magnificent garden suites also offer outside showers. The rooms and the charming, thatched farmhouse are shaded by magnificent trees and have breathtaking views down the valley.
Rissington’s congenial, easy-going hosts ensure cheerful, attentive hospitality allowing guests total freedom to unwind and enjoy the peace of the bush, lie by the sunny pool or walk down the valley with its spectacular birds and game sightings.
FACILITIES The comfortable drawing room also serves as a library; there's a wide choice of music, board games, a TV and a private office for guests' use - including access to e-mail. A verandah overlooks the sparkling pool. Rissington provides outstanding breakfasts, and the light meals, lunches and dinners are served in an à la carte restaurant, offering the finest international and indigenous cuisine, with the emphasis on fresh local ingredients. There is a wide selection of South Africa's excellent wines and the welcoming, friendly bar is fully licensed.
No. of Bedrooms
16 individually styled rooms, with en suite bathrooms and ceiling fans. The smaller courtyard rooms have double beds, Victorian baths and small verandahs. Each of the larger rooms has its own personality: a thatched deck over the super-king-size bed in Saligna, the honeymoon suite; a magnificent view of the sunset over the escarpment from Euphorbia. The twin suite, Camelfoot, has its own private courtyard and a spacious sitting area. The new Hillside and Garden Suites are set away from the main house and boast magnificent views, have en-suite bathrooms with Victorian baths, deep verandahs, private gardens and walled-off outside showers.
Activities
Game drives in the Kruger National Park, only ten minutes away. Walk on the property and neighbouring farms - see various buck, giraffe, zebra, monkeys, hippo and other wildlife. Wander the colourful gardens - in flower year-round; 170 bird species may be seen in winter, even more in summer. The perfect base to explore the stunning scenery of the Northern Drakensberg Mountains. Golf, tennis, bowls, trout-fishing, hot air ballooning and horse-racing are all available nearby.
