Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris

The Hotel

Rich in natural ambience and with a distinctively African rhythm, Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris treats guests to luxurious accommodation, tantalising cuisine, and a world-class service with friendly staff who live the motto "hospitality is our game".

The Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris encourages visitors to leave the modern world behind and to embark on a discovery ... the untamed beauty of Kwazulu Natal's Elephant coast and the neighbouring wildlife and marine reserves have created a vibrant  eco-system of unrivalled diversity. 

At the Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris, you'll discover the wild nature of Africa and you will rejoice in the luxury and revel in the friendly warmth of one of Africa's most welcoming hotels!

Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris - Luxury Set in the Heart of The Zulu Kingdom

Features

Feel the distinctive rhythm on the swimming pool terrace and soak up the cultural richness in the evenings. Zulu dance shows are held beneath the magnificent Umkanyakude (Fever) Tree in the cool of the evening - sip on a refreshing sundowner and let your spirit be revitalised, your soul reawakened.

Take Africa with you - the hotel curio shop offers beautifully handcrafted gifts as well as a selection of music cds and safari clothing.

The hotel has many features to ensure a magical experience and friendly hotel staff are on hand to meet any request.

These features include:

• Daily Safari excursions
• Qualified game rangers
• Modern, comfortable game vehicles
• On site restaurant, pool and bar
• Traditional Zulu boma
• Daily laundry service

Restaurant

Sumptuous cuisine is served in the restaurant area, which is warm with local cultural charm and atmosphere. For a different dining experience, dishes are complemented with the extensive wine list, offering some of South Africa's excellent local wines.

For those wanting to dine a little differently, the traditional Zulu Boma (Kraal) takes the dining experience outdoors, perfect for shows and that exquisite dinner experience under the African sky. Group bookings are taken for Boma dinners

The restaurant area and pubs are fully air-conditioned and sports enthusiasts can keep up to date with their team's sporting calender at The Rhino Bar, which has a big-screen TV.

Conferencing

This hotel offers world-class business and conferencing facilities in comfortable surrounds, with 3 conference venues seating up to a 100 delegates.

Location

Situated between the renowned Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game Reserve and the Isimangaliso (Greater St Lucia) Wetland Park is the Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris - a hotel that invites wild discovery from luxurious, warm surrounds.

Directions to Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris

Kruger Park via Swaziland
Malelane, Jeppys Reef, Mbabane, Manzini, Big Bend, Golela, Mkuze, Hluhluwe

Kruger Park around Swaziland
Nelspruit, Barbaton, Badplaas, Lochiel, Ermelo, Piet Retief, Pongola, Mkuze, Hluhluwe

Battle Fields
Ladysmith, Glencoe, Dundee, Vryheid, Lousberg, Magudu, Pongola, Mkuze, Hluhluwe

Mozambique
Ponta Do Oura, Kwa-Nganase, Pelindaba, Mbazwana, Hluhluwe

From Pretoria
Take the N4 past Witbank and at Middleburg turn right and take the N11 to Ermelo
 
From Johannesburg (N2 South)
• Take the N2 South, past Oogies, Bethal, Piet Retief, Pongola and Mkuze
• Stay on the N2 until you reach the Hluhluwe Village / Sodwana Bay off-ramp
• Take the Hluhluwe Off-ramp and turn left towards Hluhluwe Village
• At the first traffic circle (± 3.5km from N2) keep left. Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris is the second entrance on your left

 From Durban (N2 North)
• Take the N2 North, past Stanger, Richards Bay, Empangeni, Mtubatuba, Charters Creek, and Bushlands
• Stay on the N2 until you reach the Hluhluwe Village / Sodwana Bay off-ramp
• Take the Hluhluwe off-ramp and turn right towards Hluhluwe Village             
• At the first traffic circle (± 3.5km from N2) keep left. Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris is the second entrance on your left

Attractions

Discover Africa. The hotel's Safari company, Hluhluwe Safari's, will take you on a 3-, 6- or nine-hour safari into the nearby game reserve. Accompanied by qualified field guides, you are sure to spot some of Africa's wild creatures.

Champagne breakfasts, bush braais, packed lunches and picnics can be arranged on request.

On Site:

• Swimming pool
• Scenic walks
• Open vehicle game drives to the world renowned Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game Reserve, home of the Big Five.

Nearby Atrractions:

• Guided walks through False Bay Wildlife Reserve
• Horse Riding
• Golf at Umfolozi Country Club or Monzi Country Club
• St Lucia Crocodile Centre and Snake Park
• Boat Cruises on St Lucia Estuary
• Fishing
• Whale watching
• Turtle Tours
• Scuba Diving
• Shakaland
• Traditional Zulu Villages
• Ilala Weavers
• Bird Watching

Rooms

Gentle luxury and soft comfort awaits you at the end of a day filled with Africa's sights and sounds.

Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris'  76 rooms offer the following:

• Satellite Television
• Telephone
• Tea &Coffee making facilities
• Individually controlled air conditioning units
• En-suite bathrooms

Conferencing

Put a wild spirit into a business function. Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris offers world-class business and conferencing facilities in comfortable surrounds. Various business packages are on offer and top quality technology and services are available to ensure convenient, effortless business.

Protea Hotel Hluhluwe & Safaris has 3 conference venues seating between 2-100 delegates.

Included in a standard day conference package:

• Whiteboard and marker pens
• Flip charts
• Overhead projector
• Fixed screen
• TV & VCR
• Stationery – notepads and pens
• Refreshments – cordials and water
• PA system
• Microphone
• Data projector
• Lunch

Available at an additional charge:

• Photocopying
• Faxing

Lodge

The Lodge is a 3-bedroomed, air-conditioned, thatched unit.

1. The main bedroom has a walk-in closet, bathroom with Maxi shower and "corner bath", as well as a King Size bed. It opens onto the patio which has an "infinity pool" and stunning views!
2. The 2nd Bedroom has a full bathroom with shower,as well as a bath and private outdoor shower. The Queen Size bedroom, opens onto the patio.
3. The double bedded 3rd Bedroom is situated upstairs, with bathroom with old style bath.
4. All bathrooms are stocked with top of the range amenities

The Lodge is fully air-conditioned, has a full DSTV bouquet and a big screen LCD TV.
There is a guest toilet, lounge, dining room and upstairs "library". The lounge has a gas fire place and is furnished with leather couches, chairs and solid wood tables, dressers and wall units. There is an 8-seater dining room table in the dining room and a small "bar" cabinet.

The doors of the lounge fold back, to open completely onto a spacious patio, with a deck and "infinity pool" with another outdoor shower. A Weber braai is available here with stunning view of the landscape, plenty of birdlife and even a colony of Dwarf mongooses on your door step.

A fully-equipped kitchen with state of the art stove and oven and fridge/freezer, also forms part of this package. The kitchen is equipped with all utensils, right down to dish cloths!

The lodge is fully serviced and has all the nesseccary cutlery, crockery and linen to be self-contained. It has a telephone line and forms part of the hotel's extentions.

On request, we will stock the bar, pantry and fridge (at a cost) and we can even offer a full time chef and/or "butler" at  a cost, as well as a full time Field Guide and Game viewing vehicle. Alternatively, meals can be taken at the hotel.

Further features are 24-hour security, generator for electricity back-up and naturally landscaped gardens.

The whole lodge is under thatch and approx 400 square metres in size and has a separate entrance from the hotel,  completely private and self-contained. It can sleep 6 adults comfortably! (We can put two extra beds upstairs to accommodate more children).