Bonnie Highlands
Location: 10 Tozer St, Ladysmith, za
Star Rating: 8.5 Stars
Property Type: Guest houses
About this Property
Scenic Oasis with Pool and Garden Views
Experience tranquility at Bonnie Highlands, a picturesque retreat in Ladysmith. Enjoy the stunning pool with a view, lush garden surroundings, and captivating garden views from your room. The air-conditioned rooms offer comfort and the convenience of complimentary WiFi and private parking.
Convenient Location for Exploring
Situated near key attractions, our guest house is the perfect base for exploring Ladysmith. Visit Winterton Museum just 50 km away, or delve into history at Spioenkop Nature Reserve and Colenso Museum within 40 km. Don't miss the poignant Clouston Garden of Remembrance nearby.
Relaxing Stay with Modern Amenities
Unwind in the peaceful ambiance of Bonnie Highlands and make use of the modern amenities provided. With the Spioenkop Battlefield and Pietermaritzburg Airport in close proximity, your stay promises both relaxation and convenience.
Book your stay at Bonnie Highlands now for an unforgettable retreat!
Important Information
This property does not accommodate bachelor(ette) or similar parties.
Policies
Check-in: 02:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Amenities & Facilities
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Non-smoking rooms
- Terrace
- BBQ facilities
- Hot tub/Jacuzzi
- Free wired internet
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Offsite parking discounted rates available
- Internet access
- Reception hall
- Exercise/lap pool
- Japanese garden
- Covered parking
- Secured parking
- Garage
- Swimming nearby
Rooms Available
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Standard Twin Room
Guests will have a special experience as the twin room provides a pool with a view. This twin room includes a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a private bathroom as well as a balcony with garden views. The unit offers 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Fan
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Dressing room
- Satellite channels
- Wardrobe or closet
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Toilet paper
- Infinity pool
- Shallow end
- Trash cans
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Executive Suite
This suite offers a pool with a view. The suite features 1 separate bedroom and 1 bathroom with a bath and a shower. Featuring a balcony with garden views, this suite also provides a tea and coffee maker and a flat-screen TV with cable channels. The unit offers 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Fan
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Hardwood or parquet floors
- Wardrobe or closet
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Toilet paper
- Infinity pool
- Shallow end
- Trash cans
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Standard Twin Room
This twin room features a pool with a view. This twin room is consisted of of a flat-screen TV with cable channels and a private bathroom. The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Fan
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Wardrobe or closet
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Toilet paper
- Infinity pool
- Shallow end
- Trash cans
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Standard Twin Room with Garden View
Guests will have a special experience as this twin room offers a pool with a view. The twin room includes a private bathroom fitted with a bath or a shower. This twin room has a wardrobe, a carpeted floor, a flat-screen TV with streaming services and garden views. The unit has 2 beds.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- TV
- Fan
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Wardrobe or closet
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Toilet paper
- Infinity pool
- Shallow end
- Trash cans
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Luxury Suite
This suite features a pool with a view. This suite features 1 bedroom, a seating area and 1 bathroom with a bath and a shower. Boasting a patio, this suite also features a tea and coffee maker, a wardrobe and a flat-screen TV with cable channels. The unit has 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Seating Area
- Fan
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Hardwood or parquet floors
- Wardrobe or closet
- Toilet paper
- Infinity pool
- Shallow end
- Trash cans
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Standard Double Room
This double room's special feature is the pool with a view. This double room includes a flat-screen TV with cable channels and a private bathroom. The unit offers 1 bed.
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Shower
- TV
- Fan
- Toilet
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Wardrobe or closet
- Entire unit located on ground floor
- Toilet paper
- Infinity pool
- Shallow end
- Trash cans
Guest Reviews
- Jean (6/5): -
- Nicolet (8/5): Was very lovely and exactly what we needed for our stay. Thank you. - It felt old fashioned but not antiquated. Was secluded and quiet all round. The wooden floors, the bed was uncomfortable as it dipped in the middle.
- Blessing Ntsikelelo (9/5): Excellent service! - Beautiful place, professional and caring staff! Bathroom door that was not closing.
- Nelisiwe (8/5): Our stay was fantastic. The Owner is always willing to help when you need something. - The place is so peaceful .
- Nzama (8/5): -
- Regan Mackie (7/5): - Very quiet Only 2 small pillows on the double bed, a small bathroom towel, no 2 point plug for charging devices, no bedside lamp
- Ridhaa (10/5): - From the moment we arrived, the warmth and sincerity of this lodge was felt in every detail. The hospitality wasn’t just service, it was القلب (heart). Everything was thoughtfully prepared, clean, peaceful, and perfectly aligned with our values.
The accommodation was very comfy.
We will definitely be returning, Highly, highly recommended. Nothing to dislike.
- Monique (10/5): -
- Marc CF (10/5): - Probably the best accomodation in Ladysmith. Super friendly host and family, best location in town, we got a free upgrade and the pool is awesome...even when it rains. Check it out, I recommend this place to everyone. Thanks Essop , you and your family are the very best. Nothing
- Johann (7/5): very friendly and helpful staff. comfortable room in safe area - Great overall for what I required kitchen facilities in room
- Phumelele (8/5): - Friendly staff. Essop & Raiz were helpful and made sure our stay was lovely. The bed mattress was hollow, it felt like there's a sponge on the actual mattress.
- Hlongwane (10/5): -
- Nozipho (6/5): Very pleasant hosts. - Hosts were wonderful and so very accommodating, my mom had a good night's sleep ahead of a family funeral. All was good.
- Hilly (8/5): A comfortable stay in a quiet part of Ladysmith - A very well located property to the outside of Ladysmith offering peace and quiet with a lovely view from the swimming pool. The manager was very welcoming and couldn’t do enough to assist.
- Obed Bhekisani (4/5): The area is good in terms of rooms cleanliness but facilities are not entirely provided - Property is clean In a remote isolated area
- Majda (7/5): - Garden Kopalnica
- Maggie (10/5): - Staff was so friendly cleanness was up to standard I will recommend to any one looking for accommodation I’m happy with everything
- Van der merwe (9/5): - Very clean space and the pool was nice Shops are a bit far but still worth the stay
- Sir Khaba (7/5): INFINITY POOL WAS A TREAT - The infinity pool overlooking the city was a nice treat. The beds are a little bit old and pillows too.
- Senzo (10/5): -
- Khayelihle (10/5): -
- Mathebula (10/5): -
- Patronella (10/5): - The host was very pleasant and accommodative
- Nicolaas (8/5): - Excellent Host
Lush gardens
Comfortable
House ful of charm Nothing
- Njabulo (10/5): - The owner of the place is very friendly always willing to assist. Very clean and comfortable you also get key to gate you able to leave when ever you want and very organized stuff 👌 😀 Nothing
- Suraj (6/5): Overall, it was a pleasant stay. If you looking for a modern upmarket place, this is not that. - If you are into quaint, albeit a bit aged, places, this is ideal. I booked the suite which was essentially a complete studio apartment, very spacious with lots of cupboard space. The host was very eager to assist with any and all reasonable requests. The room is above the garage and has wooden (Oregon Pine or Oak) floors which creaked a lot when walking in the room. The floors are not properly sealed so when anyone speaks in the garage they are clearly audible in the room.
- Musa (2/5): Nothing serious - Nothing I want my refund for 4 people. Only one person slerp there.
- Birgit (10/5): Bester Gastgeber in einer wunderschönen Unterkunft - Tolles 100 Jahre alte Herrenhaus mit wunderschönem Garten und einem super netten Gastgeber. Alles liebevoll eingerichtet und sauber. Essop hatte tolle Ideen für Ausflüge und einen Restaurant Tipp. Da ich eine Erkältung hatte hat Essop mir sofort einen wirkungsvollen Hustensaft besorgt. Besser geht nicht.
- pamela (10/5): -
- brendon (8/5): -
- Prega (9/5): -
- Zulu (10/5): Peaceful joy - The owner was very welcoming and friendly, the placeis clean and refreshing. I didn't stay longer.
- Wilbur (8/5): -
- Daniel Roode (9/5): - Secure Great parking clean and near our destination friendly owner
- Sakhiseni Hlabisa (10/5): - I love the view and the rooms are clean and peaceful. The Owner is very friendly. 10/10
- Sphelele (10/5): will come back again and again and again - I enjoyed everything from the communication with the host to the units and the place is absolutely beautiful. the pictures don't do it justice
- Nomvuzo (9/5): Little hidden gem. Would have like more pillows. - Essop treated me like family. The room was lovely and the house was nice and quiet. The area is very safe. The room gets nice and dark and sleeping was quite pleasant. The kettle I had to move next to the bed, the cable was too short.
- Sizathina (8/5): Very good -
- Allison (10/5): Exceptional - The host Essop was so accommodating and tentative. He went out of his way to ensure we had everything we needed after a particularly difficult trip.
Genuinely a pleasant stay.
- Kebaue (10/5): Exceptional - Most of all I like. The view was beautiful love it
- Alvin (4/5): Disappointed stay - They host was accomodating I was placed in a unit on another propery.
Although the unit was bigger, it looked more like an unfinished project.
When I arrived they were busy quickly making up a bed for me. The rest of the beds were not even made.
There were things just sanding around like a disconnected washing mashine in the main bedroom. Someones toothbrush and toothpaste in the bathroom. Lamp shades stand on the floor in what seems to a unfinished walk in closet.
No mirror in the bathroom.
Another mirror standing in a corner behind a fan.
The main entrance sliding door could not lock. One had to lock the safety gate from the ouside.
I presume it was the maid that stayed in a room that is attached to the unit, being very loud and inconsiderate.
Just all-round disappointed with my booking and experience.
- Goodness (10/5): Excellent - The place was very beautiful nd clean nd the host wooow I remember I got sick while I was the he offered to take me to hospital he even called after I've left nd ask if I'm getting better shame I love that place Nothing
- Kerrylynn (10/5): Exceptional -
- Lara (10/5): It was so beautiful and quiet. The house is lovely and has a great view. Essop is super accommodatin - It was so beautiful and quiet. The house is lovely and has a great view. Essop is super accommodating and made us feel at home!
- Marina (9/5): Superb -
- Nokulunga (10/5): Exceptional -
- Johanna (7/5): A lot off potential. - The friendly host. The mosquitos
- Allistair (7/5): Overall stay was ok - Clean and comfortable No aircon
- Coetzee (1/5): Terrible - Not at all like the photo's on the website and had a terrible smell
- Nazir (9/5): Excellent stay - Comfortable and clean All was good
- Thembeka (10/5): Exceptional -
- Lethi (10/5): Exceptional - Everything was exceptional
Host was amazing and very attentive to ones needs Nothing.
- Lynette (10/5): Thanks to the host. Friendly and Homely - Recommended
- Ernest (6/5): Pleasant -
- Mtanga (10/5): World class service and facilities - Essop went beyond what was requested of him to ensure our comfort and really has made us consider the town as a holiday destination nothing
- Elvis (7/5): Convenient reliable hygienic and elegant place! - Courtesyness and reliability from staff for checking-in after hours Short stay less than 24 hours after checking in
- Mofokeng (5/5): Passable - The room was clean and big The stuff was not have time for us..and when we are about to leave she was not around ..the pool was dirty we shouldn't able to swim
- Wen (1/5): Bad -
- Ashley (9/5): Superb -
- Sizwe (9/5): My stay was amazing I would definitely like to go back there again. - The room is really beautiful, l big, clean with a dstv and a flat screen, free wifi. The shower is big as well clean and in good condition. You have alot of freedom to outside in the garden the pool. The view at night is superb. The heater there is not as hot as normal. But the blankets makes up for that, the wifi works well before 00:00am after that it doesn't work.
- Sizanani (10/5): Spacious clean en comfortable - I loved the room that we booked clean en big The weather in ladysmith
- Maria (8/5): Lovely old house in a beautiful location in Ladysmith. - Breakfast not applicable. It was the most beautiful old house, with gorgeous floors and pressed ceilings, in a fabulous location. Our host went out of his way to be helpful.
- Mofokeng (9/5): Superb - The place was clean ...and the staff was friendly Swimming pool was dirty
- Cebolenkosi (10/5): Exceptional -
- Shabalala (10/5): Exceptional -
- Naidoo (8/5): Very good - The owner was very welcoming, made us very comfortable and was very friendly and pleasant 😊 Nothing
- Sizwe (9/5): Superb -
- Marlisa (10/5): Exceptional -
- Sanele (7/5): Good -
- Machel (9/5): Essop was a great host and we enjoyed our overnight stay. - Beautiful, well maintained property and accommodation, steeped in history. N/A
- Sindiswa (8/5): Very good -
- Mapie (10/5): Intimate , cosy and perfect location - The place is just tastefully designed , stunning art , top of the range cooking untensil , stunning glassing and dinning. Nothing
- Asanda (9/5): Superb - The view from the pool
- Tumelo (7/5): Good -
- Theunis (7/5): Good -
- Bongani (10/5): I wish I had booked more days than the ones I booked. - Our stay didn't include breakfast but we really enjoyed ourselves there. The entire building was superb and the staff, Mr Essop was fantastic, he was full of energy. Nothing
- Dawid (10/5): It was a very pleasant stay and Essop was helpful and friendly. - We didn't partake in the breakfast and the location is very good. It's safe and parking is secure
- Loyd (8/5): Very good -
- Van (5/5): Owner great. Good for overnight as part of a longer road trip - The owner was fantastic and went out of his way to make our stay as comfortable as he possibly could. He was very friendly and made various plans to make our stay as pleasant as possible. He was the highlight of the stay. Traveling through town to the guest house felt extremely unsafe, although the location itself is good for the town. The room was not 100% clean in some places, but was not unliveable and you could see that there was lots of trouble to present the room as neat as possible.The toilet had a bit of smell, which I'm not sure if it was the drain itself or what the cause was, but it was working.
- Maxine (8/5): Very good - The spacious room and bath tube
- Kwenzeka (10/5): Exceptional - We were in love with everything..and we enjoyed our stay hope to see them next time Non everything was perfect
- Simphiwe (10/5): Exceptional -
- Thamsanqa (7/5): Good -
- Marius (8/5): Great stay in beautiful guesthouse with character and charm. - Our host, Mr. Essop Desai, was very friendly and welcoming. Communication from him was excellent. The guesthouse is an older building with a lot of character and charm. The room and bathroom were very neat and spacious. Amazing views over the town from the guesthouse. The owner is busy with some upgrades and minor tweaks needed but overall, we had a great stay. N/A
- Brian (10/5): Exceptional -
- Ramorwe (9/5): Superb -
- Janet (7/5): Good - Essop is very friendly and accommodating!
- Siphiwe (6/5): Pleasant -
- Chris (6/5): Pleasant -
- Bokang (10/5): Exceptional - The host was very attentive and very helpful!
- Dlamini (10/5): Excellent, I will never forget this weekend . - Essop was a great host. His hospitality is out of this world, wishing Bonnie Highlands all the best. Nothing beats the friendly staff, willing to go extra mile for his guest. 👌 I couldn't notice anything bad, friendliness that we received.
- Bongeka (10/5): I really enjoyed my stay and I’m definitely coming back soon - The property was very safe and clean , a very quiet place to be if you want some time out Every was on point And excellent
- Mpho (10/5): Exceptional -
- Lorin (8/5): Very good -
- Kevin (10/5): Exceptional -
- Lan (10/5): Exceptional - The host was very friendly and considerable.
Try his best to accommodate my team.
Thank you very much ,will back again . No
- Sizathina (7/5): Good -
- Antonella (10/5): We enjoyed our stay. - The manager, Essop, was incredibly hospitable. And the building itself was beautiful! Nothing.
- Call (7/5): Good -
- Phumulani (1/5): Bad - No breakfast 😔 No air conditioning, room is too big, old house no renovation, no breakfast no WiFi 😔 very bad, hot water was cut off in the morning when we were about to take a shower
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