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Knysna, South Africa

Knysna Hollow Country Estate

Eighty-seven rooms in Knysna, rebuilt after the fire of 7 June 2017 and reopened on 1 October 2018.

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The place

The fire

7 June 2017. The hotel says the building was almost completely destroyed.

The return

Construction from 1 September 2017. Reopened 1 October 2018.

The count

It opened with 20 rooms in 1998. The rebuilt hotel counts 87, and two restaurants.

The walk

Guests on the site say they walked into town rather than drive the waterfront traffic.

The number

Reservations are +27 44 382 5401. The 011 line on the page is not a real hotel number.

Our read

Knysna Hollow is easy to file as another Garden Route bed. The page tells a harder story: it opened with 20 rooms in 1998, burned on 7 June 2017, and came back on 1 October 2018 with 87 rooms and two restaurants. You can walk into town. Come if you want Knysna itself, with a modern room and a staff that stayed. Skip it if you wanted a lodge in the forest or a view that was here before the fire.

Come here for

  • A walk into Knysna from 5 Welbedacht Lane
  • Eighty-seven rooms rebuilt after the 2017 fire, with two restaurants
  • A town stay, if the lagoon and the main street are the point

Skip it if

  • You wanted the building that stood here before 7 June 2017. That hotel was lost in the fire.
  • You wanted a safari lodge. Kings Camp and Leopard Hills are different properties in the same group.

We’d rather send you somewhere else than send you somewhere that doesn’t suit you.

Knysna Hollow opened on 1 July 1998 with 20 rooms, the second hotel in what became the Hollow collection. On 7 June 2017 the Knysna wildfires nearly destroyed it. The hotel’s own account says the staff and the hotel cat, Charlie, were unharmed, that construction began on 1 September 2017, and that the new hotel reopened on 1 October 2018. It now counts 87 rooms, two restaurants, and a team of nearly 70. The address is 5 Welbedacht Lane. Reservations are +27 44 382 5401. The useful fact is the walk. Guests on the site say they walked into town when the waterfront was jammed. This is a town hotel that was burned and rebuilt, not a forest lodge and not a safari camp. Use the reservations number above. The page does not print a nightly rate. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking.

03 · Live here

How the days go

  1. Arrive

    5 Welbedacht Lane, Knysna. Reservations +27 44 382 5401. Ignore any 011 123 4567 line on the site.

  2. Live here

    A walk into Knysna from 5 Welbedacht Lane

  3. Go

    Book on the hotel site. MindReach does not take the reservation.

04 - Stay

Ways to stay

The rebuilt hotel

87 rooms and two restaurants. Ask which restaurant you want, and do not expect the pre-2017 building.

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05 - Know

Before you go

Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book.

5 Welbedacht Lane, Knysna. Reservations +27 44 382 5401. Ignore any 011 123 4567 line on the site.

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Is this the original hotel?

The business is. The building was rebuilt after the fire of 7 June 2017 and reopened on 1 October 2018.

How many rooms?

87, on the hotel’s own story, with two restaurants.

Can I walk to town?

Guests say yes. The address is 5 Welbedacht Lane.

Which phone is real?

+27 44 382 5401. Do not use the 011 123 4567 line.

Where do I book?

With Knysna Hollow. MindReach does not take the reservation.

06 · Go

Knysna Hollow Country Estate

Knysna, South Africa

Knysna Hollow is easy to file as another Garden Route bed. The page tells a harder story: it opened with 20 rooms in 1998, burned on 7 June 2017, and came back on 1 October 2018 with 87 rooms and two restaurants. You can walk into town. Come if you want Knysna itself, with a modern room and a staff that stayed. Skip it if you wanted a lodge in the forest or a view that was here before the fire.

Getting there
5 Welbedacht Lane, Knysna.
From where you are
Distance appears once we know where you are.

Knysna Hollow Country Estate

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