Knysna's multi-award-winning lodge, Tonquani Knysna Lodge & Spa offers luxurious individually decorated log chalets and family suites with every conceivable comfort. This 5-star graded lodge offers bed & breakfast accommodation and a rejuvenating spa experience on South Africa's famous Cape Garden Route.

Suites and chalets at Knysna Tonquani Lodge & Spa offer every conceivable comfort including minibar, complimentary port and chocolates, tea, coffee and biscuits, TV, hair dryer, heater and air-conditioner.

Four units have a Jacuzzi bath, fireplace and the executive chalet has a private spa for the ultimate in pampering.

All units have private patios, air-conditioner and barbecues and are serviced daily. For our guests' convenience we offer an affordable on-site laundry service.

Sun loungers invite you to enjoy the welcoming coolness of the main swimming pool which is set in tranquil gardens where you can also enjoy a light lunch at the pool pavillion. Three units have private splash pools and there is secure on-site undercover parking.

Our Reception has an on-site Information Centre with brochures & maps and we will gladly make all necessary bookings on your behalf. The log chalets are a honeymooners' delight with complimentary champagne, chocolates, fruit bowl and flowers, white percale cotton linen & bathrobes.

The Tonquani Spa offers an exclusive & intimate spa experience, ideal for couples & friends wanting to spend quality time together while being pampered. Our facilities include a dual treatment area, relaxation room, sauna, and a change room with a rain shower. Spa guests enjoy exclusive use of the facilities during their treatments.

Guests can look forward to enjoying a full and varied breakfast with freshly baked scones, muffins and pancakes. On request all meals can be served in your unit. A light lunch menu is offered and complimentary tea and cake is served every afternoon.

South Africa has been listed amongst the top ten most desirable destinations in the world with the Garden Route as one of the top three. In a countrywide poll, Knysna was twice voted "Most popular town in South Africa". This quaint town in the heart of the Garden Route has been built around the Knysna lagoon and still projects a village atmosphere with its art and craft shops and beautiful waterfront. Knysna Tonquani Lodge is situated just 1.3km from Knysna town and 700 meters from the Knysna Lagoon.

Knysna is fast becoming known as the Adventure centre of the Garden Route, with activities such as canoeing, abseiling, hiking, biking, fishing, diving, creeking, paragliding and many more adrenalin pumping sports activities.

Take a ferry trip to Featherbed private nature reserve, do a spectacular tractor trip up the Western Heads and walk back through caves and along a beach to the restaurant for a delicious lunch under the milkwood trees.

Monkeyland is the world's first free roaming multi-specie primate sanctuary. It has captured the hearts of visitors in its efforts to rehabilitate and free previously caged primates. The sanctuary is exceptional as it caters for several species of primates, and they are not caged. They are free to move about the forest, and this they do most harmoniously.

Visit the Knysna Elephant Park where you can feed Harry, Sally and Duma.

Wine and dine your way through a formidable array of fine restaurants, seafood taverns, pubs, coffee shops and eateries. Go birding at one of the many bird hides.

Visit Millwood House Museum, which is typical of the houses built during the 1880s when gold was discovered in Millwood Forest or spend time in one of the many art galleries.

Catch the Outeniqua choo-choo for a nostalgic steam train trip from George to Mosselbay.

Take a sunset cruise around the Knysna lagoon on a yacht and enjoy Knysna oysters and champagne.

During winter and spring, one can expect to have whales and dolphins for company whilst walking on the beaches.

You are within easy reach of beautiful, unspoiled beaches, where the fishing is great, the scenery often spectacular and the walking ideal with miles of unbroken sand rock pools, rugged cliffs and headlands.

Inland the mountains bordering the coastal plane offer a multitude of scenic and impressive drives.

There are no fewer than eight golf courses between Mossel Bay and Plettenberg Bay. These include the Links Course at Fancourt. Other courses included are Mossel Bay, George, Knysna, Sparrebosch (recently opened and situated in a prime position on the Knysna Heads), Simola, Plettenberg Bay and Goose Valley (a Gary Player designed course situated just outside of Plettenberg Bay).

Knysna Lagoon is a protected Marine Reserve, a 17 square kilometer expanse of water fed by river and sea. Guarding the entrance to the lagoon are two large sandstone cliffs called The Heads, where the sea enters the lagoon. Fishing, boating, baitcollecting and watersport activities are regulated by National Parks Board and help to protect and create a sanctuary for the endangered Seahorse (Hippocampus capensis) which breeds in the estuary, as well as the rare Pansy shell found along the flat sand banks. The Lagoon is ideal for swimming and there are many excellent Scuba-diving and snorkeling spots.

Swimming beaches include Brenton-on-Sea, Buffalo Bay and Noetzie.

Accommodation includes a full breakfast daily. Please enquire about frequent special offers.