Sandford Park Country Hotel

Breakfast was very simple not posh like a Wimpy breakfast. Simple English Breakfast. Room was comfortable bed was humangous.

I don't like the way the cars park out in the open. Hotel is in the farm area set up close to Drakensberg. Weather in the area is not garenteed hail, etc could damage our vehicles.

The breakfast was good but limited choice. A very peaceful place and not hard to find. Swimming pool was a cherry on top.

Poor WI-FI in our room

What we liked was the room, nice large bed with aircon. The plugs were very hand with C-type and USB sockets. Bathroom had a shower and bath. lovely view from balcony and surrounding gardens were very beautiful. The pool was lovely and had a nice big step for toddlers.

The road there is a sand road & with the rain muddy, luckily we have a 4X4 but something to consider if you have a small car. The room could use a mini bar fridge but not essential. The overall place needs a bit of TLC like the games room was abandoned & gardens further back near lake. The private parking area is just some wooden poles a& open so basically your car is just parked outside in the open. It does look like they are busy upgrading the place. Then something that is actually out of their hands but if these are frequent guests it is something to mention. We went to the pool area to have a swim with our toddler. Upon arriving we saw a family already there & said hello, they said hello back & were friendly. Then a group of young girls came to the pool & were jumping in & laughing, as you do at a pool. I was in the pool with my toddler smiling at them and being friendly but they completely ignored us & didn't acknowledge us at all. Not a smile, not a hello, nothing. I saw a girl adjusting her bikini top & her friends helped her, I just smiled as that was nice of them but the girl turned to me & looked at me straight in my face & started speaking to me with attitude & aggression in another language. I said to her, I speak English so if you have something to say to me please speak in English. She just turned away & her friends all laughed. After that, anytime I swam around with my toddler they kept yelling mama this, mama that. They were being very intimidating & made it very unpleasant, as if we were not allowed there. I was ready to just leave but my toddler being an innocent 3 year old who doesn't discriminate wanted to swim with her new friends. So we stayed. Luckily one of the girls did acknowledge us & my toddler trying to swim with her, she was friendly.

Large rooms, great view

The access road is like a ploughed field. There was a limited choice of soft drinks.