Mantenga Lodge

Reviews

• "I was quite surprised to find this 'hidden' place - booked not really knowing what to expect."

  07 December 2020

  "I stayed over and met a number of other business people at breakfast - all of us very much pressed for time to handle our business. The breakfast was scheduled for 06h30 - at 06h 50 the doors eventually opened and now there was quite a group all waiting. We eventually left after 07h30. If we were there for leisure maybe it would not matter that much but all were eventually quite frustrated."

• "Beautiful gardens, but no service delivery"

  23 February 2020

  "While the gardens and the restaurant terrace are as beautiful as in the advertised photos, the room was definitely not so. It was a tiny dark hole, with no view of the garden as advertised. Furthermore it had just been painted, making sleep uncomfortable in the paint fumes, which created a headache. The room should not have been made available. The food in the restaurant was also not up to standard with a rump that had to be sent back to the kitchen. And I am still waiting for the issue around wrong pricing and invoicing from the establishment and Safari to be resolved."

• "the hospitality and the bottle of champagne to celebrate our annivesary"

  10 September 2017

  "the lodge is close to the activities and points of interest in swaziland"

• "Memorable stay"

  05 June 2017

  "Excellent value for money stay made even better by the friendliness of the staff."

• "Nice for family with kids"

  02 June 2014

  "Comfortable, big garden, nice view during breakfast, the kids enjoyed."

• "Peaceful"

  05 May 2014

  "We absolutely loved our one night stay. As we live in Piet Retief, this felt like a real "get away". Their breakfast was amazing and also their ala carte Restaurant!! Highly Recommended if you really want to relax! The rooms were very inviting."

• "Lovely stay"

  25 November 2013

  "We had a lovely stay at Mantenga Lodge for our 5th year anniversary. It is close the both the Happy Valley Casino and Royal Swazi Spa."

• "Good stopover"

  25 November 2013

  "Clean, large rooms. Great breakfast."

• "Feedback"

  23 July 2013

  "It was a wonderful experience and the service at the lodge was great. Will recommend to other people to stay."

• "Work and pleasure"

  02 July 2013

  "Lovely stay with a great view and good food! Rooms are comfortable and clean. Only thing that bothered us was the rattling of cables/wiring when the wind blows at night time."

• "Excellent service and comfortable rooms"

  18 June 2013

  "We had excellent service at Matenga lodge, the people were so friendly and the rooms were clean, need and comfortable. We will definitely stay their again. It is also very affordable to stay at Matenga lodge. Thank you guys, it was excellent."

• "Average"

  11 June 2013

  "The place is not too far from the boarder, which was great. The food was great and the kitchen staff were friendly. I didn't get a good reception upon my arrival though, I had to carry my own luggage which was not nice at all! I ended up not staying my entire booked duration and it was a mission to get some of my money back. It took days for them to give me some of my money back. Can’t say it was the greatest experience unfortunately.<br></br> <b>Establishment's response</b><br></br> <i>Hi Nelly<br></br> Thank you for you review. I apologise for the trouble with your luggage, although we do have porters on request. With regards to the refund, your cancellation came on the same date as your stay which is normally outside the cancellation period, although we did inform you that we would refund you the money once we had received it from the agent and less the commission that they charge. When we received the money we promptly made payment all that was owed to you. I hope this clarifies how we handled the refund.<br></br> Kind Regards<br></br> Mantenga Lodge Management.</i>"

• "Tranquil and beautiful"

  10 April 2013

  "The place is tranquil, beautiful, peaceful. The staff is polite, the food is top class and most importantly there is so much to do on the premises i.e: paint balling, visit the on-site craft market, swim, etc...I would visit again."

• "Very nice"

  05 December 2011

  "The staff were very friendly and the place very relaxing. The children enjoyed the swimming pool."

• "Excellent"

  14 November 2011

  "Excellent! Good service, nice and friendly people, good food. What else would you need? And all this at a very good price. It is also very well situated, close to nice art shops etc. Away from the town. Nice views."

• "Great"

  07 August 2011

  "Great location. Very good value for money. Clean rooms. Très bien situé . Très bon rapport qualité prix . Chambres propres"

• "Good service and clean accommodation"

  27 June 2011

  "Thanks. I really enjoyed staying here. The staff were friendly, the rooms very clean. I will definitely return."

• "Great stay"

  02 June 2011

  "The experience was beyond expectation. Great staff, clean rooms and well presented food accompanied by a beautiful view and well maintained surroundings. I will definitely pay another visit soon!"

• "Thoroughly recommended"

  19 May 2010

  "Travelling from the UK with my teenage daughter, we stayed at Mantenga Lodge. The setting could not have been better, overlooking Execution Rock at the heart of Elzuwini Valley.The accommodation was decent, the rooms were spacious, clean and the bathroom, particularly the shower was good. Breakfasts were a great start to the day and we thoroughly enjoyed our evening meals on the terrace when we ate 'on site'.All of the staff were friendly and attentive including the maids and the guys controlling the gate. It was a perfect place to stay as we felt that we were in 'real Africa' from a bygone age but with all mod cons...thoroughly recommended."

• "Great setting"

  17 May 2010

  "Comfortable accommodation, good food.We thoroughly enjoyed our stay."

• "IT WAS GREAT"

  30 April 2010

  "My wife and I had one night accommodation here and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay.The staffwere very friendly and hospitable.Food was delicious and great value for money.The inclement weather unfortunately denied us the beuatiful views of the valley.I do not know the name of the lady at reception who was on duty on Sunday, 25 April 2010.I wish her to know that we so much appreciated your "go out of your way" to assist.We had car trouble and you went so much out of your way to help.Thank you very much.The rooms were comfortable and clean.Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!"

• "Nice place. Excellent kitchen."

  15 March 2010

  "It a nice silent place with very good restaurant. Good service for good price."

• "Prachtig resort"

  08 February 2010

  "Goed restaurant, mooie begroeide tuin"

• "Mantenga Lodge - Swaziland"

  30 December 2009

  "Although we only stayed one night @ Mantenga Lodge enroute to Mozambique we enjoyed our stay very much. The restaurant have a nice variety of food and each of us had something different on the menu. I will definitely recommend this resort to all my friends and family and will definitely make use of their facility again.Only the main bed room have our conditioning. I could recommend that ceiling fans should be installed in the other bedrooms."

• "Mantenga Lodge - Swaziland"

  30 December 2009

  "Although we only stayed one night @ Mantenga Lodge enroute to Mozambique we enjoyed our stay very much. The restaurant have a nice variety of food and each of us had something different on the menu. I will definitely recommend this resort to all my friends and family and will definitely make use of their facility again.Only the main bed room have our conditioning. I could recommend that ceiling fans should be installed in the other bedrooms."

• "Mantenga lodge"

  23 December 2009

  "We enjoyed our stay at Mantenga Lodge.The food was fabulous."

• "Mantenga lodge"

  23 December 2009

  "We enjoyed our stay at Mantenga Lodge.The food was fabulous."

• "Recommended"

  13 October 2009

  "Very pleasant place to stay, good food nice restaurant friendly staff "

• "My Stay at Matenga Lodge"

  07 September 2009

  "We enjoyed our stay at Matenga Lodge, the food was marvelous. The people (staff) are friendly. "

• "Fantastic"

  21 May 2009

  "The onsite restaurant was fantastic, and both it and our rooms had a great view.The craft centre was also fantastic and the highlight of our stay in Swaziland; they had great cultural souvenirs there.Overall, the rooms were clean and pleasant."

• "Awesome stay"

  24 March 2009

  "Mantenga Lodge, in the Ezulwini Valley in Swaziland, was a refreshing surprise, a home away from home and we had an awesome stay there. The staff are friendly, the food was outstanding and the service great. Mantenga Lodge can hold its own in the international tourism arena - well done everybody - we LOVED it there!"

• "Mantanga Lodge"

  08 March 2009

  "Standard rooms.Friendly people, Great food, Beautiful scenery - BAD ROADEstablishment needs basic maintenance."

• "A fantastic time!"

  10 January 2009

  "Great rooms, great service, great food. This is truly a place where you can relax and feel at home. They gave us a warm welcome!"

• "Mantenga Lodge - Paradise"

  09 December 2008

  "This trip was last minute and not for very pleasant reasons, but the stay at Mantenga Lodge was fantastic and made a difficult time enjoyable, their friendly staff (especially the gate man) were always smiling and always happy to help even when the car wouldnt start and I needed jump leads!The lodges themselves have everything you could want, air conditioning and ceiling fan which was a great help as it was hot, the surroundings were tropical and kept to a very high standard very pretty and quite relaxing. I will be travelling back to Swaziland again and I am sure that I will be staying at Mantenga lodge again it represents value for money and high quality."

• "Very nice stay with beautiful view of the mountains!"

  05 November 2008

  "Had a lovely time at Mantenga Lodge!Beautiful surroundings and very nice breakfast. Great service!Had a fun time taking photos of the monkey play on the grounds!"

• "A nice short stay."

  17 August 2008

  "It is a very nice place in a beautiful area. Very quiet but also much to do. So mostly 1 or 2 night will be enough. You stay there for the places of interest in the surrounding. The cottage is simply but beautiful. There is a small pool and a large garden to play."

• "A great place to stay and the food was excellent."

  21 July 2008

  "We enjoyed our one night in the Lodge and the restaurant provided excellent food along with entertainment by the staff!!"

• "A great place to stay and the food was excellent."

  21 July 2008

  "We enjoyed our one night in the Lodge and the restaurant provided excellent food along with entertainment by the staff!!"

• "Recommended"

  05 May 2008

  "The place was very spacious, peaceful and relaxing, "

• "Recommended"

  05 May 2008

  "The place was very spacious, peaceful and relaxing,"

• "Great place"

  02 September 2007

  "A great place to stay in Swaziland with great souvenir shopping possibilities just a stones throw away..."

• "Very good"

  17 August 2007

  "Home away from home with good and warm hospitality and very good restaurant"

• "Getaway"

  16 July 2007

  "Mantenga Lodge is a wonderful getaway destination, and is located close to areas of interest{waterfall,cultural village)"

• "Good experience"

  16 May 2007

  "We were made to feel welcome and any request for assistance or service was promptly attended to."

• "Location is perfect"

  04 May 2007

  "Thanks for your kind hospitaliy. The rooms are large and comfortable, the food was a dream and the location is perfect. This was our first visit to wonderful Swaziland, was a dream."

• "Location is perfect"

  04 May 2007

  "Thanks for your kind hospitaliy. The rooms are large and comfortable, the food was a dream and the location is perfect. This was our first visit to wonderful Swaziland, was a dream."

• "Very relaxing time"

  03 May 2007

  "This establishment is well organised, clean and comfortable. The setting is great as well. I would certainly recommend it."

• "Very relaxing time"

  03 May 2007

  "This establishment is well organised, clean and comfortable. The setting is great as well. I would certainly recommend it. "