Happy Jackal

My husband and I stayed here for 2 nights on our honeymoon and we had the most wonderful time! Suzette is such a lovely host and made us feel so special and welcome the entire time we were there. We were served the most wonderful breakfast in a lovely breakfast room overlooking a river which runs through the property. Our breakfast included homemade bread and jams which were to die for. The room was spacious, clean and African themed which really makes you feel like you are in the thick of Africa! Not only that, the guest house is situated less than 2 minutes from the Addo Elephant Park gate so it was the perfect place to stay for us wanting to do a self game drive. We saw a wild giraffe and deer as soon as we left the guest house and turned the corner! Thank you so much to Suzette for hosting us, providing us with so much information on the surrounding area and for just being so accommodating and wonderful. We truly had the most amazing honeymoon experience and we will 100% be back again!

Super nice! The rooms were very clean. Everything was more than fine! Breakfast was the best we had! The owners are super friendly and kind! Definitely recommend this stay! The woman's kindness gave me goosebumps!

I feel beholden to future guests to alert folk to exactly what they are getting. This is advertised as luxury and in SA terms reasonably costly. We were there to celebrate 36 years together. It is clear from the website that there is no catering on the premises in the evening - fair enough. The guest house made arrangements for us to eat next door - the elephants footprint. We duly departed, equipped with a light from the Happy Jackal, to be told no the kitchen was not open at the elephants footprint. There is absolutely nowhere else to eat, no delivery service, no reliable taxi. I had a drink so would not drive. The response to our situation at the Happy Jackal was underwhelming - no offer to prepare sandwiches in their kitchen which let us not forget serves breakfast. If I had said I had arranged something and it failed I would act to remedy not shrug my shoulders, really very poor! I am British I do not complain but I do warn so be warned. I finally summoned the "gumption" to ask for a bottle of wine - for which I was billed 90R. After meal of packet of crisps had bath. Plug would not open to let water out - we reported this at breakfast by the time we left the next morning still not fixed and starting to smell. No milk in the rooms. To be clear the hosts were lovely, the property beautiful and the room excellent but the attention to detail woeful. When traveling to a foreign country and shunning hotels for private guesthouses you need to be confident and I truly hope this feedback is acted on and maybe reassurance provided on the website. Until then fellow traveller book elsewhere but seek out Captain Beau - worry not about finding the park if you stay a little out it is very easy.