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Experience 1880 – a uniquely amazing old century Swartberg accommodation offering

Experience 1880 - Swartburg - KwaZulu-Natal 4

Experience 1880, Swartberg, KwaZulu Natal

Discover the wonder of a time long ago at Experience 1880 in Swartberg. Time stands still at this unique accommodation, where you can enjoy a stay in a genuine 19th Century stone house in the heart of the Natal Mountain ranges.

You will feel like you travelled back in time as the house is absent of electricity, giving it a wonderful and romantic ambience.

It’s truly a unique way to escape from the stress of the big city, whether you are travelling with family or friends this is an experience you will treasure for a lifetime.

Accommodation at Experience 1880

At Experience 1880, there are two different types of accommodation you can choose to stay in, the Main House and the Cottage. Each one made from stone walls and set in 19th Century style so you can truly experience the 1800’s.

The Main House has five bedrooms, each with their own bathroom and fireplace to help keep you warm. All rooms can sleep up to two people. The house has a fully-equipped kitchen that comes with a gas stove, gas fridge and a freezer.

There is a wood-fired hot water boiler situated in the kitchen for your convenience. You can sit together and enjoy your meals in the dining room, relax in the lounge that has its own fireplace and even enjoy a braai out by the deck with a wraparound veranda.

Situated about 20 meters from the Main House is the Cottage. It has three separate, private rooms that come with their own entrance and bathrooms.

You can also explore the beautiful landscapes of Southern Drakensberg with Experience 1880’s Horse Trails and Safaris during your stay.

Top reasons for staying at Experience 1880:

  1. You can have a unique accommodation experience in a genuine 19th Century house.
  2. The house is secluded so you can experience total peace and tranquillity.
  3. The rooms are spacious and perfect for friends and family to enjoy.
  4. You can enjoy a ride along their Horse Trails and Safaris.
  5. The house has a unique and timeless feel to it.

To find out more about Experience 1880, give them a call on 073 522 1839 or email info@experience1880.com. Visit their website at www.experience1880.com. Find them on Google Maps. Facebook & Instagram.

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Our team of journalists are seasoned travels and love visiting the myriad of exciting places around South Africa.  Whether it is off the beaten track or in the heart of the top attractions of the country, we’ll be there,

Home Food and Travel advice on finding the right accommodation

So what is the right accommodation?  Well more often than not, it’s your travel budget that dictates the type of accommodation that you choose. 

Expensive is not always better.  Our team at Home Food and Travel will tell you that they have camped in areas with limited ablutions and had a wonderful holiday.  They have also spent a night in a five star hotel only to be disappointed because their expectations exceeded the experience.

The reason for your travels will also affect your choice.  A business trip requires different amenities to a beach holiday. 

Our articles, reviews and experiences can certainly help you make your decision.

Restaurants with a good mix of service, food and ambiance

To my mind a great restaurant offers three things – excellent service, great food and a wonderful ambiance.  Of these, service is the most important. 

No matter that the food is delicious and the setting delightful, poor service can ruin the occasion.  However, great service combined with mediocre meal and a plane jane restaurant can still be a pleasant night out.

We’ve eaten in restaurants that are really dirty but with incredible food and couldn’t help but give a rave review.  We’ve also hardly noticed what we ate because the setting was just amazing.

However, the best restaurants come with the best of service, food and ambiance.

Spas are the ultimate relaxation aid

How do you know when you have had a great spa experience?  The answer, of course, is when you doze off on the treatment table. 

Well that’s our theory anyway.  It also doesn’t take a grand location with enormous facilities for a spa to be really good

A small, personal spa that is owner run can result in the best massage you have ever experienced.  However, the grand spas in five star hotels offer unsurpassed facilities in an environment that just makes the stress in your shoulders and neck melt away before you even finish checking in.

Adventure!

You don’t have to be an adrenaline junky to enjoy an exciting experience.  In fact, what are commonly termed adventure activities usually have incredibly high safety standards and unblemished safety records.

Ziplining, bungy jumping and shark cage diving are all very safe.  It’s just that our mind tells us we are craaazzzzyyyy to be doing this.

On the road to great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities

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We’re out looking or those great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities.

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The tourism industry has been my bread and butter for most of my life.  It started with my incorporating a tour company in 1995 just as South Africa was opening to international tourism. I was the first qualified field guide in the Eastern Cape and later became the approved tour guide trainer for the region.  At various times I have owned a tourist information office, an advertising agency specializing in marketing tourism businesses,  sat on the board of directors of various tourism organisations and a been a publisher of travel magazines and websites.

Southern Africa is my home and the diversity of cultures,  scenery and fauna and flora are what make it so special.  I have a passion for exploring and have done so by driving, hiking, strolling, cycling, boating, sailing, diving and flying and know that their is still so much more to see.  

Along the way their are so many amazing places to stay and to eat and they are an integral part of what makes this such a special place. These private and public tourism enterprises play a huge part in ensuring that our natural environment remains intact.

I am a fervent conservationist.  I have served on the Board of Trustees of Bayworld and am currently a director of Bay Action Network Alliance. I believe that tourism is one of the few effective ways of protecting a dwindling natural heritage in the face of overpopulation and irresponsible and selfish exploitation of natural resources. Sadly conservation for conservation sake is as out of date as fax machines and typewriters.  Animals and conservation areas must make more money from tourism than they can from exploitation to ensure their long term survival.  It is for this reason that I love working with responsible tourism organizations around Southern Africa.

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