Just a 5 minut drive up the hills, Villa afrikana are placed in great suroundings with an amazing veiw over Knysna Lagoon.

My wife and I spent our honeymoon in the Gouna Suite, something we never will forget. A well decorated Suite with a fully equiped bathroom and a wonderful veranda, there we were served our breakfast in the morning.

The service was fabulous and the hosts, Rossano and Bianca Giunti treated us like royalties.

We can strongly recommend Villa Afrikana!
and we will absolutly be back next summer.

Carl and Therese Jansson
Umeå, Sweden

We spent two nights at Villa Afrikaner and it was absolutely gorgeous. The rooms and bathrooms are enormous. We stayed in the Owners Suite and it was very, very comfortable. We had a huge private terrace with a fantastic view out over Knysna Bay and Heads and enjoyed evening drinks and breakfast there every morning.

There also lovely communal areas and a small pool for the warmer seasons.

Fabulous place. A bit worried at first that it was not walkable from the town but actually the majority of guest houses are some distance. It was a very easy and quick drive down to town (or cheap taxi ride).

As the guest house was high up on the hills we have a fabulous view from the balcony. It was a wonderous place to watch the stars at night. We had a delicious breakfast brought to our balcony most mornings although we were given the option of the dining room.

The guest house was stunning, filled with African artifacts and our hosts could not have been more welcoming and accommodating.

All in all a very beautiful place and 5 days was not long enough.

We stayed at the Villa Afrikana for two nights while traveling the Garden Route between Cape Town and a game reserve beyond Port Elizabeth. We had stayed in Camps Bay (Cape Town, lots of fun) for the most part of a week and wanted somewhere a bit more relaxing as a change of scenery. I had only ever driven through Knysna before so I was looking forward to hanging out there for a couple of days.

Villa Afrikana is a stunning property, up in the hills in a nice suburban area on the way into the town of Knysna. Recently rebuilt/developed it is luxurious, sleek, modern, lots of glass, white walls and well chosen funky pieces of furniture. Impressive views over the lagoon and surrounding headland.

The owners, Bianca and Ross are great hosts, friendly, helpful and welcoming. Ross gave a recommendation for dinner (Lush - loud, fun interior design, good food and enjoyable!) for us on the second night and made the reservation for us. Both were knowledgeable about traveling all around the area and Bianca made some other recommendations about possible places to visit/stay on our route ahead which also worked out really well.

The only thing I would say was a slight discomfort was that in our room the curtains were very light, they looked great but it meant that I woke each morning at sunlight, as the room became flooded with light due to the large windows. This wasn't in any way terrible as I did get to see an amazing sunrise over Knysna.

Overall a very pleasant relaxing stay at Villa Afrikana. The best value and most luxurious stay of our trip to South Africa.