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Gerald's Gift Guest House

4.0 star property
A stylish retreat with a beautiful garden and refreshing pool offers travelers a peaceful setting to unwind after exploring the surrounding area

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Gerald's Gift Guest House serves a hearty English breakfast each morning before guests head to the outdoor pool. The property features a garden and terrace for relaxation with in-room WiFi. The well-maintained condition of this guesthouse consistently impresses visitors.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Laundry

Room options

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A hotel room with two beds, a wooden headboard, a red and white striped blanket, a wooden nightstand, a red lamp, and a framed map on the wall.

Family Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

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A neatly made bed with a red and white floral bedspread, a magazine on the bed, and a nightstand with a lamp and a vase of flowers.

Luxury Room, 1 Bedroom (Twin Room)

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds
  • Free WiFi

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A hotel room with a bed, two bedside tables with lamps, a chair, and a small table with a lamp.

Luxury Room, 1 Bedroom (Double Room 1)

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

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A hotel room with a bed, a sofa, a nightstand, a lamp, and a small table with a bowl and magazines.

Triple Room (Self - Catering)

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 45 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

Luxury Double Room

  • 45 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

Standard Double Room

  • 35 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed
  • Free WiFi

Standard Double Room

  • 45 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed
  • Free WiFi

About the neighborhood

Addo is home to Gerald's Gift Guest House. While the natural beauty of Addo Elephant National Park and Botanical Reserve can be enjoyed by anyone, those looking for an activity can check out Kirkwood Golf Course. Visit our Addo travel guide
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Map
R336 to Kirkwood, Addo, Eastern Cape, 6120

What's nearby

  • A river with elephants, green fields, and mountains in the background.
    Addo Elephant National Park
    20 min drive - 10.0 miles
  • Botanical Reserve
    9 min drive - 3.7 miles
  • Ulwazi Interpretive Centre
    25 min drive - 11.7 miles
  • Kirkwood Golf Course
    31 min drive - 21.1 miles
  • Daniell Cheetah Project
    45 min drive - 33.4 miles

Restaurants

  • Addo Wildlife
    14 min drive
  • The Elephant House
    14 min drive
  • Africanos Inn, Bar, Grill & Barn Addo
    9 min drive
  • Lenmore
    16 min drive
  • Hazels Organic Country Kitchen
    14 min drive

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free English breakfast available daily
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 8 PM

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property class

Quality Graded by the Tourism Grading Council of South Africa (TGCSA) – South Africa's official quality assurance organization.

Frequently asked questions

Does Gerald's Gift Guest House have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Gerald's Gift Guest House pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Gerald's Gift Guest House?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 8 PM.

What time is check-out at Gerald's Gift Guest House?

Check-out is at 10 AM.

Where is Gerald's Gift Guest House located?

Situated in Addo, this guesthouse is within 9 mi (15 km) of Botanical Reserve, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Lookout, and Addo Elephant National Park. Ulwazi Interpretive Centre is 10.2 mi (16.4 km) away.

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Reviews

Gerald's Gift Guest House Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

9.0

Cleanliness

9.0

Location

9.6

Staff & service

9.0

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 47 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 16 out of 47 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 47 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 47 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 47 reviews

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This guest house is really lovely. They have wonderful, caring staff who cook a fresh, made to order breakfast each morning. I would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Matthias

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The accommodation itself is good, the large garden is well maintained, the dinner and breakfast were good, the staff was friendly. Unfortunately, our room smelled very musty, brown water initially ran out of the tap, which didn't make a good impression.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Richard

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This was a very nice experience with wonderful hosts!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Hubert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed it very much.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This was a gem, large well appointed rooms set in lovely gardens and close to the Addo Game Reserve, the breakfast area outside was lovely, for dinner ate in a separate restaurant onsite, also in a lovely setting and the food was good though the wine choice: 1 white, 1 red and 1 rose was a little limited but we would come back.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We felt the on site restaurant could have offered more selection especially on starters one of which stayed the same for 3 nights and the other was a soup which did change but it wasn't exactly exciting. There are not many other restaurant choices in the area.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A little bit of heaven.

We stayed at Gerald's Gift mainly to visit the Addo Elphant Park thought there were other activities near by if you wanted them. However. Gerald's Gift itself was a little bit of Heaven. A beautiful house set in fabulous gardens way off the road behind automatic gates in developing fruit orchards. The rooms were beautiful each like little cottages in the garden. Our hosts Sue and Roger we most friendly and helpful and the breakfast was excellent. We ate 2 night running at Africanus, an hotel just a little way down the road. We loved Gerald's Gift and would thoroughly recommend it if you are visiting the area
Verified review

8/10 Good

Raimund

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Um den Addo Elefantpark zu besuchen ist es ein wunderbares Hideaway, das zu empfehlen ist. Die Zimmer sind geräumig, etwas altmodisch, passt jedoch zum Stil des Guesthouses. Leider gab es nicht täglich neue Handtücher, aber wir haben auch nicht nachgefragt. Die Eatery ist ein sehr hübscher Platz zum Dinner und für das Frühstück. Wenn man es früh aber eilig hat wird es schwierig, da das Servieren der Eierspeisen gefühlt ewig gedauert hat. Ganz wunderbar ist der weitläufige Garten, der dazu einlädt, die Seele baumeln zu lassen. Insgesamt ein sehr schöner Ort, an dem wir uns sehr wohl gefühlt haben. Hideaway Hideaway mit einem traumhaft angelegten Garten
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Martin

Freundliche Gastgeberin und eine entspannende Umgebung.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Barbara Monika

Liked: Cleanliness

Guesthouse nahe Addo Park

Begrüssung war ok, aber nicht mehr. Keine Tips oder wie die Fahrt war. Bei Verabschiedung das selbe, nicht gefragt, ob alles ok war oder so. Im Restaurant, war das Essen gut, aber der Service total überfordert. Frühstück war nicht bereit, obwohl es ab 7.30 Frühstück geben sollte. Garten war sehr schön. Nächstes Mal würden wir wo anders schlafen.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

ARNAUD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Personnel adorable jardin magnifique
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Anna M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Overnight stay at Gerald's Gift Guest House

Warm welcome by the owner and all details of room and facilities given. Very neat, well furnished room with beautiful ensuite. Private and secure. Really enjoyed our overnight stay and will definitely go back.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Best place ever

This place an absolute gem. Great peaceful location. Sue and her family were fabulous hosts. One of the best places we have stayed at ever!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The guest house was fantastic, perfect for the Addo elephant park, great house with two lovely dogs for extra company! The small eatery at the bottom of the garden was a real plus. Perfect place
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

BxS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We enjoyed a wonderful stay at Gerald's and really liked the surrounding gardens and its tranquility. Lovely and clean room and hard to imagine it once had a different purpose (the cottage front door is revealing), quite, personal parking space and just 10 minutes to Addo Elephant park. Great breakfast too and a citrus plantation to get lost in. You will definitely see all the game through very clean windows but you we suggest you experience it yourself. Recommended for sure.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

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Stephan

Little paradise, with its garden and birds. The rooms are nice and cozy, the owner very kind and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
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10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect spot. Loved it and the staff, food and room.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Robin

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Beautiful setting. Lovely staff and service and delicious breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

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Wonderful stay.

Amazing place to stay when visiting Addo Elephant Park. Very near to main gate. The hosts were very friendly and helpful and the accommodation was very comfortable. Breakfast was very good and lots of it. We very much enjoyed our stay and waking up to a clean car having spent travelling around Addos dirt tracks was a welcomed surprise. We also loved the two friendly dogs Joshua and Benson. We very much recommend a stay at this truly delightful guest house
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Joel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Mysig idyllisk miljö

Vi var mycket nöjda. Stort rum och god middag. Trevlig och hjälpsam personal.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Zhu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Alles waren super! Es hat uns sehr gut gefallen und ich würde diese Unterkunft immer weiterempfehlen!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Toller Garten, sehr aufmerksame Gästebetreuung, gute Lage zum Addo Park und guten Restaurants. Gerne wieder
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Tranquility

Perfect location if you want the visit Addo National Park. Difficult to fault anything very restful, and the lady in charge was very helpful. Gardens of the property beautiful.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Leuk hotel te midden van een grote citrusplantage. Zeer mooe tuin! Lekker restaurant 2 km verderop, aanrader voor sushi-liefhebbers. Elephantpark ligt op 10 km, voor de rest is hier weinig te doen.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

One Night Stay

Arrived here after a 250km drive and found the place very easily. We had a warm welcome from Sue and check in was quick and efficient. Sue showed us round the garden, breakfast area, guest lounge and then to our room. She also checked up on two restaurants for us because we wanted to eat early which was very helpful. The room was large with plenty of space for our luggage. The bed was a Queen (width of two singles) and very comfortable with soft linens. The shower and sink area were behind the bedroom area and separated by a low wall but the toilet was off to the side behind a door. The shower was spacious with very good flow and plenty of hot water. Towels were large and soft. Nice smelling toiletries. The room had a tea/coffee station, air conditioning and good WiFi. Everywhere was clean. We ate early at a restaurant and returned to enjoy complementary sherry, swimming pool and beautiful garden. Breakfast was taken outside with continental selection and hot food cooked to order which was delicious. Geralds Gift is a beautiful place with warm and friendly hosts and our only regret is not staying for longer. Will return.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018