Simola Golf & Country Estate

Imagine a world set apart.  A secluded place, surrounded by breathtakingly beautiful scenery: a mountain range reflecting the vivid blue African sky... a river flowing into a massive, dazzling lagoon extending between two rugged cliffs, to meet the Indian Ocean...  This is Simola .  Nestled in the hills overlooking the vibrant town of Knysna and its lovely lagoon, the 325 hectare Simola Golf and Country Estate offers you a unique lifestyle opportunity, whether in terms of owning a home, or a holiday getaway.

For South Africans, the name ‘Knysna’ conjures up various associations: favourite holiday destination, idyllic nature, water sports, gracious and healthy outdoor living, cultural events - besides being the ideal base from which to explore the world-renowned Garden Route, with its lush indigenous forests, its stretches of long, sandy beaches, and numerous other attractions...

With excellent schooling, shopping facilities, restaurants, and a private hospital, Knysna is situated less than an hour’s drive from George airport - and 438 km east of Cape Town.  And just a few minutes’ drive into the hills above Knysna takes you up to Simola.

The five star luxury hotel at Simola is situated at a high vantage point, with its 40 spacious suites just some distance away from the main hotel building.  The hotel building itself is the social hub of life at Simola.  Besides its superb conference and banqueting facilities, there is the hotel’s fine dining restaurant and sushi bar, its elegant “cigar” bar - and the exclusive, while relaxed, ambience of its clubhouse bar and lounge.  With their high glass exterior walls, the restaurant and clubhouse boast panoramic views of the surroundings.  When darkness falls, the sight of Knysna’s lights twinkling in the distance, and the canopy of the southern hemisphere night sky - are magical.

The hotel includes a first-class gym - and a Spa and Wellness Centre, where a range of specialised treatments are on offer.  Both the gym, and the Spa’s indoor heated pool, have glass exteriors, so that you can look out over the surroundings. In summer, the outdoor pool with its sapphire water, its cocktail bar, and magnificent views towards the coast, is a popular rendezvous.

The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Simola is one of a number of outstanding championship golf courses along the Garden Route - and offers you excellent golf amenities and a variety of membership options.  In Nicklaus’s design, the challenges and drama of the course at Simola were uniquely inspired by the natural contours and the visual splendour of the setting.

The Simola Golf and Country Estate offers you a secure lifestyle, with a variety of property ownership opportunities to match your needs and circumstances.  Build the home of your dreams on our low density, freehold residential stands, situated in prime locations, away from the golf course.  You can choose to live in intimate proximity with nature - or enjoy stupendous views of the surrounding landscape.

Alternatively, you might prefer to circumvent the building process by purchasing an already completed and beautifully finished luxury home.  There are our spacious Golf Villas, situated near to the fairways.  For a lock-up-and-go option, there are our three bedroomed luxury apartments, with majestic views of the Knysna River and of the lagoon meeting the sea in the distance.  These luxury apartments are available on sectional title as well as on a fractional ownership basis.

 

For ultimate convenience, Simola also offers you sectional title or fractional ownership of the hotel’s luxury suites, which are fully serviced, managed and maintained.  Each suite has a lounge, dining and kitchen area, two en suite bedrooms, and a balcony.  The suites are situated away from the main hotel building, affording residents privacy, while they can enjoy the expanse of natural vistas which their position commands.

Meet our onsite Simola sales team who, with their professionalism and in-depth product knowledge, will guide you through the range of ownership options that Simola has to offer you.