Kwandwe Melton Manor

• Contemporary frontier farmhouse
• Offered on an exclusive use basis
• Own ranger and chef
• Unusual nocturnal game sightings such as aardvark and aardwolf
• Family friendly game lodge
• Open plan inter-active kitchen

Kwandwe Melton Manor is a contemporary frontier farmhouse with a modern touch, combining traditional settler furniture with the latest in contemporary South African design. A calm natural palette gives this contemporary house its character and tone. As with Uplands Homestead, Melton Manor is offered on an exclusive use basis and is ideal for family parties or friends travelling together.

High ceilings and expansive verandas create a sense of space. Yet the deep sofas, fireplaces and welcoming relaxed feel invite you to kick back and relax. The homestead is built around a central courtyard with a large swimming pool and sweeping views of the surrounding forested mountains.

Melton Manor Homestead has four en suite bedrooms as well as a sitting room, living room dining room and kitchen. Your bedroom offers a private refuge with doors opening onto a large veranda. Spacious bathrooms with big bathtubs facing the bush views add a touch of intimacy. The rooms are inter-leading with double doors (for sound-proofing) to accommodate families.

Children at Melton Manor

Children are very welcome at Kwandwe Melton Manor - children of any age can join the game drives or participate in the children's activities with younger siblings if they prefer. On arrival all children are presented with a special Eco-guide for planet-managers containing a quiz, a learning guide and tips for spoor and animal identification. Rangers will help the kids complete their Eco-guides, help them collect pods, feathers, bugs and leaves and teach them to identify different animal species. Much to the children's delight, when all the activities in the guide have been completed, the ranger will sign a certificate at the back stating that the child has graduated as a planet-manager! Rangers take younger children on special 'Pooh Walks' on which they are taught to identify droppings and spoor. There are also fishing and frogging safaris (safety and weather permitting) and bark-rubbing expeditions. Then there are visits to the garage to oversee land rover repairs and lessons in making waxed spoor prints which can be taken home. If they aren't exhausted after all this, the chef welcomes children's assistance in the kitchen while baking cookies for afternoon tea.