Knysna Family Accommodation

Knysna Self Catering Accommodation

If you’re looking for a great place to have some time out – either alone, with your beloved, or with the family, you won’t do much better than enjoying a few days accommodation in your own spacious, self-catering, well-equipped serviced timber lodge at Phantom View River Resort in Knysna. The lodges all overlook the lagoon, and an evening on your own huge wooden deck as the Outeniqua Mountains turn mauve and then purple as the lagoon shimmers in front of you is one of life’s great experiences.

Accommodation Packages Knysna

Romance is what the Garden Route is still all bout – especially now in the afterglow of Valentine’s Day, and we have just the special package for you: ‘Love is in the Air’. How about:

Four nights at Phantom View River Resort,

Chocolates, strawberries and sparkling wine on arrival

A full day’s free canoe hire, including a delicious picnic basket with wine,

One continental breakfast,

Discount vouchers for a romantic dinner and spa treatments at Thesens’s Island’s stunning Turbine Hotel,

and more…..

Bird Watching in Knysna

As we are sure most bird watchers know, seeing a Knysna Loerie is a privilege, and regarded as very good luck. That beautiful eye, and that stunning flash of red wings brings a new joie de vivre to the most jaded soul…. Phantom View River Resort has its own resident Loerie at our reception area, who is nesting in a large tree.

Knysna Loerie

But what about the Narina Trogon? This is one of the most elusive birds on the Garden Route, and one of the most special. Even experienced bird watchers get very xcited about a sighting. For those of you would like to use the resort for some serious bird watching, and if you’re after a ‘Trogon’, here’s a description: The Narina Trogon, which measures up to 34cm from beak to tail, is a medium-sized largely green bird. The male has vivid green upperparts, greyish wings, bright red underparts and patches of blue skin on the face. The female has a brown face, a purplish green plumage, a blue circle around each eye and is duller red below. This unusual bird was named after Narina, the Khoikhoi (Hottentot) mistress of the French ornithologist François Le Vaillant, in the 18th century.

Narina Trogon

New faces at Phantom View River Resort

We’d like to welcome two new staffers to Phantom View: Jorika Brink is 26, and she’s that are bird – a genuine Knysna local, born and bred. Jorika’s career includes legal and estate agency work, and she’s also done a stint of Internet Marketing. With us she’ll be handling reservations, and also lending a hand with marketing. Lani Burger is 28, and she’s our new reservationist. Lani has a long stint in the restaurant industry to her name, as well as some time in Human Relations, and Marketing. Her family are in Cape Town, where she was born, and she has some good friends in Knysna. Welcome, ladies!

Phantom View Chuckle

Question: Why do hummingbirds hum? Answer: Because they don’t know the words. See you soon! The team at Phantom View. For more details on this and other special offers

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