Hluhluwe Hotel & Safaris is set in the heart of the Kingdom of the Zulu and the beautiful untamed Elephant Coast in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Hluhluwe Hotel & Safaris is renowned for its African ambiance, excellent cuisine and personal touch provided by friendly staff and owners Patrick and Jill Eliot who live by their motto "Hospitality is host Game". This hotel's greatest asset is it's location ideally situated between the world renowned Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Game Reserve and the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, a World Heritage Site. Where the untamed wildlife and marine reserves meet creating an eco-system of unparalleled bio-diversity.
"This must be the only place on the globe where the world's oldest land mammal (the rhinoceros) and the world's biggest terrestrial mammal (the elephant) share an eco-system with the world's oldest fish (the coelacanth) and the world's biggest marine mammal (the whale)." Former President Nelson Mandela -10th August 2001.
Hluhluwe Hotel & Safaris is also within easy reach of Sodwana Bay, St. Lucia, Cape Vidal, Lake Sibaya, Mkuze Game Reserve, as well as Ndumo Game Reserve, Tembe Elephant Park and Lake Josini. The Hotels safari company, "Hluhluwe Safaris" arranges three, six and nine hour safaris into the game reserve. Champagne breakfasts, bush braais, lunch packs as well as picnics in the Park can also be arranged on request. Qualified field guides will take you on safari in comfortable, modern open game drive vehicles. Hluhluwe Hotel & Safaris is a member of the Caraville Private Collection. These are Hotels distinguished by their personal touch. This graded hotel is a proud semi-finalist in the AA Awards Program for South Africa's Best Country Commercial Hotel. Hluhluwe hotel has 67 spacious fully air-conditioned en-suite bedrooms, with television, telephone, tea & coffee making facilities. Rooms comprise 41 spacious double rooms with 2 double beds in each room, 14 single rooms with one double bed and 12 twin rooms with 2 single beds. Daily laundry service is available.
The restaurant area and pubs are fully air-conditioned with a Big TV screen in the Rhino Bar. The Hotel offers excellent cuisine together with a wine list offering some of South Africa's most interesting wines to compliment the atmosphere of the cultural charm of the restaurant. The infamous Rhino Bar inside the hotel was a famous watering hole in the seventies and a bullet hole remains as proof of the untamed spirit of the early years.

A magnificent outdoor bar on the swimming pool terrace, under a gigantic Umkanyakude (Fever Tree) provides the perfect setting for the Zulu dance shows and sundowners in the evenings. A conference facility is available with business facilities such as e-mail, fax, photo-copying and a secretarial service. A traditional Zulu Boma (Kraal) provides an alternative outdoor venue for shows and dinner under the African sky. The hotel's curio shop offers anything from beautiful handcrafted African curio's to a variety of safari clothing, or you can purchase any of the African music CD's which provide the background music to set the scene.