The StayNest lobby at evening, timber walls and lanterns lit over the lake

StayNest Hotel

Twenty-two rooms on still highland water, two hours from the city and a good deal further from everything else. Your quiet week is already waiting.

Find the ideal spot for
your next escape

A StayNest welcome card, brass key 207 and a flat white on the front desk

Discover a highland hotel built around the quiet: a lake that goes still at six, a spa kept at blood heat, and a kitchen that cooks whatever the valley sent that morning. Whether it is a long weekend, an anniversary or a week of nothing at all, there is a key on the rack for it.

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Villa terraces stepping down to the lake at sunrise

Your trusted companion for memorable stays

Twenty-two keys, no more

From a lake-facing room to a cabin alone in the pines, every key on the rack opens onto water and none of them onto a road.

Booking that stays human

Pick your days, pick your key, and a person reads the request. An answer comes back the same day, with the fire already ordered.

Everything already included

Breakfast, the spa pools, the sauna, the trails and turndown. The only extras here are the ones you actually choose.

A long oak table set for breakfast, light falling through the glass wall
The lantern-lit corridor down to the Stillwater Spa

Creating unforgettable
stays since 2011

The firepit terrace at dusk, blankets out and the mountains fading

Fifteen years of the same idea, refined: a small hotel on still water, staffed by people who know where the otters were seen this morning. Every room is full of its own character, and ready to welcome you.

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“Absolutely loved our stay. Room 207 was better than the photographs, the fire was lit before we got back from dinner, and nobody once tried to sell us anything. We have already booked again.”

Naledi Mokoena

Returning guest, Johannesburg

The lodge glowing over the lake at twilight

Together, let’s make
your week off count

The lakeside terrace at golden hour, lanterns lit and the firepit going

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away from home

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