For those travelling to southern Mozambique, or between Kruger Park, Swaziland and Durban, Ghost Mountain Inn makes an excellent stopover or memorable getaway.

A variety of guided tours can be arranged for guests during a stay here, including game drives, hikes, tiger fishing, and Zulu cultural trips. The area is also a bird watcher’s paradise, and birding walks can be arranged.

Boat trips can also be enjoyed on Lake Jozini. Ghost Mountain have a new boat, Shaluza, which has the capacity to carry 40 seated passengers on both morning game and afternoon sundowner cruises. The lower deck features a bar and a toilet, whilst the upper deck is open to allow more flexibility for on-board dining and a higher vantage point to view game.

It may sound like somewhere from a Scooby Doo movie, but Ghost Mountain Inn is definately somewhere to be considered if you have time to explore KwaZulu-Natal and Swaziland.

The family run hotel has completed a R10 million refurbishment that included a new hotel entrance and paved parking, and the upgrading of 8 family rooms to substantially more spacious rooms, complete with a sofa and lounge area, and flat screen TVs with satellite channels. These rooms also have beautiful new bathrooms, and also boast patios overlooking the indigenous garden or the pool.

The main terrace and Roy’s bar has also undergone a facelift, and now is again more spacious, with elegant African décor and furnishings. The terrace is air-conditioned and has a large fireplace for the cooler months.

The hotel is certainly centrally located for exploring the numerous game and coastal reserves of the area, and in its own right also offers a wealth of activities including amazing boat trips on Lake Jozini.

Congratulations to Ghost Mountain Innin KwaZulu-Natal which has just raised R80,000 (approx £5,500) for their local Mtwazi Combined School and have bought desks and chairs for the Grade 3 class and set work language books. Many of the hotels and lodges we work with in Africa do substantial charity work with their local communities, and this is just one example of the benefits that tourism can bring to poor local communities along with jobs and protection of the environment.

Between fundraising events, they have also been very active upgrading rooms at the hotel to include minibars and safes, replacing all the beds and linen and upgrading twin beds to ¾ and king size beds in the Executive rooms.  They also now offer complimentary wireless internet access for those who cannot keep away from their email or the business news whilst they are away.

 Congratulations to Craig and his team on a very busy and successful couple of months!