Due to Clarens being fully booked out, we found this option available. Both economical and fairly close to town. The website states 13.9 km, to be exact, from the centre of Clarens. Mr Garmin and his friends puts the distance just about 20 km on the button. Let's not split hairs tho...

There is no "Reception" to greet you. A sole local chap with limited English vocabulary will point you in the general direction of the wrong chalet with the right keys. Finding the right chalet was easy enough after that.

The setting is idyllic and tranquil. The chalets are rustic and "comfortable" will be a fair description. They were also clean. The economical rate is becoming more evident as we go along. Expect no luxuries and thou shalt not be disappointed.

First major hiccup. The shower is blocked and the bath is the only option. No bath mat. The bath is an awkward unit that hugs your average hips (read size 36" waist) and thus dumps the water over the back when you move backwards to sit up.

The owners don't respond to the "shower blocked and please provide a bath mat" text, but upon our return the next evening, there is a bath mat by the front door. Shower still blocked.

Apparently, the "reception/ security" fellow runs the place and he was the one that needed to be told about the shower, not the owners... Good to know!

Next, the bed is fitted with a heated blanket. Yay! Its a euro plug and there is no adapter. Awww! We brought an adapter with. Yay! The plug is slap in the middle of where the bed goes against the wall and therefore the bed wont go back. Awww!

The stove doesn't work. Luckily, we tested the plug next to it that the fridge was using and that worked.

Enough nit-picking. The setting is breathtaking beneath the mountains and the tranquillity was profound.

With some due care and attention, this place could be the gem it deserves to be!!

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