Star Chestnut Lodge

So it’s big and bold, but there are some of us who love this level of luxury in the bush every once in a while… and if you’re celebrating a 40th or 50th – or any milestone birthday – Star Chestnut Lodge ticks all the boxes. Set on a fenced stand in Mjejane Private Game […]

Villa Coco

There are countless blissful elements to Mozambique that make it one of the most desired destinations in Africa, to spend outlandish, adventurous family holidays beside the sea. The warm, tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and idyllic snorkelling, swimming, sailing and diving conditions. It’s a romantic, rugged pocket of paradise rooted in rich cultural diversity, […]

House Marape

Endless beaches and tranquil bliss We can scour the world in search of those stretches of sand that epitomise remote, raw and rustic island life, with an element of extravagance added to the criteria. Where the waters are those transparent, mellow blankets of blue and the trees are occupied by monkeys giddily scrambling for coconuts […]

Kisawa Sanctuary

Picture five kilometres of pristine Mozambique coastline in the Bazaruto Archipelago, 300 hectares of calm sanctuary and coastal forest that’s home to throngs of birds and small mammals, and in all that space just 12 deeply private and magnificently luxurious residences. Some are in coves, others sheltered by dunes, all have magical beachfront and enchanting […]

Azura Retreat

Azura Benguerra epitomises ‘summertime and the living is easy’. And it’s this way throughout the year, doused in warm, tropical sunshine. But this is a special place for many other reasons. Azura Benguerra is 100% solar powered – the first Tesla-powered property in Mozambique, and the island lodge is also entirely community based. It was […]

andBeyond Benguerra

Year round sunshine, warm lapping ocean, diving dolphins, rare dugongs and turtles against the backdrop music of rustling palm trees. It’s idyllic, and it’s everyday life at andBeyond Benguerra Island. Located in the protected marine reserve of Bazaruto Archipelago National Park, just off the coast of Mozambique, days here are beautiful, calm and easy. It’s […]

18 on Hewitt

When considering all of the little things that make the perfect holiday spot – for you and your family and friends – there are endless factors to take into account. Where it sits, what activities you can get involved in, how the space brings everyone together and simultaneously separates in those solitary moments of repose, […]

Home – Perfect Hideaways

We love to matchmake! First, we’ll need the low-down on your ideal stay; are you seeking the ultimate beach house, a rambling Karoo farmstead, a sumptuous safari or a remote mountain cottage?  Or, are you wide open to suggestion,  just so long as it’s eccentrically gorgeous?! Your party – is it a crowd of old […]

About Us

About us The Perfect Hideaways team travels far and wide to find extraordinary holiday spots for fellow escapists. Breath-taking coastlines, deserted beaches, never-ending Karoo vistas and panoramic mountain views are part and parcel of life in South Africa.  What better way to experience them by getting away for two, or perhaps ten nights to a […]

Santorini

What if you could take a perfect slice of a Greek Island villa and beach and relocate it to a wild and unspoilt place, a place where travellers find vanilla-coloured sand, a warm aquamarine Indian ocean with gentle and welcoming local hospitality? Part of a real escape, is breathing out, feeling your body shuck its […]

Pel’s Post

The beauty of being in the bush lies in the extent to which you can soak up the setting and feel removed from all things urban. Here, Pel’s Post, the newest exclusive-use lodge in the northern Kruger, has fulfilled the brief emphatically. Perched above the wide, winding Levubu River (or Luvuvhu in Venda) with 180-degree […]

Villa Ponta

Halcyon beach idyll for laid back beachlife  A seaside holiday home that harnesses the raw and rugged beauty of the Mozambican coast, Villa Ponta is an idyllic landing pad for slow family holidays.  If the gentle pace of an Indian Ocean holiday calls you, there’s little doubt that Villa Ponta – perched beachside and rising […]