La Rochelle (Penhalonga) | Established Campground

March 24th, 2024 by overlandunderdog

Not worth 15$ per person per night. Id messaged the number on WhatsApp the day before to ask about price and availability and was told 10$ each but it was $15each when we arrived. The gardens are nice and the restaurant has food and drinks (5$ a beer, 15$ for a burger). Just the men's toilet at the campground was open and no light until after 6:30 when a worker came to sort out hot water for us but after an hour they couldn't get it working.
If it was a bit cheaper I would have been fine with the cold shower and lack of facilities, but 30$ for us is pricey for what we got.

March 17th, 2024 by part-timedecryption27

Food is really good! We had a 3 course menu for $25. Price for the campsite is now $15 pppn. The geyser was turned on for us as we were the only ones at the campsite, but it seems to be broken again as unfortunately we had a cold shower. Still worth a stopover.

February 13th, 2024 by thecolouroftravel.com

Lovely peaceful camping area set aside by the hotel at $10 pppn. It has flat ground, lush green lawn, tons of shade and in a beautiful setting with an ablution block nearby. A welcome place to rest after a couple of tough days driving.

They now have a gas boiler at the ablution so I had a really good hot shower. The extensive gardens are beautiful and well worth a wander around. Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to explore further but there are a few short hikes around too.

The hotel has been tastefully done, and the staff are very friendly and welcoming. They have a 3-course set menu for dinner for $30, and you can choose just to have a main for $20. We had excellently cooked steaks. All in all a really good stopover or place to stay for a bit longer.

Get in touch with them on Whatsapp on +263714610803. They were very quick to respond.

November 10th, 2023 by narsch safaris

Camping still 10 USD pppn.
Clean toilets and showers.
Still no hot water, new geyser is scheduled for 2024.
Excellent borehole water at the campsite water tap.
One power point for english and SA plugs.
Very nice place

October 30th, 2023 by kinny

We stopped to have lunch and visit the Botanical garden and Orchid nursery. Friendly staff and beautiful lunch on veranda. History very interesting. Worth to visit, tar road. Only last 2.5km good gravel. Worth it for 5$ which we did not need to pay as we had lunch.

October 19th, 2023 by christa747

This beautiful campsite does still exist. Camping on gras under big trees is a pleasure after all the sand tracks. The rose garden is also still there and a wonderful Ambiente in the hotel, where they treated me (camper) as all the other hotel guests. the ablution are basic but functional and they cleaned it when I arrived - seems there haven't been many camper lately-
there is an orchid nursery and a huge botanical garden where one can walk for hours. a peaceful and beautiful place to relax.
I paid $10ppn
only downside was the broken geyser, so no hot shower but one can live with it

October 1st, 2022 by Onwheels

Addendum:
The entrance to the campsite is here: -18.9041528, 32.6917837
turn right into the narrow and bumpy dirt road.
Also suitable for BigRig (we are 3.8m high).

October 1st, 2022 by Onwheels

La Rochelle is particularly beautiful at this time of year (end of September / beginning of October): the roses are in full bloom and the orchids in the orchid house are indescribable. The romantic botanical garden with the chirping of birds is also worth a walk. The food is not cheap but very good. A small meal (lunch) costs US$ 12 including a soft drink pp. The campsite is simple but clean. US$ 10 per night per person.

July 5th, 2022 by axelflodin

new prices: 10$ camping and 5$ for garden (if day visit). Okey toilets, warm water not working on shower when i was here despite four person's trying to fix it. Meals around 10$, three course meal 25$.

April 6th, 2018 by mankei-travel.com

Parc like area between workers village and the Hotel. Ablutions simple, but working and clean. One tap with clear water (not so easy to find in the whole area).
Price of 8$ pp includes the entrance fee of the botanical garden (very nice) of 4$.
Take the second road which is marked with camping!
3G with econet.

September 15th, 2017 by dieda-unterwegs.net

beautiful place to stay for some time.
Do not miss a walk trough the botanical gardens it is amazing!
Wifi available
ablutions where ok. Not bosch but clean and everything what you need is there. Water was really hot.
Price is 8 usd pp including the 4 usd entrance fee for visiting the garden.
You can negotiate.
We enjoyed it very much to stay here. Stuff is very friendly!

July 2nd, 2017 by reisenhilftblog.wordpress.com

very very nice place, but unfortunately the ablution is in Bad shape. only the shower for gents is working. the owner knows that, and want to renovate.... but when? i think she doesn' t matter.. the Stuff is very friendly and willing to makellos IT more comfortable , Mark is an Angel, he brought soap, Toiletpaper and towels. the Restaurant is very good. the Botanic-garden is wonderful. It could be one of the nicest campsites, if the ablution was better. so only 2 stars, sorry. we paid 8$ pP.

June 11th, 2016 by info

nice hotel and beautiful garden, camping under big trees, ablution in a bad shape but shower was oK. very friendly staff, price 10$p.p after negotiations we paid 5$ p.p bottom line good place

August 14th, 2015 by 4ever2wherever (Margriet & Jan)

Beautiful, park-like environment. Belonging to La Rochelle Country House and botanic garden. The Country House and gardens are very well maintained and stylish, when we visited the ablutions were poorly maintained and dirty. We got a key of one of the rooms of the lodge to use the shower. we were told that the ablutions would be renovated at the end of August 2015.
USD 10 per person per night.
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May 4th, 2011 by members.aon.at/naglwitz/

Botanical garden with hotel and campsite, bad infrastructure at campsite but nobody showed up to collect camping fee anyway