Pennylane Guest House is a traditional country guest house situated on a farm in the heart of the Midlands, which offers guests a collection of beautiful surroundings, local events with many gourmet cuisine restaurants and coffee shops, revitalising outdoor activities, historic landmarks, and wildlife conservation.
It offers guests, 10 comfortable en-suite bedrooms, furnished with a modern look. This is a perfect venue for honeymooners or a relaxed holiday.
We have a small restaurant providing breakfast and dinners at extra cost.
One can also make use of the on-site braai facilities, communal- fridges and microwave or visit the restaurants and coffee shops within 5 km from the guest house. Braai meat packs on availability.
Whether sitting quietly in the formal lounges with a book from the library or playing the piano or chatting with fellow guests in the reading lounge, the emphasis remains relaxed. Other facilities include a swimming pool and tennis court.
Pennylane Guest House is situated near Lidgetton, in the heart of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands Meander. Pennylane is on the R103 Meander route, 10 km from the N3 Howick North/Tweedie Interchange, exit 107, towards Lions River. It is a comfortable 4-hour drive from Johannesburg and a 1 hour 15 minutes drive from Durban.
The Midlands Meander offers a wide variety of cottage industries, arts and crafts. There is a mini-brewery, various cheese and German sausage makers, art galleries, potters and numerous craftsmen working with leather, beads, wood, iron, bronze and stained glass.
Visit ‘the Mandela capture site’ on the R103
Howick Falls and Game Park – Karkloof Fall
TOURS WITH KNOWLEDGEABLE AREA GUIDE : RON GOLD.
Sit back and soak in the scenery on a comfortable tour with highly experienced Ron Gold.
Options include full day or half day tours to the Battlefields (below), the historic City of Pietermaritzburg with a strong Victorian past, visit hidden treasures of the Midlands Meander (above),
or enjoy an adventurous full day traveling by 4×4 vehicle up the Sani Pass into Lesotho,
to enjoy a drink and light meal at the highest pub in Africa! Not to mention the incredible view.
Two hours drive from Penny Lane lies an area known as “The Battlefields” depicting the turbulent history of this region.
The many monuments and war graves of the Voortrekker-Zulu War (1836-1852) the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, and the Anglo Boer Wars of 1881, and 1899-1902 are indicative of great acts of heroism on all sides and the emerging vision of the ‘Rainbow Nation.’
History is real in the company of Ron Gold visiting places such as Spioenkop, Ladysmith, Colenso, Vaalkrans and stand next to the rail tracks at the exact spot where Winston Churchill was captured by the Boers.