Lazing at Lake Lifton AKA Sani Valley Lodge Andrew Mather I awoke to watch the inky blackness of the night start to retreat. Winter sunrises are amazing especially if your room has panoramic views and you can snuggle under an electric blanket.
the girlfriend along, but that’s a story for another time! We stay in Rainbow cottage with sweeping views of the lake and mountains. The unit is very well appointed with three double bedrooms and each with their own bathroom. A patio, the full length of the cottage, a comfortable lounge dining room with a obligatory wood fired heater. This alone would satisfy the choosiest of partners. During the day there are walks around the property and a spa! So what can a flyfisher do while your partner is enjoying the spa… well fish of course!
We had come away for a weekend at Sani Valley Lodge just outside Underberg. Some will remember this dam being called “Lake Lifton” a long time ago. I don’t know if you are like me but I’m always playing my cards right, albeit often close to my chest, to go fishing. Often the problem is that the accommodation is limited and by the time the fishers have plotted a trip there is often little thought to our better halves.
The lake is large, some 102 hectares. The food is plentiful, and the trout grow big. The lake has had a good number of 10 pound plus fish emerge over the years. Motorised boats, float tubes and the like are allowed on the dam and often the best means of getting up to the inlet streams.
So why would you want to come here. Well it gets you big brownie points. The Units at Sani Valley are all 4 star. One can book a cozy little two sleeper cottage if you want to be on your own. I had a motorcycling buddy who did this often when he went off riding, except he left the wife behind and brought
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