Hotels near Harrismith Airport - HRS, Harrismith

Liked most: friendly people. Liked least: no street lights; terrible condition of streets; rubbish lying around in business centre; lack of naintenance of and respect for buildings of possible historical value; lack of visible info regarding restaurants / cafes.

The town itself is in disrepair. But don't let that discourage you. The resorts are totally opposite and is vastly different. These are well maintained and in superb condition. Friendly people and relaxed atmosphere is to what you can expect.

Never really stayed in Harrismith until now. Always stop at the Harrismith Engen garage on the N3 when travelling to Durban and back to JHB. As this was part of Harrismith I can say that my stay in Harrismith was fanatstic...my opinion though, choose your place wisely.

Harrismith is a one horse town, nothing to do there but we went down for the Cancer runn (Bikes) that was enjoyable. The roads in the residential area is HORRENDUS! Potholes like i have never experienced so they need to fix this pronto, but having said that NOTHING gets repaired in this country, it's shocking!

The decision to stay overnight at the lodge was our worst decision to date. On reaching at 10:30 pm, it was found that there was no electricity. The security said that electricity will come at 12 o'clock. Waited for 12:30 AM but the electricity did not come. Think about sub-zero temperatures, not even electricity to make tea or coffee. Again asked security he said our job is security. At one o'clock in the night, there was no helper, no emergency food arrangement, there was no electricity in the cottage. The nearest town is also 25 km away and the road is also rough. Finally went to sleep to see in the morning. I woke up at five in the morning and still there was no electricity. Called the emergency number twice but it was closed and there was no security. Leaving visitors so helpless in such a rural place is extremely risky and we don't know what to do next while the lights in the front building were clear. When we called the reception in the morning, they started apologizing, but such an apology is of no use to us when we people started feeling sick due to the cold. We are very disappointed with such bad service and will probably never visit here again.

Harrismith is a small town and halfway from Johannesburg to Durban. Not much to do, but a very nice relaxing out of the way place. For back pack travellers it could be a fantastic spot if you want 5 star accommodation.