Summerfield Botanical Garden

There are plenty of communal spaces and dining options to suit your style throughout the day, whether you'd like to enjoy an alfresco breakfast, swanky cocktails or post-dinner drinks. Choose the Red Feather Pool Bar for an informal bite next to the multi-level swimming pool, or done your glad rags and head to the Palm Cascades Restaurant, an elegant dining option complete with white tablecloths and candelabras. There's another bistro or two but the gardens themselves make the ideal place for a picnic or sip a glass of champagne.

Choose from four classes of accommodation at Summerfield, all of which are characteristically elegant. Garden Villa Suites are the most sumptuous and have two king-sized beds, a separate lounge and dining area and private patio with plush loungers. Executive Suites have a spacious living room adjoining a large bedroom and the Doves Nest is the stand-alone cottage, full of character and charm. The double-storey house has three en-suite bedrooms and a large veranda. Luxury Suites sleep two guests (and have two enormous double beds!) and open directly on to the garden.

Swaziland offers a glut of adventure activities for the adrenaline-hungry, from paragliding and abseiling, to river rafting, tubing and caving. Or if you're in the mood for a slower pace, hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding are alternative modes of exploration. Closer to home, take a walk through the fruit orchards of Summerfield or wander the extensive tropical gardens. Then refresh with afternoon tea and a smorgasbord of home-baked goodies.