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Wavell House

Wavell House must be Harare’s best kept secret. It is a beautiful peaceful place to spend a few days or as we did a week . Ros and Nick provide excellent accommodation choices. We stayed in apartment 1 with a generous bed/ living space, a great kitchen and a spacious bathroom. Everything is done to a high standard. The garden is gorgeous with shady trees and a terrific pool. We self catered most of the time but had dinner prepared by their chef Steven which was very good.

We had a fantastic stay at Wavell House.  The premises are gorgeous, the rooms are spacious and beautifully appointed and the gardens are stunning. 
Ros was very responsive and helped us with airport pick up and transfer. Chef Steven was such a great cook, we really enjoyed trying local dishes. 
We would definitely come back here next time we visit Zimbabwe. Thank you Ros and team!

This place is more than perfect. The room is beautiful, comfortable and absolutely everything you can dream of is there. The swimming pool is lovely and the garden is beautiful. The staff is friendly and dedicated. The food is excellent. I highly recommend to anyone looking for a little bit of calm.

Wavell House is an awesome place to stay within a tranquil environment in the heart of Harare. Accommodation is truly spectacular and every meal you have at this well managed facility is made loving hands. Thanks to all staff for making my stay feel like home away from home.

I have stayed over several times and have grown quite fond of the place. The food, rooms and grounds are just lovely. Ideal for business stays and conveniently located in an area where one can also  safely do early morning or evening walk/run exercises around the neighborhood. 

Wavell House is located in a quiet, green suburb of Harare with a beautiful garden and pool. The room (Room 2) was spacious with a large ensuite bathroom, kitchen (fully equipped), double bed, Wi-Fi, sofa and TV, as well as a desk and dining table. The room also had a small private garden with a table outside.

The Director, Ros, was extremely welcoming and hospitable, and also helpful with enquiries prior to arrival. The chef was excellent and there is an impressive selection of options for breakfast, as well as other meals which can be arranged on request.

The house is located close to the city centre, around 10 minutes by car, and the hosts were also helpful in arranging transport to the city centre.

A pleasant and very comfortable place to stay while traveling, highly recommended.

There is nothing nicer than arriving at a place where you feel welcomed by the shear calmness and friendly staff who go out of their way to make you feel at home. The beautiful gardens and a dip in the inviting & refreshing swimming pool followed by a simple but divine meal, puts every weary soul at ease. The spacious rooms cater for all possible needs but nothing compares to sitting on the veranda overlooking the seemingly endless garden where some well-behaved four legged furry friends play around, whilst sipping on a refreshing drink. I have been to many different places in Africa but this place is one of the best kept secrets, a true gem. I will certainly return. thank you Ros and staff.

I stayed at Wavell House for six weeks (two stays of 3 weeks each) when I was in Harare for work. The staff is friendly and helpful (special thank you to Ros and Malachi, the former manager). I stayed in a superior room with a fully equipped kitchen. It was cleaned daily (except on weekends when I was in the room throughout the day). Fresh breakfast every morning and dinner every weekday. It's away from the hussle and bustle, but close enough to a Food Lover's Market and some restaurants that you can pick up what you need. The guesthouse has a generator, so there are lights even during power cuts and the staff communicate well about when the generator will be switched on and off. Also, the internet is run on an inverter, so there is Wi-Fi even during power cuts. Wavell House was also working on putting the main lights and TV in the rooms (not for big electronics) on inverters, so hopefully soon even during power cuts, the rooms will soon have lights and TV running.

I've been coming to Zimbabwe for years, but I hadn't heard of Wavell House until a colleague mentioned it a few months ago. I now can't imagine staying anywhere else! I stayed for about a week in one of the two small houses on the property, which was spacious, beautifully decorated, and had a well-equipped full kitchen. The bed was incredibly comfortable, and I loved how tucked away and private the house was. It was not too big for one person, but it would have been equally great for a couple.

The best part of Wavell House is the staff. Stephen is an excellent chef, and he's happy to make vegetarian meals as well as other fare. Both Stephen and the other staff members were always smiling and friendly. I was surprised to learn that the guesthouse is owned by Ros Byrne, whose pottery I have long admired, and beautiful pottery and other handicrafts are sprinkled throughout the guesthouse. Ros also goes out of her way to make sure guests have everything they need. Breakfasts were amazing; the fire was always lit in the main room; and everyone seemed to genuinely want to make my stay perfect. 

I cannot recommend Wavell House highly enough. Looking forward to the next trip!

I stayed at Wavell House for a week while traveling to Harare for work. Now that I know about it I'm never staying anywhere else. The owner Ros is a famous Zimbabwean entrepreneur and designer, and every room in the lodge features beautiful southern African fabrics, pottery, and art. Stephen, the chef, makes delicious jams and granola that are part of the hearty breakfast, and serves a different three course dinner every night that usually features vegetables from the Wavell House garden. When I mentioned that I loved the veggies he added a fresh salad. When you stay here take advantage of the chance to drink a nice glass of South African wine in front of the fire, and ask Ros for recommendations of local artisans to visit if you want to bring home any gifts.

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Harare’s Hidden Gem

A beautiful stay in Harare

Spacious, peaceful and welcoming place to stay

oasis of tranquillity

Clean and warm welcome!

Gorgeous guesthouse, wonderful staff

Gorgeous design and delicious healthy meals

Stayed at Wavell for a few nights for a work trip and loved it.
From the inviting and welcoming hosts, wonderful kitchen and cleaning staff, the vegetable garden, gorgeous evening fires and happy pets - it was a really lovely experience.  We ate in for dinner two nights and the food was outstanding.  
This work trip was a real treat!

Lovely welcoming guesthouse

I spent four nights at Wavell whilst on business in Zimbabwe - I will definitely be going back as well as recommending Wavell to friends and colleagues. One has basic expectations for accommodation when traveling on business - a clean, safe, comfortable environment with good WiFi connection - Wavell has all of this and WAY more. The food is fantastic, Steven was very enthusiastic about making sure the food he produced was really very good. All the staff are very friendly, helpful and went to great lengths to make sure I felt welcome and happy. The gardens and surrounds are tranquil and quite beautiful. Ros and Nick are fantastic hosts and I thank them and their team on making my stay so enjoyable. See you in August! 

Highly recommended guest house for business travelers and tourists alike.

This wonderful little guest house completely fails to be the cool, sparse, elegant bijou boutique hotel it looks like.  Its so much more than that.. The gardens are stunning and full of birds, the lounge is a haven of calm and space - big lazy sofas and a vast open fire..  The rooms are large and cool, everything works very well.. But really makes it, what puts a smile on your face every single time; is the staff: they're just delightful.  The kitchen staff, the room cleaners, the gardeners - all greet you with huge smiles and a gentle laugh, whatever assistance may be offered is right there.  The food is local and fresh (home-made biscuits with your tea?) ... perfect poached eggs.. The rooms are spotless.  The garden is lush.  The two cats are delightfully crazy, the greyhounds elegant and goofy, the whole thing is just perfect.  Nicky you're a star.

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