The Watchhouse is a new luxury villa in Knysna, on the Simola Golf & Country Estate. It sits above the seventh fairway of the Jack Nicklaus signature course and looks over the Knysna River to the Outeniqua Mountains. The estate is gated, and the lagoon, the Knysna Heads and the town are a short drive down the hill.

Stacking glass doors open the living rooms onto the terraces, with a rim-flow pool facing the sunset and a covered dining terrace with a wood-fired pizza oven. Three bedrooms are in the main house, and a private apartment above the garages has its own kitchen and entrance. Available as a monthly rental with a minimum stay of 30 nights, it suits a family spending a season on the Garden Route or a golfer playing Simola through the summer.