Swallow's Hide Safari Tent at Sumners Ponds

Friendly, helpful staff, clean and tidy facilities. Can’t wait to come back.

We love staying at sumners and really can not fault anything, if I could change one thing it would be the restaurant closing time, I think stop cooking food at 3 and closing at 4 is to early as I assume that most people would eat later than this, so I would recommend... We love staying at sumners and really can not fault anything, if I could change one thing it would be the restaurant closing time, I think stop cooking food at 3 and closing at 4 is to early as I assume that most people would eat later than this, so I would recommend it staying open till 6 or 7, other than that it's a perfect place to stay.

When arriving at the correct confirmation time. We had to wait for 45 mins until the tent was ready. When we went in we were kindly gifted a drink from the bar. And the tent was very clean and tidy. All staff were extremely friendly, helpful and generally seemed to... When arriving at the correct confirmation time. We had to wait for 45 mins until the tent was ready. When we went in we were kindly gifted a drink from the bar. And the tent was very clean and tidy. All staff were extremely friendly, helpful and generally seemed to enjoy being/working at the site. Fishing lakes are great a very family friendly site for accomodations for everyone. The communal shower block by Sumners pond is the cleanest I have ever seen. With the showers being hot and powerful even when all in use. Very clean, tidy well maintained site. Only downside was no cash. Thank you

Swallow's Hide Safari Tent was superb: excellent facilities and a great view from the veranda. I would have liked a toilet in the tent. The camp-site was very attractively laid out.

Amazing tent. Absolutely everything you could need is provided. spotless as usual. Sumners has everything for a lovely break with great cafe, toilet facilities very clean & always found a free shower. The only downside is the prices have shot up. Stayed last year,... Amazing tent. Absolutely everything you could need is provided. spotless as usual. Sumners has everything for a lovely break with great cafe, toilet facilities very clean & always found a free shower. The only downside is the prices have shot up. Stayed last year, approx same dates and prices have gone up for a 3 day w/end at £403 to £603 in 2022! The very late check-in time (4pm) and early check-out (10am) means it’s just a weekend away so feel it’s a bit pricey?! Staff always very friendly & had a great weekend.

Great little glamping spot with great facilities. Different food vans on a weekend, plus a cafe serving food and drinks daily. Fishing was great and a lovely little children splat area too. Would recommend

Excellent weekend just a shame the restaurant closed at 6.00pm and so we could not dine.

I have been to Sumners before and absolutely love the tranquility, the wildlife is lovely to watch while my family do there fishing 🎣. The facilities are very clean but the shower did fluctuate with the water temperature so it got very cold or very hot and sometimes... I have been to Sumners before and absolutely love the tranquility, the wildlife is lovely to watch while my family do there fishing 🎣. The facilities are very clean but the shower did fluctuate with the water temperature so it got very cold or very hot and sometimes in between. I had one issue with our stay this time, we was staying in the Safari tent which is very nice but they where building a new one close to where we was and they started using tools at 8.15am but to be fair the ducks and birds woke me up very early so I was awake anyway but you don't really want to be listening to the sounds of work being done on holiday. Overall we had a great stay and will be back.

Unfortunately the tent is now a bit outdated it's pretty messy as is the outside area,the BBQ grills do not burn evenley making it difficult to use,the stove area is very greasy along with the outside table. The sofa is the most uncomfortable I ever sat on. Sorry but... Unfortunately the tent is now a bit outdated it's pretty messy as is the outside area,the BBQ grills do not burn evenley making it difficult to use,the stove area is very greasy along with the outside table. The sofa is the most uncomfortable I ever sat on. Sorry but now stayed 3 times and it's will be our last, Sumners lakeside is being over developed which will ruin the fishing

This was my second visit to Sumners Ponds, last time stating two nights and this time four nights. Both times the helpfulness of the people working there and the pretty setting coaxing me back. We managed to achieve the impossible, we caught a fish on the lake we were... This was my second visit to Sumners Ponds, last time stating two nights and this time four nights. Both times the helpfulness of the people working there and the pretty setting coaxing me back. We managed to achieve the impossible, we caught a fish on the lake we were staying at! Reading other reviews and spending 6 nights fishing that lake, next time I visit I'll take my tent as having a swim where we stay doesn't return enough to justify. We had the Swallow Hide safari tent this time which included fishing from that swim, which was better than the Hut as that added £70 for no fish. It took c3hrs to warm the place and the full basket of logs went in 4hrs. I wish I took my little 2kw heater, that would have taken the edge off much quicker. And at £10 a refill for logs we wish we'd have stopped at one of the places selling logs along the way there. The trick is that bigger logs burn slower and kick out more heat, the small ones just vanish in 20mins. However after the CO2 alarm went off and I opened all the window flaps for a couple of hours it didn't take as long to warm up once closed again. We tried a day at Betty's Lake, nothing coming out anywhere around that lake. So another day we took off to the match lake and after paying again had a better day's fishing. All in all Sumners Ponds is pretty, extremely well looked after and everything is built to a very high quality. Paying for fishing and not expecting to catch at the lake feels wrong, as does having to pay to use other lakes. Once you accept and get over it everyone had a wonderful time.