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A paradise of fresh mountain air and exquisite surroundings, Cathedral Peak is renowned for its natural beauty. Whether you are with us on holiday, conference, or to enjoy an unforgettable honeymoon after your romantic wedding in our chapel, our service and hospitality assure you a memorable stay.
Accommodation
A wide range of accommodation is available ranging from interleading family rooms to private bungalows tucked away among the trees. Tariffs are structured to suit all. All hotel rooms provide tea/coffee making facilities, heaters, telephones, televisions and en-suite bathrooms with both bath and shower.
Each Executive / Honeymoon room boasts a massive four-poster bed, its own television and mini-bar fridge, electric fire-place, spa bath and spectacular view of the mountains. Presidential Suite offers the ultimate in luxury accommodation.
Hotel Facilities
The elegant dining room offers an extensive buffet, and superb cuisine, personally supervised by the hotel's top class chef. The late-night Harry's Bar provides a warm informal atmosphere to drink with friends or play a game of pool or darts. Major sporting events are screened here on a big screen. The inviting heated and cold pools with large lawns provide the opportunity for relaxing and sun bathing.
Drakensberg Weddings
Enjoy your wedding in gracious elegance against the backdrop of the magnificent Cathedral Peak mountain range. Set in beautiful gardens and able to accommodate 80 guests, the quaint stone and thatch chapel boasts a magnificent view of the Drakensberg from the expansive window behind the pulpit.
Cathedral Peak Hotel offers a choice of reception venues and a selection of superb menus. The resident helicopter offers unique opportunities for your wedding photographs. Helpful suggestions, prices and information on wedding packages are available on request.
Honeymoons
Nestling in the heart of the Drakensberg mountains, Cathedral Peak Hotel is the perfect setting for an unforgettable honeymoon. Our well appointed honeymoon rooms are set in secluded gardens and tranquil surroundings. Each Executive / Honeymoon room boasts a massive four-poster bed, its own television and mini-bar fridge, electric fire-place, spa bath and spectacular view of the mountains.
Conferences
Our unique and fully equipped conference center, offering various seating configurations for up to 200 delegates, is designed to cater for a wide variety of needs from large seminars to smaller management meetings. Resident conference co-ordinators assist with every aspect of organisation and supporting arrangements to ensure a successful and memorable conference. The three main rooms, Cathedral, Ndedema and Nyosi, have moveable partitions that enable them to be arranged in various configurations to suit individual needs.
A 'boardroom' and breakaway rooms, controlled heating or air-conditioning, secretarial assistance by arrangement, ample secure on-site parking and a superb selection of activities for partners or families of accompanying delegates are all available. Various theme evenings, gala dinners, champagne breakfasts, and braais, and helicopter flights are arranged on request.
Recreation & Leisure
• Horse and pony rides available daily
• Golf - 9 holes with alternate tees for an 18 hole game
• Tennis and badminton
• Bowls
• Squash
• Mountain bike trails
• Health centre with gym, steam bath, beauty therapist
• Heated swimming pool
• Trout fishing
• Floodlit mini adventure golf
• Beach volleyball
• Birdwatching
• Lawn chess
• Mountain climbs and walks
• 10m climbing tower
• Jogging route
• Quad biking
• Wi-Fi internet |
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DIRECTIONS:
From the Johannesburg side
Take the N5 from Harrismith toward the Free State. Not far out of the town turn left onto the R712, and after about 8km, turn left again onto the R74. This route will take you past the Sterkfontein Dam, and down the scenic Oliviershoek Pass. Continue to Bergville. Just beyond Bergville, on the R74 to Winterton, turn right at the Cathedral Peak Hotel sign. After about 16km turn right to Emmaus/Cathedral Peak.It is approximately 31km to Cathedral Peak.
From the Durban side
On the N3, about 26km beyond the Estcourt glide-off from the N3 freeway (and beyond the turnoff to the Central Berg Resorts) take the Bergville/Colenso off-ramp. Turn left onto the R74 to Winterton/ Bergville. (Ignore the apparently shorter route from Estcourt through Loskop - a section of this road is currently rough gravel. Marked with a red arrow on the map.) Turn left onto the R600 in Winterton, and turn right after approximately 1km to Cathedral Peak. After 11km there is a T-junction. Turn right and almost immediately left to Emmaus/Cathedral Peak. It is about 31km to Cathedral Peak Hotel.
Driving Times
Driving time from Johannesburg is about 4 hours, or about 2½ hours from Durban, mainly on the N3 freeway.
MAP:
Available at: http://www.sa-venues.com/visit/cathedralpeakhotel/map.php |
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