Hoopstad, Lejweleputswa
Hoopstad lies in an area known as the Lejweleputswa region of the Free State that stretches from Ventersburg in the south, to Hoopstad in the north, Boshof in the west and includes the Goldfields.
This is the part of the Free State famous for Gold fields, museums, underground mine tours, the Gold Museum in Welkom, salt pans in Soutpan, the Goldfields Tourism Route, which starts at Bothaville, numerous private game farms and the nature reserves of Sandveld, Rustfontein, and Erfenis Dam.
Hoopstand is a typical town of the area, lying on the R700, which connects it to Bloemfontein, and close to the N12, which connects it to Potchefstroom. Founded in 1876, it was initially named Hauptstad after the town's surveyor, a Mr Haupt. With a little translation into Afrikaans, the town took on its present day name of Hoopstad, or captial city, despite its never having been this.
There is plenty of opportunity to do things in Hoopstad. Bloemhof Dam and the Sandveld Nature Reserve provide fishing, swimming, boating and game viewing, whilst the principle reason for heading to towns here in the centre of the maize triangle is for the atmosphere of 'no rush'; the sense of time slowing to that of a mild and hesitant crawl, so that any exersion becomes completely contrary to nature.
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Hotels & other accommodation options

Monarch House
Monarch House offers accommodation situated in Riebeeckstad, Welkom. This guest house is ideal for guests looking for a long stay or those in lar...

Gold Guest B&B
In the heart of Jim Fouché, Welkom is Gold Guest & Conferencing B&B which offers a refined retreat for both business and leisure travelers provid...

Lemon Rose Guest House
Lemon Rose Guest House offers affordable, elegant bed and breakfast and self-catering accommodation in Virginia. The property is close to nearby ...

Heimat Guesthouse
Heimat Guesthouse is located in Jim Fouchepark, Free State and is your home away from home. We pride ourselves on our levels of service and under...

Louvre Guesthouse
The Louvre Guest House offers Bothaville accommodation in fourteen rooms and is close to many scenic attractions such as the Erfenis Dam Nature R...

Marli All in One
Marli Guest House is situated along the main street of Welkom, a town that means welcome and proudly claims its youth status as South Africa's yo...

Truksvy B&B and Koffie Sjop
Truksvy B&B and Koffie Sjop is a small restaurant and accommodation establishment operating in the Free State town Soutpan, where salt has been m...

Marnicus B&B
Marnicus has accommodated many guests at Odendaalsrus. We are conveniently situated just 15km from Welkom, 4km from the Phakisa Racing Course, 56...

Die Kuierhuis
Die Kuierhuis Guest Farm is located close to Ventersburg in the Free State and is only 150kms from Bloemfontein and 200kms from Johannesburg. You...
Noteworthy attractions

Sandveld Nature Reserve
Regarded as the Free State's top birding spot, Sandveld Nature Reserve lies on the Free State side of the Bloemhof Dam roughly 200 kilometres nor...

Willem Pretorius Game Reserve
The Willem Pretorius Game Reserve is situated in the heart of the Free State with the Allemanskraal Dam forming the central part. The reserve its...

Oppenheimer Park Golf Club
The challenging and well-manicured course, with its profusion of magnificent tall trees lining the fairways, is on the outskirts of the gold-mini...

Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve
The Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve lies in the central Free State between Theunissen (probably the town most central to the Free State) and Winburg, ...
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