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Mount Marlow Lodge

Mount Marlow Lodge is a stately homestead built in 1852, located on Mount Marlow Farm, just 60 km from Somerset East. The farm is situated in typical Karoo mountain veld in which sheep, goats and wildlife flourish. The roomy house boasts yellowwood floors and ceilings, and has a large balcony overlooking the large lawn. Mount …

Mount Marlow Lodge is a stately homestead built in 1852, located on Mount Marlow Farm, just 60 km from Somerset East. The farm is situated in typical Karoo mountain veld in which sheep, goats and wildlife flourish. The roomy house boasts yellowwood floors and ceilings, and has a large balcony overlooking the large lawn.

Mount Marlow Lodge offers spacious and comfortable self-catering accommodation in the historic farmhouse. Accommodation comprises two spacious en-suite rooms, as well as three large, comfortable rooms that share a bathroom.

We offer bass fishing on the farm in the summer and other activities include horse riding, hiking, birding, boating, swimming, game drives, tennis, and mountain biking. Game viewing can also be done on the farm and species such as kudu, wildebeest, impala, and springbok can be seen. It is also a birder’s paradise with 150 species of bird on the farm including black eagle, martial eagle, gymnogene, goshawk, secretary bird, and blue crane.

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Mount Marlow Lodge
Mount Marlow Lodge
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Hilltop House

Hilltop House: If you seek clean, comfortable and air-conditioned accommodation in Somerset East for your visit or overnight stay, Hilltop House provides exactly what you are looking for. Situated on the hill in the modern part of the town, Hilltop House is within walking distance of the main street, Gill College and Victoria Park with …

Hilltop House: If you seek clean, comfortable and air-conditioned accommodation in Somerset East for your visit or overnight stay, Hilltop House provides exactly what you are looking for. Situated on the hill in the modern part of the town, Hilltop House is within walking distance of the main street, Gill College and Victoria Park with all its sports facilities. If you are in Somerset East for business or to visit someone in hospital, then Hilltop House is also very conveniently located.

In a private wing of the main house are three bedrooms. One has its own direct access from the pool area with a double bed and an en-suite shower bathroom. The other two rooms both have twin beds and en-suite bathrooms, one being a full bathroom and one a shower bathroom. These two rooms share an entrance and are ideal for families.

In an outside cottage there are two double en-suite bedrooms, each with its own entrance. All rooms are air-conditioned and equipped with DStv and Internet access, and ample secure off-street parking is also provided. Rooms are on a bed and breakfast basis, with dinner available by prior request at an additional charge.

Features include a pool for guests’ enjoyment and a large covered lapa with a built-in braai, dining table and seating. Opening off the lapa is a spacious guest lounge with a welcoming fireplace for winter nights.

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Hilltop House
Hilltop House

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Glen Avon Farm

Glen Avon Farm, near the historic little town of Somerset East in South Africa’s malaria-free Eastern Cape, lies at the foot of Boschberg Mountain and provides a perfect environment for a farm holiday. It also offers gracious accommodation in its historic cottages and being close to both Somerset East and the R63, it is very …

Glen Avon Farm, near the historic little town of Somerset East in South Africa’s malaria-free Eastern Cape, lies at the foot of Boschberg Mountain and provides a perfect environment for a farm holiday. It also offers gracious accommodation in its historic cottages and being close to both Somerset East and the R63, it is very accessible.

Stately mountains, lush valleys, forests, rock formations, streams and delightful vistas make an exhilarating environment for a farm holiday for those who love nature and what it has to offer. Birding is excellent and hiking opportunities of all degrees abound. Lovers of flora and fauna will find plenty to interest them, while those who like animals will enjoy our farm life.

If what you need is simply to get away from city pressures, to relax and maybe take a plunge in the pool or play a little tennis, Glen Avon will provide a restorative farm holiday. Our guest accommodation consists of two restored cottages with self-catering and bed and breakfast facilities. The main farmhouse accommodation comprises two guest bedrooms sleeping four guests each, and both cottages feature fireplaces for winter evenings, as well as barbecue facilities.

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Avondrust Guesthouse – Somerset East

Avondrust Guesthouse – Somerset East: Housed in a delightful Victorian-style building on the corner of Rawson and Louis Trichardt Streets, Avondrust Guesthouse presents itself as an upmarket 3 Star guest house. Just one block away from Main Street, it is within walking distance of all shops, schools and restaurants. We offer seven rooms with en-suite …

Avondrust Guesthouse – Somerset East: Housed in a delightful Victorian-style building on the corner of Rawson and Louis Trichardt Streets, Avondrust Guesthouse presents itself as an upmarket 3 Star guest house. Just one block away from Main Street, it is within walking distance of all shops, schools and restaurants.

We offer seven rooms with en-suite bathrooms. All of the rooms have tea and coffee-making facilities, fridges, electric blankets and fans. Three of the rooms are air-conditioned. We also have a self-catering Garden Flat which sleeps four guests. Four of the rooms open onto a large wooden deck which overlooks the mountain. We have secure parking, DStv and a laundry service. Breakfast is served in a refurbished stable exhibiting a rustic atmosphere that is beautifully decorated. A large wooden deck at the back of the house has a magnificent view of the mountain. We have off-street parking, a braai facility, and lunch boxes and dinner can be arranged.

The forested, mountainous backdrop creates a dramatic setting for the town which is within sight of no less than 16 waterfalls. This is where you will find the thickly wooded Boschberg Nature Reserve, with its popular hiking trails including a 15 km circular route to an overnight hut at the summit of the mountain. Somerset East is an excellent birdwatching destination. Other adventures include trout fishing on five local dams, as well as rainbow and brown trout fishing in the Glen Avon Waterfall pools. The 9-hole golf course is said to be one of the most beautiful in the country.

Annual events include the Castle Lager Biltong Festival which is held every year around July, the Caltex Bruintjieshoogte Cycle Tour and marathon run between Pearston and Somerset East every year during March, and the Spring Rose and Flower Show is known to produce some of the finest roses in the country.

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Avondrust Guesthouse - Somerset East
Avondrust Guesthouse – Somerset East
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Somerset Lodge

Somerset Lodge: Conveniently located in the charming and historic town of Somerset East, is a comfortable guest lodge with five bedrooms. The lodge offers guests either bed and breakfast or self-catering accommodation. For our guests, there is a comfortable lounge as well as a tastefully appointed dining room. There is an attractive green garden in …

Somerset Lodge: Conveniently located in the charming and historic town of Somerset East, is a comfortable guest lodge with five bedrooms. The lodge offers guests either bed and breakfast or self-catering accommodation.

For our guests, there is a comfortable lounge as well as a tastefully appointed dining room. There is an attractive green garden in which to relax, and a swimming pool in which to cool off at the end of a warm day.

Altogether, Somerset Lodge makes a convenient stop on your travels and a very pleasant place to stay and explore the attractive town of Somerset East and its surrounds.

Somerset Lodge is close to restaurants, a golf course, hiking trails and trout fishing dams.

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Somerset Lodge
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Palm Court Bed & Breakfast

Palm Court Bed & Breakfast was originally a large family home until it was converted into a B&B in 2009. It is in a very quiet area of Somerset East and close to all shops, restaurants and other facilities. It boasts a very good view of the Boschberg Mountain. The B&B has four bedrooms and …

Palm Court Bed & Breakfast was originally a large family home until it was converted into a B&B in 2009. It is in a very quiet area of Somerset East and close to all shops, restaurants and other facilities. It boasts a very good view of the Boschberg Mountain.

The B&B has four bedrooms and two self-catering flats. There is a lounge, a dining room, a TV room and two separate braai areas which have access to a large swimming pool. There is a nursery, a tea garden, a gift shop and a playground adjacent to the house which can be accessed from the pool area behind the house.

Late sleepers and self-catering guests will find the tea garden useful as light meals are available from 10 am until 4 pm. Bed and breakfast guests have the option of having breakfast at the tea garden if they wish.

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Palm Court Bed & Breakfast
Palm Court Bed & Breakfast
Palm Court Bed & Breakfast

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