Nestled in the heart of the mountains, Cathedral Peak Hotel offers warm hospitality, sumptuous buffet meals and magnificent scenery, a mere 250 km from Durban and 400km from Johannesburg. Accommodation ranges from standard, deluxe and family rooms to honeymoon suites and the luxurious Mponjwane Presidential suite. Facilities and activities include daily free guided walks, with visits to San Rock Art sites, bird-spotting, mountain- and quad-biking, a jogging route, tennis, squash, badminton, trout-fishing, heated and cold swimming-pools, sauna, gym, a vitality centre, floodlit mini-adventure golf, helicopter flights and a challenging nine-hole golf course with alternate tees. A fully equipped modern conference centre caters for up to 200 delegates. The hotel’s charming stone-and-thatch chapel is ideal for memorable country weddings.Peak periods and minimum booking dates from 1 Nov ’10 to 31 October ’11: 15-19 Dec 10 (min 4 night stay); 22 Dec 10 – 6 Jan 11 (4 nights); 18-20 March (3 nights); 21-25 April (4 nights); 29 Apr – 1 May (3 nights); 15-18 June (4 nights); 5-8 August (3 nights)
Driving time from Johannesburg is about 4 hours, or about two and half hours from Durban, mainly on the N3 freeway. 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 8 km, 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 26 km 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 31 km to Cathedral Peak Hotel.




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