Newly renovated hotel, the hotel originally built in 1952, is equipped with 11 air-conditioned rooms, a restaurant, a pool, 2 bars, a conference facility, a tea garden, a big screen TV, indoor and outdoor braais and a dance area with a stage.
The location is at the foot of the Piekenierskloof Pass and just off the N7, 150 kilometers north of Cape Town, and a stone`s throw from the West Coast.
Eendekuil Hotel is ideally situated for discovering the beautiful Sandveld and Cederberg regions right through the year. Ideal to use as base to explore the most beautifull flowers in flower season.
Flowers
In flower season from August to November, Eendekuil and the surrounding area is covered with yellow and purple veld flowers, orange Sparaxis and white Arum lillies. Northward you’ll be amongst the daisies, with the spectacular Bidouw Valley with its famous flowers just 125 km away – the ideal day trip
Cederberg
Go over the Piekenierskloof Pass northward and you’re into the citrus growing area and the foot of the Cederberg with its spectacular rock formations sporting interesting names. Formations like Maltese Cross, Lot’s Wife, Wolfberg Arch and Stadsaal Caves are just a couple of kilometers away.
Sandveld
Explore the potato growing capital of South Africa. Drive the 80 Kilometers north west to the sea and see where and how potatoes are cultivated in huge circles. End up in the fantasic Elands Bay, crayfish capital of S.A. Stop over at the Verlorenvlei, a haven for bird watchers, one of the most important estuarine systems in the Western Cape and one of the largest natural wetlands along the west coast. Species include Purple Gallinule, Eastern White Pelican,African Spoonbill, Cape Shoveller, African Fish Eagle, Goliath & Purple Herons as well as European Bee-eaters, which breed in this area. This wetland has been identified as one of the important Bird Areas and is a Ramsar listed site.
Swartland
Explore the waving green wheat fields with the stunning yellow fields of canola in between in the area in winter time. Come see the fruit processing of soft fruits in summer and citrus in winter, or the operations of the many rooibosch tea processing plants in the area. Visit the fruit basket of the country on top of the Piket Berg, or the many wine farms and other fruit growing farms in the area.
Neighbouring towns
Citrusdal to the north, Piketberg to the south, Porterville to the east and Redelinghuys to the west all offer their own intrigue and insight in the lifestyle of the Swartland people. Archeological diggings located near Redelinghuys (Ruines at Klaarfontein and San Art at Agterdam.) Activities.
The immediate area offers
- Hiking routes
- 4x4 routes to pick and choose from
- Quad farms where you can play as you like
- Mountain bike routes
- Motorcycle routes, mostly for dual purpose bikes (this is facilitated by the hotel through experienced off road riders)
- Bird Watching
- Trout Fishing
- Paragliding
- Golf
- Crayfish diving (in season)
- Visit working farms; fruit, rooibosh tea, grains, animals, wine, etc.
- Picnics at places ordinarily inaccessible
