We are situated at the foot of the Langeberg mountains within walking distance of excellent restaurants and the tourist centre.
Let us spoil you with old fashioned hospitality. All our rooms are elegantly furnished with their own entrances. Our linen is white percale cotton for your comfort. The rooms are equipped with fans and heaters, tea/coffee facilities and open into our delightful gardens. Aanhuizen is away from the noise of the main road but yet within walking distance of our excellent restaurants and historical centre.
Swellendam is the third oldest town in SA and offers characterful old buildings that tell of years past. Enjoy old fashioned Cape cuisine at the Old Gaol and take a walk around their gardens that tell of early South African life. Over the road from the Gaol is the award winning Drostdy Museum where histroy has been preserved.
Swellendam is aslo the largest producer of younberries in the world and have our own tasting and picking(Dec) farms where you can savour the liqueur's and chocolates made from these beauties.
Swellendam is centrally situated an offers guests the possibility to visit the following areas:
* de Hoop Nature Reserve - 45 mins drive. Watch the whales frolicking in these waters in unspoilt natural beauty of the Cape coast. Experience the fynbos at its best!
* Witsand - 45 mins driv. Another beauty for whale watching - the whales have their babies in Witsand in Aud and move down the coast in the next few months.
* Robertson Wine Route - 30mins. This stunning wine route starts approx 30 mins from Swellendam and offers world class wines at affordable prices. Enjoy a day of realxing and tasting in an atmosphere of real Cape beauty
* Tradouw Mountain Pass - connects Swellendam to the R62 and Barrydale via the old mission town of Suurbraak. A townalmost caught in the last century!!
Don't miss this Jewel in the Western Cape!
