Camdeboo Cottages - Accommodation in Graaff Reinet - Accommodation in Eastern Cape

Camdeboo Cottages Self Catering - cottages/chalets/houses accommodation 16 Parliament Street Graaff-Reinet Eastern cape South Africa

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Camdeboo Cottages are self-catering cottages that were built during the middle of the 19th century. These typical Karoo-style cottages are located in the heart of old Graaff-Reinet, on the corner of Bourke and Parliament Street.

The buildings form a secluded courtyard with covered carports, a swimming pool & garden. The cottages have been lovingly restored to their former glory. Now they once again boast with yellowwood floors and reed ceilings.

Self-catering accommodation is available in the eight cottages which have been declared national monuments.

Although the cottages are self-catering, a full English Breakfast or a Continental Breakfast can be served in the cottages between 7-9am.

Dinner is also available.

The cottages are within walking distances of the museums, post office and other facilities in town.

Cradled in a meander of the Sundays River, Graaff-Reinet is an oasis in the desolate surrounding landscape, practically every visitor remarks on its unique old-world character.

Graaff-Reinet is situated en route from Johannesburg to Cape Town in the Eastern Cape Province. Many people stop over while traveling to or from the Garden Route. Graaff-Reinet also boasts with the Valley of Desolation, which is a geographical phenomenon that has been declared a National Monument. Other highlights include, game viewing and numerous museums in town. For the more adventurous there's quad bikes and micro light flights.

Graaff-Reinet grew slowly in the late 1700's as the carpenters, smiths, wagon wrights, saddlers and peddlers (smouse) brought their trade to the outpost of the colony. By the middle 19th century Graaff-Reinet become the most important trading centre in the interior. The first farmers who had settled in the area in the 1770's had recorded disputes between them and the Sun (Bushmen).

Graaff-Reinet has also strong connections with the Great Trek (1834-1837). The Andries Pretorius Monument stands outside Graaff-Reinet, on the Middleburg Road. He was one of the famous leaders of the Great Trek that had farmed in the area before setting off across the Orange River in their quest for freedom from the British authorities.

During the mid 1800's Graaff-Reinet was known for wool and still today the headquarters of the Merino Stud Breeders Association of South Africa is in town.

Water furrows run along the streets where the water from the Van Ryneveld's Pass Dam, now Nqeba Dam, was diverted into each house's garden. The irrigation scheme was formulated by Andries Stokenstrom, landdrost (magistrate) of the town from 1815 to 1828.

Gideon Scheepers, was executed and buried in Graaff-Reinet on 18 January 1902, a few months before the end of the Anglo-Boer War. He had been the commander of 150 men who had raided and disrupted the British War Effort. He had seriously taken ill with fever and asked his men to make their escape and leave him in a farmhouse near Prince Albert. He was found guilty of numerous charges, including murder in Graaff-Reinet and sentenced to death. He was buried together with the chair in which he was shot. The same night he was exhumed and reburied in a shallow grave in the Sunday's River. The second grave and his remains were never found.

This historical town is well-known within South Africa for the role it played in the Anglo Boer War and for its broekie lace verandahs.

Your hosts, Buks and Louise Marais, looks forward to welcoming you at Camdeboo Cottages.

At Camdeboo Cottages all necessary linen and towels are provided, the kitchens are fully equipped with a stove and microwave oven. The units are also serviced daily.

Graaff-Reinet is a little town that allows visitors the time to explore the past at a leisurely pace. One can wander freely around day or night admiring the historical buildings and museums, have a meal and a drink and stroll through streets so broad that ox wagons could turn in them. There's no need for a car to get to the town's highlights.

Graaff-Reinet has retained much of the character of a 19th century rural town. With its painstakingly restored buildings, its monuments and historic associations, it's truly a living museum that's worth seeing.

At Camdeboo Cottages the staff do their best to ensure that your time in Graaff-Reinet is filled with unforgettable moments. Be sure to come and enjoy a memorable stay in the Gem of the Karoo, as Graaff-Reinet is fondly referred to.

Directions to accommodation
Directions to Camdeboo Cottages, Graaff-Reinet

If travelling the North (Johannesburg or Bloemfontein), upon entering Graaff-Reinet proceed down Market Street, until you reach the T-junction at Uquahart House. Turn right in Somerset Street, continue straight until you reach the four-way stop. Turn left in to Church Street. Then turn right at the first street on the right, Parliament Street. Parliament Street is situated between the Drostdy Hotel and Post Office. Camdeboo Cottages is situated on your right at 16 Parliament Street.

If travelling from the South (Cape Town or Port Elizabeth), upon entering Graaff-Reinet, proceed straight up Church Street towards the Dutch Reformed Church. Turn left at the first street past the Drostdy Hotel, Parliament Street. Camdeboo Cottages is situated on your right at 16 Parliament Street.

All our cottages are national monuments and within easy walking distance of all the major highlights in town.

Come and enjoy an evening in a historical place and experience the peace and quiet of the Karoo.

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