Cathedral Peak Hotel - accommodation in Cathedral Peak, Durban, South Africa

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Drakensberg mountain range has taken its rightful place on the international tourism stage with the proclamation of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park as a World Heritage Site. Nestled in these unspoiled surroundings lies Cathedral Peak Hotel, one of the Country's premier resort hotels.

Just 250km from Durban and 400km from Johannesburg, the famous Cathedral Peak Hotel is easily accessible to its many visitors from all over South Africa and abroad.

Whether you are here on holiday, conference, or to enjoy an unforgettable honeymoon after your romantic wedding in their chapel, the service and hospitality will assure you a comfortable and memorable stay.

Cathedral Peak Hotel offers a wide variety of accommodation. The comfortable en-suite standard rooms and standard thatched rooms are ideally situated in the beautiful hotel gardens and can accommodate between 2 & 4 guests.

Very spacious deluxe suites have a private verandah and garden and the Interleading family deluxe rooms are able to accommodate up to 4 guests in either twin or double beds. All hotel rooms provide tea/coffee making facilities, heaters, telephones, televisions and en-suite bathrooms with both bath and shower.

The well-appointed executive/honeymoon rooms are set in secluded gardens. Each suite has been individually decorated to enhance its appeal and create a luxurious, intimate ambience. These suites all boast a large four poster bed, television, telephone, mini bar fridge, electric fireplace, underfloor heating, spa bath, and private verandah with breathtaking mountain views.

The Mponjwane Presidential Suite boasts a fireplace, spa bath, steam bath, under floor heating, two televisions with full DSTV, air-conditioning, electric curtains opening onto a private verandah with spectacular mountain views. The suite is decorated in warm textured hues with high quality finishes and sophisticated lighting. The natural surroundings are introduced into the décor and the guests will have the use of a private golf cart for the duration of their stay.

Hotel Facilities:

The elegant dining room offers an extensive buffet, and superb cuisine, personally supervised by the hotel's top class chef. The late-night Harry's Bar provides a warm informal atmosphere to drink with friends or play a game of pool or darts. Major sporting events are screened here on a big screen. The inviting heated and cold pools with large lawns provide the opportunity for relaxing and sun bathing.

Romantic Weddings

Enjoy your wedding in gracious elegance against a backdrop of the magnificent Cathedral Peak mountain range. The scenic beauty of this renowned Drakensberg hotel, its personal service and the warm hospitality extended to guests will make your special day a memory to cherish for a lifetime. Set in beautiful gardens and able to accommodate 80 guests, the quaint stone and thatch chapel with its expansive window behind the pulpit, boasts a magnificent view of the Drakensberg. Stone blocks and wooden beams from the original farmhouse and pews made of railway sleepers, add to the unique and cosy appeal of this enchanting chapel.There is no setting more perfect for an elegant country-style wedding. Cathedral Peak Hotel offers a choice of reception venues and a selection of superb menus. The resident helicopter offers unique opportunities for your wedding photographs.

Heavenly Honeymoons

The well-appointed honeymoon rooms are set in secluded gardens amidst peaceful surroundings. Each suite has been individually decorated to enhance its appeal and to create a luxurious, intimate ambience. Every room boasts a large four poster bed, television and mini-bar fridge, electric fireplace, underfloor heating and spa bath - besides panoramic views of the spectacular mountains. For the ultimate in superior accommodation, the Mponjwane Presidential Suite offers a spa bath, steam bath, gas fireplace, two televisions, underfloor heating, golf cart and electric curtains that open onto a private verandah with breathtaking views.

Memories of a honeymoon during winter beneath lofty snow-capped peaks... in autumn, when leaves turn red and gold... or when summer days bring a cloak of lush green to the mountains - every season brings its own special magic and its own special memories to Cathedral Peak Hotel.

Conferences:

Our unique and fully equipped conference center, offering various seating configurations for up to 200 delegates, is designed to cater for a wide variety of needs from large seminars to smaller management meetings. Resident conference co-coordinators assist with every aspect of organization and supporting arrangements to ensure a successful and memorable conference. The three main rooms, Cathedral, Ndedema and Nyosi, have movable partitions that enable them to be arranged in various configurations to suit individual needs.

A 'boardroom' and breakaway rooms, controlled heating or air-conditioning, secretarial assistance by arrangement, ample secure on-site parking and a superb selection of activities for partners or families of accompanying delegates are all available. Various theme evenings, gala dinners, champagne breakfasts, and barbecues, and helicopter flights are arranged on request.

The hotel offers a variety of outdoor activities including free daily guided hikes (incl. walks to Bushman paintings and specialist birding hikes with a qualified guide) horse-rides, Mountain bike trails (own bikes required), jogging route, tennis, squash, bowls, outdoor chess, beach volleyball, badminton, floodlit mini-adventure golf, quad biking, 10m climbing tower, heated & cold swimming pool and fly fishing.

In addition, the immaculate 9-hole gold course situated on the hotel property offers alternate tees for an 18-hole game. The club house boasts rest rooms, a lounge area, pub (Philip's Pholy) and a terrace with spectacular mountain views - the perfect 19th hole. The length of the course is 5542m and the course is graded a par 70.

Cathedral Peak Hotel is also a welcome family retreat with a host of children's facilities including pony rides, a children's playground, jumping castle, heated paddling pool and trampoline.

There is an abundance of activities at Cathedral Peak Hotel to suit both young and old.

  Note to accommodation seekers

As our name implies, all booking enquiries sent from Durban Direct go directly to home owners.

You will be sent an email with the home owners contact details in 24 hours - thus, in the event that they have not gotten back to you in that time, you can contact them directly.

We pride ourselves in being a commission free service and hope that you have enjoyed your visit and will return soon.

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