The Manor
Four family suites in the 1861 building, each with a full bathroom, mini-bar and a private patio facing the mountain range. Steps from the lounge fire, the dining room and the spa.
Explore the Manor
Established 1861 · Zuurberg Pass
A mountain
between two horizons
One hundred and sixty hectares of fynbos at the top of a Cape mountain pass, looking out over Addo Elephant National Park. Dinner is at eight.
The house
Older than the road
that reaches it
The Manor was built in 1861, when the Zuurberg Pass was still the hard way north. More than a century and a half later the fireplaces are still lit by hand, the floors still creak in the same places, and the view from the veranda has not changed at all.
What has changed is everything around it. The hotel now sits inside 160 hectares of indigenous vegetation, wrapped on three sides by the Zuurberg section of Addo Elephant National Park — a malaria-free wilderness of 600 elephants, Big Five game, 95 mammal species and 417 recorded birds.
Where you sleep
Two ways to stay
The original Manor for those who want to be in the middle of everything. The Village cottages for those who would rather not see another soul until breakfast.
The Village
Edwardian cottages with their own front doors and two patios apiece — one for sunrise, one for sunset. Freestanding baths, indoor and outdoor showers, black-wood floors, climate control.
Explore the VillageBeyond the gate
The park starts
at the fence line
Our own guides, our own vehicles, and a waterhole that has been reliable for longer than any of us have worked here.
Game drives
Full and half-day drives into Addo in an open vehicle, with entry fees, a guide and a proper meal included.
The Porcupine Trail
Four and a half kilometres from the hotel door, up into fynbos and protea country.
Horse trails
Out across the grassland with a guide — a good introduction for children.
Pool, spa & tennis
Massages and facials, a tennis court, and an afternoon by the water with nothing scheduled.
The table & the bar
Woodifields, and
a five-course carvery
The Lounge is a high-ceilinged room dominated by an immense stone fireplace. Through it is The Cycad, where dinner is served and the French doors open onto the pool lawn.
And then there is Woodifields — described, not by us, as one of the few remaining genuine English pubs in the country. Pine shelves to the ceiling, a brass bell, a hand-cranked till that still works, and a Strauss upright that someone usually gets around to playing.
Breakfast is a leisurely country affair. Lunch is light, on the terrace. Dinner is a classic five-course carvery, and on Sundays the traditional one.
Finding us
At the top of
the pass
Zuurberg Mountain Village sits on the Zuurberg Pass above Addo, roughly 110 kilometres from Gqeberha — about an hour and a half of driving, the last stretch of it uphill and worth taking slowly.
- Zuurberg Pass, Addo, Eastern Cape · 33°21′05″S 25°44′38″E
- About 1 hour 30 minutes from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
- Free Wi-Fi, secure parking, and a playground for children
RoomsForAfricaTravellers’ Award 2018
HotelsCombinedRecognition of Excellence 2020
Four StarsGraded country hotel
Reservations
Come up the mountain
Rooms are booked directly with the hotel. Dinner, bed and breakfast rates include the five-course carvery.