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Acorn Guest House
George - South Africa
Email Acorn Guest House Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com
We
offer luxury accommodation in George, South Africa. This village is quite
central in the Southern Cape and Klein Karoo and an excellent choice to
use as your home while playing golf, doing business or traveling to all
the local tourist destinations.
From here you can explore the scenic Garden Route with its beautiful
beaches, majestic mountains and serene lakes.
Come, do some whale watching or shark cage diving and spend a holiday
of a lifetime!
Acorn Guest House Accommodation
The bedrooms are decorated with flair and style, exquisite linen and
100% cotton sheets. The interior is a delight - a mixture of auction and
flea market finds to oriental carpets, silver, original art and fine junk
- not just another hotel room.
All our rooms have wireless internet access, satellite TV, each with own
DSTV decoder, heaters or air-conditioners and the other necessities to
make your stay comfortable!
Our standard rooms are situated inside the restored 90
year old house. All the rooms have en-suite bathrooms. The double
and family rooms have a bar fridge, microwave, tea and coffee
facility, electrical blanket, heater and all the other necessities to
make your stay comfortable.
The family room has a queen-size bed and 2 single beds
in the loft. It also has an air/heat conditioner and a separate entrance
from the pool with a view over the Outeniqua Mountains.
The superior rooms are stunning and spacious. They have air / heat conditioners,
king-size or twin beds, spa-baths and separate showers, heated bathroom
floors and electrical towel rails.
Each has a concealed bar fridge and microwave, a separate entrance with
a view over the pool and Outeniqua Mountains. The pool rooms have exactly
the same luxuries, but are slightly smaller. The shower is also over the
bath.
Esther is an enthusiastic chef and will try to delight you with a breakfast
that is different and interesting. Specialties include our wonderful South
African fruits, in all forms and shapes, to homemade pastries and other
delights!
Acorn Guest House Facilities
- Besides free 24 hour wireless internet access, we also offer Air /
heat conditioned rooms Hairdryers and alarm clock radios.
- DSTV / satellite decoder in each room.
- Remote controlled gate for safe off street parking.
- A communal lounge with Satellite decoder.
- Laundry facilities.
- Fax, telephone and computer.
- Airport and other transport by arrangement.
- Safes in all rooms.
- Our off the beaten track custom tours!
- Coffee and tea facilities.
Activities:
Colin is an accredited tour guide and enjoys sharing his love of the Garden
Route with interested travellers. Because of the central location of Acorn
Guest House, day trips thru-out the area are very popular.
GOLF
George and the Garden Route have become the golf mecca on the continent.
George Golf Course, Colin's personal favourite, is rated in the top 20
in South Africa, and due to our excellent weather conditions, this stunning
park-lands course is playable year round.
Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate boasts 3 of the best courses in
South Africa and was home of the President's Cup 2003 and the first Women's
World Cup of Golf during February 2005.
Unfortunately you have to stay to play, let us book at Fancourt for you
before or after your stay with us. A few new courses have been added of
late, these include Ernie Els' Oubaai Golf Estate and the challenging
Kingswood Golf Estate in George.
Some of the other courses in the area include the wind-swept course in
Mossel Bay, to the harsh dry, semi-desert conditions in Oudtshoorn and
then the majestic views of Simola and Pezula Golf Estates in Knysna.
It is possible to experience a range of different climates and courses
in the area! Colin, a keen golfer himself, can arrange advance bookings
at most of the golf courses, which have become essential during the peak
summer seasons from November to April each year.
Beaches - If you would like to go to the beach, our local
bay - Victoria Bay - is definitely the best! On any coast line in the
world, I dare you to find a swimming beach that can equal the beauty,
swimming and surfing qualities of Vic Bay!
With only a few houses, it is a non-commercial beach and weather wise
the best of the best! Green grass to lie on, whales in season, dolphins
year round, excellent surf - a definite must!
Visit the Outeniqua Transport Museum and the Outeniqua Power Van takes you up the Outeniqua Mountain and halfway up Cradock Peak where you can enjoy your picnic in the wild.
Do some church hopping and visit the:
Dutch Reformed Church just opposite our house. It possesses some
of the most stunning architecture in George. The pulpit is magnificent
and made of Stinkwood. The roof, floor and benches are of Yellowwood.
Visit the Congregational Church in Pacaltsdorp - built by the interesting
Reverent Pacalt in the 1800's and stop at the Anglican Church in York
Street with its beautiful and historic windows.
Outeniqua Hop is a route through our scenic farmlands, where you can visit a strawberry farm, see how they make cheese or visit the breweries, visit a dairy farm and see how a computerized dairy organize the cows for milking or artificial insemination!
To the west is Mossel Bay: You may want to dare yourself and go shark cage diving, bungee jumping or sea life on Seal Island. On your way home stop for a game drive or swim at the Herolds Bay.
To the north is Oudtshoorn where you should visit the world famous Cango Caves, ride an ostrich, but definitely not a croc on the other farm!! Stunning mountain passes all around you.
To the east is Wilderness and Knysna where you can indulge
yourself in extreme sport like paragliding or abseiling.
Wonderful trails for hikers next to the lagoon, the river, forest or sea
where you can kayak, canoe or just enjoy the outdoors.
Do your shopping in Knysna at The Waterfront, head home back to George
and come and enjoy your evenings at Acorn Guest House!
- Knysna - travel by road to Knysna; ferry ride; tour of Knysna; return
to George via lakes district
- Plettenberg Bay - travel by road to Knysna; ferry ride; tour of Plett;
visit Knysna Elephant park; return to George via lakes district
- Mountain passes - travel by road to Oudtshoorn via Outeniqua Pass; short
tour of Oudtshoorn; travel by road to Prince Albert via the Swart Berg
Pass; return to Oudtshoorn via the Meiringspoort Pass and De Rust; return
to George via the Montague Pass
- Oudtshoorn - travel by road to Oudtshoorn via the Outeniqua Pass; visit
ostrich farm, Cango Caves and Cango Wildlife Ranch
- Mossel Bay - travel to Mossel Bay by steam train; visit Dias Museum;
short tour of Mossel Bay; return to George via Great Bark and Glentana
- Day tour of George - visit strawberry and dairy farms, visit cheese
producer
- Other tours - the Garden Route is renowned for its natural beauty and
offers the adventurous traveller a host of options to explore our coastline,
lakes and natural forests.
- Golf tours - program can be arranged to suite your handicap. Some of
the best courses in the country are within an hours drive from George
George is in the center of all activities in the Garden Route! To
travel from here is quite easy;
Directions to Acorn Guest House: 
GPS :: -33.956782 (Latitude) and 22.463858 (Longitude)
From the west on the N2, take the George, York Street
exit.
Turn left at the stop to drive into town (will become York. Str).
Approx. 5km through the town you will drive around the second traffic circle, turn right or follow the sign to Knysna via Courtenay Street.
Immediately after the first traffic light at Meade Street, you will pass the White Dutch Reformed Church on your left. Turn left at next street - Kerk Street (Church Street ). We are only 100m down the road on the right - 4 Kerk Street (Church Street).
From the airport, turn left out of the parking area
and follow the sign post to (right) George via Route R102. After approx.
7km you will enter George via a traffic circle.
Take the first left exit into York Street. 3.5km through the town you
will drive around a second traffic circle, turn right or follow the sign
to Knysna via Courtenay Street.
Immediately after the first traffic light at Meade Street, you will pass
the White Dutch Reformed Church on your left. Turn left at next street
- Kerk Street (Church Street ). We are only 100m down the road on the
right - 4 Kerk Street (Church Street ).
From Oudtshoorn you will continue on the road from the
mountain and at the traffic circle by the sport pavilions you will exit
immediately to the left - Knysna Road.
Keep to the left lane when entering the circle and take first exit, Courtenay
Street. You will pass a traffic light at Meade Street, with the White
Dutch Reformed Church on left. Turn left at next street - Kerk Street.
We are only 100m down on the right - 4 Kerk Street.
From the east on the N2, take the first George exit
to the right of the highway. After approx. 5km once you are in town, you
will go over the rail road via a bridge, after it, you will pass Mitchell
and Wellington Street on your right. The next street is Kerk Street.
Turn right - big Dutch Reformed Church will now be on your left. We are
only 100m down the road, on the right - 4 Kerk Street (Church Street).
Email Acorn Guest House Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com
