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ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION JB Marks Local Municipality Accommodation at Potch Guest House *** 44 Nelson Mandela Drive Ancient Amperor Estate***** 156 Kruis St, Potchefstroom Potchefstroom, 2531 21 Postma St, Lake Resort Area, Potchefstroom [email protected]; [email protected]; J [email protected]; www.ancientemperor.co.za/; Tel : 27+18 299 5371 Cell 27+82 615 9544 Email: [email protected] Cell 27+83 628 6166 / 27+84 806 0663 Beukes Guest House*** Website: www.jbmarks.co.za 25 Beukes Ave, Potchefstroom. Adato Guest House **** 70 Peter Mokaba Rd, Potchefstroom [email protected]; www.beukesguesthouse.co.za/ POTCHEFSTROOM [email protected]; www.potchefstroom.co.za/adato Cell 27+82 852 2426 Cell 27+72 786 8533 The city of Potchefstroom is one of the oldest formal towns in Cosy Cottages Cell Guest House*** 38 Parys Ave, Potchefstroom South Africa. It has a rich and colourful history. Akkerlaan Guest House **** [email protected]; www.accommodationpotchefstroom.co.za/ 54 Peter Mokaba ave, Potchefstroom Potchefstroom is well-situated with regard to North West’s Cell 27+83 335 4857 major tourist market namely Gauteng. The N12 Treasure [email protected]; www.akkerlaan.co.za/; De Tuiz Huis Guest House*** Route runs through our city and is a thoroughfare for Tel 27+18 293 1213 74 Nieuwe St, Potchefstroom thousands of potential tourists, especially over weekends. Anne’s Place Guest House**** [email protected]; www.potchefstroom.co.za/tuishuis; Council positions itself in terms of: Cell 27+82 898 2404 26 Mozart St, van der Hoff Park, Potchefstroom • Eco Tourism • Avitourism [email protected]; http://annesplace.co.za/; Elgro Hotel*** • Cultural Tourism • Adventure Tourism Cell 27+82 335 1295 60 Wolmarans St, Potchefstroom • Game Parks • Paleo Tourism [email protected]; www.elgro.co.za/ • Conference Tourism • Sports and Recreational Tourism Grey Manor Guest House**** Tel 27+18 297 5411 • Event Attractions • Educational Attractions 76 Hoffman St, Potchefstroom Foundation Stones Guest House *** • Community Based Tourism (C B T) [email protected]; www.greymanorguesthouse.com/; Cell 27+79 524 4071 97 Peter Mokaba Rd, Potchefstroom The city has a well-established tourism industry with much to [email protected]; offer in the way of attractions and leisure time activities Sunset Manor Guest House **** Cell 27+72 178 7162 Located only 120 kilometres from Gauteng, it is has become a 4 Kanaal St,Van Der Hoff Park Just Tiffany Guest House*** popular weekend or day-trip destination for tourists and [email protected]; 151 Peter Mokaba Ave, Potchefstroom known as the gateway to North West Province - an hour's Cell 27+82 550 2645 / Cell 27+ 79 267 3170 [email protected]; www.potchefstroom.co.za/tiffanys; drive from Gauteng. Cell 27+82 898 2404 Willows Garden Hotel**** The city has an important presence along the N12 National Kwa Gaetsho Guest House*** Road, running from EMalahleni through to George and 82 Govan Mbeki Street Potchefstroom [email protected]; [email protected]; 19 Borrius St, Baillie Park, Potchefstroom westwards towards Namibia and Botswana, resulting in large [email protected]; volumes of through-traffic. The City is an important rail www.willowsgardenhotel.co.za/; Tel 27+18 297 6285 Cell 27+82 555 2171 Cell 27+82 314 4838 transport centre, especially for the transportation of bulk products related to agriculture and mining sectors. The daily Kwa Kgatleng Guest House*** train and bus services passing through Potchefstroom enable 116 Rivier St, Potchefstroom [email protected]; tourists to visit the city with ease. Cell 27+82 641 9725 The whole tourism sector in Potchefstroom is set to boom, Magnolia Guest House*** especially in non-traditional tourism sectors such as sports, 87 Chris Hani Ave, Potchefstroom heritage, educational and cultural tourism. It has a rich and [email protected]; [email protected]; varied historical and cultural legacy, and the many provincial Cell 27+82 954 0308 heritage sites pay testimony to this. Also known as the North West home of sports as the provincial headquarters of 17 Lotlametswe B&B** 04 Oversteeg Ave, Dassierand, Potchefstroom important sports codes are hosted the city. [email protected]; Geographical coordinates: www.potchefstroom.co.za/lotlametswe/ 26° 43' 0" South, 27° 6' 0" East. Cell 27+82 332 7521 VREDEFORT DOME WORLD HERITAGE SITE VENTERSDORP TOURISM ASSOCIATIONS ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION DocVilla Guest House*** 100 Carmichael St, Ventersdorp [email protected]; www.mosaicbb.co.za/ Cell 27+834566110 Mosaic B&B *** 100 Carmichael St, Ventersdorp Elgro River Lodge**** [email protected]; www.mosaicbb.co.za/ Schoemansdrift, Nooitgedacht, Vaal River Cell 27+83 456 6110/ Cell 27+79 505 9421 [email protected]; www.elgoriverlodge.co.za/ Rubicon Guesthouse & Restaurant ** Tel 27+18 297 5411 48 Van Riebeeck St, Ventersdorp Thaba Noka River Lodge **** [email protected]; Main Road Venterskroon Cell 27+83 987 1934 [email protected] www.thabanoka.co.za/ VENTERSDORP TOURISM ASSOCIATION Cell 27+825534204 Ventersdorp Region was a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. Dome Inn Lodge*** Kopjeskraal, Venterskroon The seat of local municipality was Ventersdorp. After [email protected]; [email protected]; www.domeinn.co.za/ ; the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger JB Marks Local Municipality. It has a rich cultural history Cell 27+72 318 9950 and is host to a number of natural features and is connected by Stonehenge Lodge and Conference Centre*** the N14, R30 and the R53 roads. Kopjeskraal Road, Venterskroon [email protected]; [email protected] Ventersdorp has established tourism attractions, such as the www.stoneza.co.za/ www.stoneadventures.co.za/ Rietspruit Dam Resort. Although most areas in Ventersdorp Cell 27+ 76 021 0274/ Cell 27+72 616 1263 provide more recreational activities where tourists can make use of natural features such as dams for fishing, camping or day Thabela Thabeng*** VENTERSDORP TOURISM ASSOCIATION Venterskroon visits. Various historical sites can also be found in the area such [email protected]; www.thabelathabeng.co.za/ as the Anglo Boer War Memorial, The Boer Fort and Battle of Cell 27+ 73 660 8986 Ventersdorp Memorial. Umfula Resort*** Tourist attractions include the following: On R500 from Parys to Fochville *Tarentaal Hiking Routes *Rietspruit Dam Resort [email protected]; *Anglo Boer War Memorial *NG Church & Hall Cell 27+ 82 312 4123 *Schoonspruit Nature Reserve *Swartrand Caves 2023 million years ago a giant meteorite struck the earth near *The grave with eternal flowers *Klerkskraal Dam the present day village of Vredefort. The impact created a *Battle of Ventersdorp Memorial *Elandskuil Dam crater some 90km in diameter and caused a tremendous shift *Various wetlands, pans, hills & ridges *Boer Fort *JB Marks Memorial Park in the earth’s crust across a radius of over 150km now known as the Vredefort Dome. All Secretarial Offices: This fascinating natural phenomenon, different in shape and Tourism Information Centre vegetation from its surrounding area, caters for the 44 Nelson Mandela Drive adventurous, etc. Today the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Potchefstroom Site is one of the country’s prime adventure tourism sites 2531 with numerous tour operators and accommodation facilities catering for campers, hikers, rock climbers, canoeists and VENTERSDORP TOURISM ASSOCIATION Tel 27+18 299 5733 white water rafters, with hiking trails, river rafting, abseiling, Email: [email protected]; fly fishing etc. .