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Barberton Manor Guest House » Hotel/restaurant
- 81 Sheba Road
ZA-1300 Barberton
South Africa
Object-ID: H4Y-4113
owner's website
Barberton Manor Guest House, built in 1927 after a Sir Herbert Baker design, is a National Heritage and still in it's original state, but offers modern day comfort.
Grading:
Tourism Grading Council: 4 stars
AA Travel: Superior accommodation
The spacious house is situated near the road to Swaziland (40 km), 60 km from the Kruger Park and 45 km from Nelspruit (KMI Airport).
Barberton, offers many attractions: hiking trails, scenic drives, visiting a gold mine, an Heritage Walk (starts at museum) and many more.
Lunch and dinner by prior arrangement.
Furnishing:
- parking lot
- pool
- garden
Leisure activities:
- motor sports,
- swimming,
- mountain climbing,
- flight sports,
- photography,
- golf,
- bicycling,
- riding,
- hiking,
Description of environment:
The De Kaap Valley in which Barberton lies, is renowned worldwide for its ancient rock formations which are some 4-billion years old. Situated 350km east of Pretoria and named after prospectors Graham Barber and his cousins Fred and Harry, who discovered gold here in 1884, the town mushroomed with the arrival of fortune-hunters who worked hard and played even harder! Within a year it was chockful of bars where barmaids, including the notorious Cockney Liz, did a roaring trade after hours as ladies of the night. With the discovery of the Witwatersrand gold fields, the town quietened down almost overnight, but fortunately many nostalgic relics of those brawling mining days remain: the Gold Stock Exchange, the first in South Africa, Stopforth and Fernlea House, two original wood and iron houses. Belhaven House Museum - a charming Victorian home, the 1901 Anglo-Boer War blockhouse, the Lewis and Marks Building (the first double storey in town) and Sheba Mine, the richest working gold mine in the world on the route to the ruins of Eureka city. (NB: A bad road. Only pre-booked tours with a local tour operator allowed.)
Barberton is also of course "Jock of the Bushveld's" town: there is a statue of this much-loved Staffordshire bull-terrier in front of the Town Hall, and an acacia tree about 7km out of town on the R38, where his master, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, often outspanned on the trek.
The 20km cableway from Barberton to the Havelock Asbestos Mine in Swaziland is a marvel of engineering, and there are lovely scenic drives around the town in all directions and hiking trails lasting a few hours.
Barberton, being the undiscovered gem of the Lowveld, ‘the Wild Frontier’, offers many attractions: hiking trails, scenic drives, visiting a gold mine, the Heritage Walk starting at the museum and many more
Journey recommodation:
How to reach Barberton Manor Guest House?
Coming from Nelspruit:
· Take the R40 to Barberton (± 40 km)
· Pass the sign ‘Barberton’ and go straight ahead, direction ‘MediClinic’
· At the next stop/crossing turn right – this is Sheba Road
· After 1500 m, at your left is Barberton Manor Guest House.
Coming from Badplaas:
· Take the R 38 to Barberton (± 68 km)
· At the crossing with the R40, turn right, to Barberton
· Pass the sign ‘Barberton’ and go straight ahead, direction ‘MediClinic’
· At the next stop/crossing turn right – this is Sheba Road
· After 1500 m, at your left is Barberton Manor Guest House.
Coming from Kaapmuiden/Malelane:
· Take the R38 to Barberton (± 55 km)
· At the stop/crossing with the R40 (Nelspruit – Bulembu/Swaziland) go straight ahead - this is Sheba Road
· After 1500 m, at your left is Barberton Manor Guest House.
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