Hantam Huis

Northern Cape


Occupying a series of beautifully restored townhouses, Hantam is the perfect place to soak up Calvinia’s country quiet and old-world charm. Die Dorphuis, a Victorian national monument, has luxury rooms packed with antiques. At the rear of the townhouse are cosy standard options in former servants’ quarters and rooms once used by visiting church congregation members; Knegtekamer is particularly cute.

Three-course dinners are offered in the 19th-century Hantam Huis itself – Calvinia’s oldest house. The restaurant is also open to nonguests from 7am to 4.30pm.


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