Profcon Resort

Eastern Cape


This well-run complex with a laid-back vibe features excellent facilities and amenities, including a restaurant and a superb children's playground. With its varied accommodation options – including an excellent campground with a grassy area and a kitchen, modern, well-equipped rooms and comfy garden cottages – it's appropriate for backpackers, couples and families alike. One downside: the pool is miniscule.


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Nearby Eastern Cape attractions

1. Drostdy

0.31 MILES

A drostdy was the landdrost’s (local administrator's) residence and included his office and courtroom as well as his family’s living quarters. The Graaff…

2. Old Library

0.35 MILES

This former library, built in 1847, houses a wide-ranging collection of historical artefacts. There's fossils from the Karoo, displays on Khoe-San rock…

3. Hester Rupert Art Museum

0.35 MILES

Located in one of South Africa's oldest churches, a Dutch Reformed Mission church consecrated in 1821, this museum hosts an art collection of work by more…

4. Dutch Reformed Church

0.36 MILES

This landmark 19th-century church, one of South Africa’s finest examples of Victorian Gothic architecture, stands in the town's main square. It was built…

5. Old Residency

0.5 MILES

Marvel at this well-preserved, 19th-century house with creaking wooden floors and a large collection of firearms, as well as historical photos.

6. Urquhart House

0.52 MILES

This renovated house shows how well-to-do 19th-century families lived. It features a fine collection of Victorian furniture and exhibitions on…

7. Military History Museum

0.52 MILES

Accessed through Urquhart House, this museum gives an overview of local military history from the 1800s to the current century.

8. Reinet House

0.52 MILES

This Dutch Reformed parsonage, built between 1806 and 1812, is a beautiful example of Cape Dutch architecture, with high ceilings and yellow wood floors…