A Home Away From Home
Wakkerstroom Hotel
About Us
Welcome to The Wakkerstroom Hotel
Revive your spirits in the peaceful surroundings of Wakkerstroom, only 3 hours from Pretoria and Johannesburg. Wakkerstroom is an exceptionally scenic destination, characterised by it’s mountainous setting with kloofs, mountain springs, vlei areas, dams. The area is internationally renowned as a “Birders” paradise, home to the Wakkerstroom Wetland and many globally-threatened bird species.
Recently renovated, the Wakkerstroom Hotel is situated on the square in the heart of the village. Offering the ideal base from which to explore the village’s many fascinating attractions and picturesque surrounds of Wakkerstroom.
The Wakkerstroom Hotel has 11 comfortable and stylishly decorated en-suite rooms. The Uthaka Pub and 1838 upstairs bar serves cocktails and drinks till late. If you are hungry, you can sit down at The Colonial Restaurant for breakfast, lunch or dinner that is open 7 days a week. On certain Sundays we have a carvery lunch and sometimes events. Please see our facebook for more information on events.
The Hotel also boasts with a Billiard room and you can play till late.
The Family
Suite
This family suite can sleep 2 adults and up to 3 children in full beds.
- 1 Queen Size Bed
- 3 Single size beds
- Complimentary toiletries.
- Tea & Coffee Facilities.
- Flat Screen TV in each suite.
- Breakfast included served in the restaurant
Sleeps 5
Ensuite Bathroom
The Family
Room
Two adults in a Queen size bed and two children on a sleep couch
- Private Bathroom
- 1 Queen Bed 1 Sleep Couch
- Flat Screen in unit
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- Breakfast included served in the restaurant
Sleeps 2
Ensuite Bathroom
Double Room
- En-Suite room with 1 Queen Bed
- Private Bathroom
- 1 Queen Bed
- Flat Screen in unit
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- Breakfast included served in the restaurant
Sleeps 2
Ensuite Bathroom
Twin Room
- En-Suite room with 2 single Beds
- Private Bathroom
- 2 Single Beds
- Flat Screen in unit
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- Breakfast included served in the restaurant
Sleeps 4 ( 2 Bedrooms )
Shared Ensuite Bathroom
The Colonial Restaurant & Bookmakierie Coffee & Bookshop
We take pride in using only the finest, farm-fresh local ingredients. We also have a passion for presentation, so don’t be surprised if your delicious pub meal arrives looking like something out of a fine food restaurant! Meals can be enjoyed outside on the veranda overlooking the scenic town square, on the patio in our secluded garden in view of the children’s outdoor play area, or in either of our indoor dining areas with cosy pub and roaring log fires in winter.
what to do in Wakkerstroom
Nearby Activities
4x4 Routes
Take your 4×4 up Ossewakop Mountain for magnificent views of Wakkerstroom (directions available at the Info Centre). Don’t forget to take a picnic or sundowners!
Fly Fishing
Balele Mountain Lodge is a fly fishers dream with 12 trout dams.
Golf
For all avid golfers, there is a 9-hole golf course in the next town only 15 minutes drive away!
Lüneberg Circle Drive
The route between Wakkerstroom and Lüneberg offers some of the most spectacular views that you will see anywhere. Take a packed picnic or stop off at the Whistling Duck’s Coffee shop for traditional German hospitality.
Pony rides, hiking and a lovely kiddies playground awaits you. Why not take the tar road there and the dirt road back for two very different experiences. The drive is about 40 minutes to an hour each way.
Biking & Hiking
Currently there are three historic walks, namely the War Memorial, the Harvey Greenacre’s and the Court House. There is also a nature trail focused in the Wetland Reserve which looks at the indigenous fauna and flora which will whet your appetite to explore a little more and visit the hides to do some birding.
Anglo Boer War Site
A little away of from the main route you will find the cemetery and this memorial site dedicated to British soldiers who died in battle during the Anglo Boer War, sad also is to note the mentioning of drowning amongst the soldiers. Quiet place and being close to the bird sanctuary you can hear bird song and experience stillness as only sites of this kind can provide.
Bindura Craft Brewery
Bindura Craft Brewery offers a wide variety of craft beer with unique dishes. The Bar itself is a sight to be seen with out o this world funky decorations. Contact Julia – 083 451 3535.
Ossewakop
Ossewakop (“Ox Wagon Hill”) looms above the small Mpumalanga town of Wakkerstroom on its eastern side, the peak approximately 400 metres higher than the settlement. It is impossible to miss, as some enterprising residents have created the large outline of a Voortrekker wagon and the dates “1838 – 1938” (to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great Trek) with whitewashed rocks on the slopes just below the summit. The route up the mountain is difficult and torturous, so please read the cautionary notes before embarking on this trip. The remarkable views over the town and its surrounds from the beacon on top of the mountain certainly make the effort to get up there worthwhile.
Function Venue
Weddings
Why not share your special day with an intimate ceremony in the exquisite St Mark’s Church, a National Monument and one of Wakkerstroom’s most beautiful sites! Afterwards guests can walk over the road to your reception at the Wakkerstroom Hotel We have a trained in-house wedding planner to handle all the stress and finer details while you concentrate on the fun parts of the wedding planning!
Conferences
We offer the perfect space to host your business event – this includes all the standard business facilities and requirement, with the benefit of the scenic Wakkerstroom surrounds for the perfect break in between meetings and training sessions.
We can accommodate : 50 people seated in a classroom style and 30 seated in a U-shape. We can also arrange team building events to suit your requirements.
