~ Matjiesfontein ~ Western Cape ~ South Africa ~

For a memorable stay make this gracious Victorian Hotel, which was used by British officers during the Boer War, one of your stopovers. Travel through spectacular scenery where you can stay in the little village and turn back the clock over 100 years. The double-storeyed building was built in 1899 by James Logan, in the early stages of the Anglo-Boer War.

The hotel was used as a military hospital during the conflict by the British forces and the hotel turret was then used as a lookout post. Some 12 000 troops were camped around the Village. James Logan, founder of Matjiesfontein, died in 1920 and is buried in a little cemetery 10 kilometres from Matjiesfontein, where his tomb is located next to the grave of George Lohmann, one of the greatest English cricketers, who spent the last years of his life in the superb climatic environment of the Karoo. In the late 1960s, David Rawdon , a hotelier par excellence, whose claim to fame was the establishing of the well-known Lanzerac Hotel in Stellenbosch and the Marina Hotel in Hermanus, purchased Matjiesfontein Village. After performing extensive renovations on the hotel, utilising the wealth of antiques gathered during his world travels, Mr. Rawdon re-opened the property in 1970 and renamed it The Lord Milner Hotel.

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