Green Fees
| Non-affiliated | R80 |
| Affiliated | R55 |
On Course
Course Policy
Open Mondays
Visitors welcome everyday
Course Rating
| Men | Women |
| 70 | 70 |
Contact Details
Tel: +27 42 243 3993
Physical Address
Bestershoek, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Location
Oak trees, white-washed buildings, mountain streams and waterfalls: A charming town bathed in history. After successful plantations begun by trekboer Willem Prinsloo near Bruintjieshoogte at what was the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony, Governor Lord Charles Somerset decided to produce fodder for the horses of the eastern frontier cavalry.
A village named for him was established in 1825, and today Angora goat farming, citrus and dairy products form the infrastructure of this beautiful area at the foot of the Bosberg Mountains.
Activities
The Georgian House
At the foot of the Bosberg, stands serenely amongst tall indigenous trees and has magnificent rose gardens.
Somerset East Museum
Shortly after the establishment of the town, land on the slopes of the Bosberg was given to the Wesleyan missionaries for a chapel and a graveyard. The chapel was completed and consecrated in 1828, but the building and surrounding land was transferred to the Dutch Reformed Church a few years later and in 1835 the chapel was converted into a parsonage.
Walter Battiss Gallery
Run by his family as a temperance hotel until 1914, it now functions as a gallery housing works executed by its gentle country son. The Walter Battiss art gallery was originally built in 1818 and served as an officers’ mess on “Somerset Farm”.
National Monument
This property was one of three dwellings to be declared a national monument in October 1983. Granted to one Robert Robinson, the lot was one of the first to be allocated immediately after the founding of the town Somerset, in April 1825.
Langenhoven Library
This was the forerunner to the Somerset Public Library and in 1903, the plot where the Library now stands, was bought for twenty five pounds. In 1973 it became known as the Langenhoven Library.
Delville Wood monument
On the island in Nojoli Street, honours Somersetters of all races, whose lives were claimed by the Second World War.
Andries Vosloo Monument
Previously Administrator of the Cape and a true Somersetter, is honoured by the Provincial Hospital which bears his name.
Directions
From Port Elizabeth travel on the N1 towards Cradock and turn-off onto the R63 towards Somerset East. Once in the town, from Njoli Street, turn right and at the old age home turn left and continue for 2kms along the gravel road (there will be signs for Bestershoek Camping Site). The club is on the gravel road.
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