Arabella Hotel & Spa Overberg

The Arabella Hotel & Spa is situated on the banks of the beautiful Bot River lagoon in Hermanus and bordered by the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, a declared Biosphere Reserve and a proposed World Heritage Site. The hotel, carefully designed to blend into the natural environment, is nestled on cascading banks that flow towards the estate's spectacular peninsula. All rooms offer tranquil vistas of the water, golf course or mountains.

Accommodation at the Arabella Hotel & Spa, South Africa

A total of 145 bedrooms offer exceptional accommodation designed to make your stay at the Arabella Hotel & Spa comfortable, convenient and pleasurable. Spacious, equipped with the latest communications and entertainment systems and modern conveniences, the suites and rooms give the visitor both a luxurious retreat as well as efficient contact with the rest of the world - should you require it.

All rooms have satellite television, direct ISDN lines for computer and fax machines and jacks for fax and modem facilities. A message-relay system and in-room control system complete your contact with the outside world. A choice of two restaurants and five bars are at your disposal. Enjoy anything from a light snack to a sophisticated dinner, a cocktail or a nightcap in any of these venues with superb views to complete the ambience.

• Cable Channels
• Connecting Rooms Available
• Cribs
• Iron/Ironing Board
• In-Room Movies
• Telephone
• In-Room Electronic Safe
• Hairdryer
• Satellite Channels
• Coffee and Tea Maker
• Accessible Shower and Bath
• Wake-up Service
• Mini Bar
• Radio/Alarm Clock
• Desk
• Voicemail
• Private Balcony or Patio
• Separate Bath and Shower Stall
• Free Daily Newspaper (Local)
• 24-Hour Room Service
• Free Wireless High Speed Internet Access in All Guest Rooms
• Individual Climate Control
• Make-up/Shaving Mirror
• Disability Accessible Room
• ISDN Telephone Line
• Bathrobes & Slippers

Health and Beauty Spa: Arabella Wellness Centre

Relax at the Arabella Western Cape Hotel & Spa, experience complete relief from stress, a tough game, a long night out, overwork, or just to pamper yourself. The Wellness Centre provides a wide variety of relaxing, toning, cures and beauty treatments in the healthiest possible way.

Complete with sauna, steam bath, indoor-outdoor pool, hydro massage, aromatic grotto, fitness pavilion, thalasso centre and solarium, ionic chamber, thalasso-therapy, high propulsion shower, beauty salon, massages and hairdressing.

Golf at the Arabella Golf Course, South Africa

Surrounded by the magnificent mountains and Bot River Lagoon, and edged by wild fynbos, the picturesque Arabella Golf Course is the ideal place to pursue a passion for golf and enjoy an ideal golf holiday.

The fabled 18-hole, Par 72 Championship course has consistently been ranked in the top 10 courses in South Africa.  The 8th hole has been described as one of the most beautiful par 5's in South Africa and the 18th hole was rated one of the finest finishing holes in the country.

The course was designed and built by the highly acclaimed South African golf course architect Peter Matkovich in 1999. Since then, many professionals and celebrities have enjoyed the Arabella Golf experience, including Jack Nicklaus, Samuel L. Jackson, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Ronan Keating, Lee Westwood, Tim Clark and Gary Player.

Arabella Golf Club facilities:

• Fully stocked pro shop
• Warm up range
• Putting green
• Chipping green
• Halfway house
• Golf club bar
• Locker room and showers
• Golf carts with GPS
• Golf clubs for hire
• Golf clinics and coaching

Awards of the Arabella Hotel & Spa

• Best Luxury Coastal Hotel in World Luxury Awards 2007
• IAGTO Golf Resort of the Year for 2008 in the Rest of the World category (outside Europe and North America)
• Top 60 Courses outside the United States published by Golf Digest in 2007
• Consistently rated best golf course in the Western Cape and under the best 5 in the country by respected local golf publications.