Fancourt Hotel & Country Club Estate
Location: George, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa
Star Rating: 
Hotel Type: Golf, Spa, Family, Conference, Leisure
No. of Rooms: 117
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Address
Montagu Street
George 6529
Garden Route
Western Cape
South Africa
Fancourt Hotel & Country Club Estate
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Overview
Fancourt, South Africa's premier golfing and leisure resort is situated in the heart of the Garden Route. Set in 550 hectares of lush countryside, it is superbly landscaped with the majestic Outeniqua Mountains as its backdrop. Fancourt is only seven kilometres from both the George Airport and the historic town of George. It is also within easy reach of the many attractive tourist destinations in the area.
Old world charm and contemporary luxury link the graciousness of the past with the convenience of the present to create a haven of tranquility and style at the Fancourt Hotel & Country Club Estate.
Accommodation at the Fancourt Hotel & Golf Estate
The Fancourt Hotel in George provides comfortable and exclusive accommodation for guests with convenient amenities and facilities which appeal both to leisure and business travellers alike.
The Fancourt Hotel features a total of 117 guest rooms:
- 60 Luxury rooms
- 55 One-bedroom suites
- 2 Two-bedroom suites
All rooms are fitted with the following amenities:
- Full air-conditioning
- International satellite television
- Direct dial telephone
- Bedside alarm clock
- Minibar
- Separate bath and shower
- Free Wireless internet
- International plugs
- Digital safe
Services offered at the Fancourt Hotel, South Africa
A VIP lounge at the George Airport, room service, satellite TV, valet, and state of the art conference and corporate entertaining facilities are of the highest international standard.
The fully equipped and professionally staffed Spa, which incorporates a sauna, steamroom, tepidarium and gymnasium with personal trainer, includes a heated indoor roman bath and jacuzzi, a hair salon and Cherot, Fancourt's own exclusive ladies fashion boutique. Other facilities at the Fancourt Hotel include three golf shops, Golf Academy, a deli, mini cinema, billiard room and jewellery shop.
At the exclusive Fancourt Hotel & Golf Estate, every child is a guest in his own right and therefore deserves a very special welcome. Children's activities are planned to accommodate all ages and interests.
From supplying cots, play stations and DVD's, to a number of activities such as pastry making or treasure hunts through the hotel, plus a range of services including birthday parties, special menus, babysitting or a day out, nothing is left to chance. Each family member will have fond memories of their stay for years to come!
Outdoor activities at the Fancourt Hotel & Golf Estate
All four of the 18-hole Gary Player designed golf courses (Montagu, Outeniqua, The Links and Bramble Hill) are rated in the Top 100 in South Africa. Course architect, David McLay Kidd remodelled the Montagu golf course in 2004. Other golfing facilities include a warm up area, three well-stocked golf shops and a Golf Academy with full time teaching professionals and the only full-system Taylor Made facility outside of the USA.
For the non-golfer, outdoor pursuits include fishing, cycling, tennis courts, outdoor and indoor swimming pools and running/walking trails. Mountain biking, picnics, horse riding and walks can be arranged on request. Open sea bathing and glorious beaches are within easy distance.
Conference Facilities at Fancourt
The Conference Centre at the Fancourt Hotel is equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment and video conferencing. It has a variety of rooms including a banquet /conference hall (350 max), three breakaway rooms and three boardrooms. A fully equipped business centre is also available.
Dining Facilities at the Fancourt Hotel
Fancourt has two fabulous restaurants offering a variety of excellent dining experiences in authentic settings. The restaurants bear testimony to Fancourt's reputation as purveyors of fine cuisine. In addition, there is a club lounge in Fancourt's main reception, as well as the sandwedge (Montagu's halfway house), which both serve casual meals during the day.
The Club Lounge menu has been given a classical touch. Relax on the terrace overlooking the 18th of the Montagu golf course and try one of the new menu items. Recommended is the Cobb @ 19, a club salad with layers of crispy bacon, avocado, cucumber, egg white, egg yolks, chives, tomato, smoked chicken on ice-berg lettuce with 1000 island dressing.
Enjoy the Club Burger with Fancourt’s homemade 200g sirloin burger on a toasted sesame bun with tobacco onions, fresh fries and house relish.
Accolades which Fancourt Hotel achieved
- Host to Commonwealth Heads of Government Retreat" - November 1999
- Home of The Presidents Cup 2003" at The Links
- The 2001 Fancourt Spring Ball rated the "Fifth Social Function in the World" by Gold, an international Condé Nast magazine
- Africa's leading Golf Resort - World Travel Awards 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
- 2004 Golf Resort of the Year Award - IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators)
- Host to Women's World Cup of Golf - 2005
- Venue to the second 46664 concert
- SA Tourism Five Star Grading
- Host of 2006 SAA Open
Room Types
The exclusive Fancourt Hotel which is one of South Africa's premier leisure and business resort is situated in the heart of the magnificent Garden Route. Ideally located just seven kilometres from both George Airport and the historic town of George, Fancourt t is superbly landscaped on both 613 hectares of lush countryside with majestic Outeniqua Mountains as the perfect backdrop. The Fancourt Hotel & Country Club Estate features a total of 117 guest rooms.
Fancourt Hotel room types
- 60 Luxury rooms
- 55 One-bedroom suites
- 2 Two-bedroom suites
Luxury Room amenities:
- approximately 32 - 40 square metres
- modern, spacious rooms overlooking the Outeniqua Mountains, Fancourt gardens or golf warm up area
- mini bar
- coffee & tea making facilities
- writing desk
- patios or balconies and are situated on the ground or first floor
- free wireless internet access
- interleading rooms are available on the first and ground floor, on request
- full air-conditioning
- international satellite television
- direct dial telephone
- bedside alarm clock
- separate bath and shower
- international plugs
- digital safe
Today's Rate:
Single Room: R2080.00
Double Room: R2080.00
One Bedroom Suite amenities:
- full air-conditioning
- international satellite television
- direct dial telephone
- bedside alarm clock
- mini bar
- separate bath and shower
- free Wireless internet
- international plugs
- digital safe
- suites with king or twin beds, approximately 54 square metres
- separate lounge and TV's in the bedroom and lounge
- coffee & tea making facilities
- writing desk
- views of the gardens, golf course or Outeniqua Mountains
- Inter-leading suites are available
- balcony or patio
Today's Rate:
Single Room: R2500.00
Double Room: R2500.00
Two Bedroom Suite amenities:
- full air-conditioning
- international satellite television
- direct dial telephone
- bedside alarm clock
- mini bar
- separate bath and shower
- free Wireless internet
- international plugs
- digital safe
- suites with king or twin beds, approximately 86 square metres
- separate lounge area and TV's in the bedroom and lounge
- coffee & tea making facilities
- writing desk
- views of the gardens, golf course or Outeniqua mountains
- balcony or patio
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ground and first floor rooms with inter-leading suites are also available
Today's Rate:
Single Room: R3330.00
Double Room: R3330.00
Room Amenities
Restaurants
Address: Montagu Street, George 6529, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa
La Cantina is located in Fancourt's Hall of Fame and serves a buffet breakfast, as well as traditional Italian cuisine in a warm Mediterranean atmosphere.
Address: Montagu Street, George 6529, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa
The Club Lounge menu at the five star Fancourt Hotel in George, South Africa, has been given a classical touch. Guests are invited to relax on the terrace overlooking the 18th of the Montagu golf course and try one of the new menu items. Recommended is the Cobb @ 19, a club salad with layers of crispy bacon, avocado, cucumber, egg white, egg yolks, chives, tomato, smoked chicken on ice-berg lettuce with 1000 island dressing.
Enjoy the Club Burger with Fancourt’s homemade 200g sirloin burger on a toasted sesame bun with tobacco onions, fresh fries and house relish.
Address: Montagu Street, George 6529, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa
Situated in the Manor House at the Fancourt Hotel in George, the Henry White’s restaurant is an ideal setting for business or social gatherings. The chic artistic decor, showcasing intriguing artwork, sets this restaurant apart from all others at the Fancourt Estate.
Fancourt's Henry White’s restaurant is dedicated to excellence in the culinary arts. The restaurant is innovative and progressive in the world of classic food and wine and is instrumental in establishing new standards for fine dining. The menu offers a variety of prime meat and seafood presentations, prepared to perfection. The wine list offers award-winning wines from South Africa selected by the maîtres d’hotel.
Address: Montagu Street, George 6529, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa
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Hair Salon
The professional hair salon uses leading brands and every treatment is a personalised, luxurious experience. Hair care products and accessories are available for sale.
Fancourt Health & Beauty Spa
The excusive Fancourt Spa provides a wide variety of holisitc health and wellness treatments.
Activities
The Fancourt Hotel & Golf Estate at South Africa's magnificent Garden Route features a heated Roman indoor swimming pool as well as several outdoor swimming pools.
The Golf Academy at Fancourt is a world class golfing facility and provides full-time teaching professionals to offer expert advice and tuition. Located between The Links golf course and the Bramble Hill golf course and easily accessible to Fancourt residents and guests, the Fancourt Golf Academy is the perfect place to improve one's golfing skills.
Full-time resident teaching professionals offer advice and instruction backed up by the latest technology and video equipment in the studio room. Special tuition rates are always available and the professionals welcome groups, juniors or individual lessons.
The Academy is the vision of Fancourt owner, Dr Hasso Plattner who believed the Fancourt picture was not quite complete without a facility where players could improve and work on their game.
Fancourt is South Africa’s premier golf resort, featuring three highly rated Championship golf courses, where play is restricted to Members, their guests and hotel guests.
Since opening in the early 90's with just 27 Gary Player-designed holes, Fancourt’s Outeniqua and Montagu Golf Courses have matured and developed into two of the finest 18-hole parkland layouts in South Africa. A round on either is a special experience, sculpted and finished as they are, with rare attention to detail and designed with the coastal George winds in mind.
The Links Golf Course at Fancourt was added in 2000, an awe-inspiring example of magnificent design and golf-course construction, about which designer Gary Player says: “Links golf is how the game originated and at The Links we take golfers back to the roots of golf – and they can play a ‘British Open’ all of their own!”
In addition to three golf courses suited to every type of golfer, Fancourt has an exceptional golf academy that houses a Taylormade Performance Lab and state-of-the-art practice and teaching facilities, backed up by the expertise of PGA professionals. To keep golfers looking the part, there are two well-stocked pro shops, offering a wide variety of men’s and women’s golf clothing, accessories and hardware.
Fancourts three Golf Courses
Player’s design team spent months studying the classic links courses of Scotland and Ireland and then, armed with inspiration from the best that those countries had to offer, embarked on the ambitious task of recreating some of their finest holes to make a genuine links test on what was once an airfield.
The result is awe-inspiring and has elicited praise from some of the world’s finest golfers – The Links was the host venue for the 2003 Presidents Cup, which ended in an historic tie after a dramatic play-off between Tiger Woods and Ernie Els. In early 2005, it was the host venue for the Women’s World Cup of Golf, which was won by the diminutive duo of Rui Kitada and Ai Miyzato of Japan. In December 2005 The Links hosted the SAA Open, the world’s second-oldest national Open Championship.
The Links at Fancourt is a private club, with play restricted to members and their invited guests. There are limited times available to guests staying at Fancourt’s hotel – booking is essential.
There is little doubt that a round at The Links is a special experience, enhanced greatly by the expert caddies at the club. These caddies are among the best in the world and are sure to assist any standard of golfer negotiate his or her way around The Links.
When playing The Links, it is difficult to believe that one is not in Scotland or Ireland, until, that is, one notices the imposing Outeniqua mountain range that rises impressively in the background.
Montagu Golf Course
Montagu is a much celebrated parkland course and has been ranked as the number-one golf course in South Africa in the past. It has recently undergone major renovations with several holes being redesigned and has two completely new holes - the 1st and the 9th.
Play is restricted to members, their guests and resort guests, so there is ample time and space to savour the Fancourt golfing experience. It is, however, always a good idea to book in advance to ensure that you get your desired tee time.
The warm-up area, featuring a full-length range and a chipping and bunker practice area, is available to all golfers before play.
Golf carts are available for hire, weather permitting. Please note that to improve your playing enjoyment and to ensure a steady pace-of-play, it is mandatory for at least two caddies to accompany each fourball, and one caddy per twoball.
Outeniqua Golf Course
The Outeniqua golf course is one of two majestic 18-hole Parkland layouts at Fancourt. Designed by legendary Grand Slam golfer Gary Player, it is similar in character to its sibling Montagu, and its challenging design and fine conditioning will ensure an excellent test for all levels of golfers. As with all courses at Fancourt, there are a variety of tees from which to choose to play, ensuring that golfers are unlikely to ever feel overpowered by the course.
As with Montagu, play is restricted to hotel residents, members and their guests, so you are unlikely to ever feel crowded on the course, however, it is always a good idea to book in advance to ensure that you get your desired tee time.
The warm-up area, featuring a full-length range and a chipping and bunker practice area, is available to all golfers before play.
Golf carts are available for hire, weather permitting. Please note that to improve your playing enjoyment and to ensure a steady pace-of-play, it is mandatory for at least two caddies to accompany each fourball, and one caddy per twoball.
Conferences / Events
- Measuring 425m², the dimensions are 4.2m (height) x 17m (length) x 25m (width)
- Inside capacity: 400 (cinema seating), 350 (cocktails), 250 (buffet). Foyer: 200 people
- Mounted data projector with electronic screen
- Separate, discrete technical room for audio technician
- Numerous power points located on the flooring with trunking for large three-phase power snake
- Measurements and capacity vary per room, catering for small groups and up to 80 people
- Data projector and projector screen
- DVD player and built-in PA system
- Select rooms have a Saeco coffee server
- Select rooms have telephone and fax service
- Aside from the Plover Boardroom, all meeting rooms can be modified according to client’s specifications
- Upstairs balcony can host up to 150 guests for cocktails, small lunch buffets or act as a breakaway area
- Both Conference Centre levels provide a foyer for registration or refreshments
- Bathrooms are located on both levels
Fancourt Conference Package: 'Business A La Carte'
With Fancourt's 'Business A La Carte' package, guests can customise their business stay with one of many fantastic add-ons.
- Luxury five-star accommodation
- Full English breakfast each morning
- Dinner voucher per night stay
- Option of golf, spa or hair salon vouchers, or one of the following (per night stay):
- Power Van excursion up the Outeniqua mountain
- Herold wine tour
- Knysna lagoon cruise
- Cango Caves tour in Oudtshoorn
- Canoeing in Wilderness
- Seal Island trip in Mossel Bay
- Paintball shooting
- Quad biking
Facilities
- Bar
- Boardroom Facilities
- Business Centre
- Childrens playground
- Conference venue
- Golf Academy
- Golf course
- Golf Pro Shop
- Gym
- Hair salon
- Indoor Heated Pool
- Jacuzzi
- Kid's Club
- Lounge
- Mini Cinema
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Sauna
- Steam room
- Sun deck
- Swimming Pool
- Teen Lounge
- Tennis court
- Terrace
- Travel desk
- Wellness centre
Services
- 24 hour reception service
- Airport transfers
- Babysitting
- Concierge services
- Health & Fitness Centre
- Housekeeping service
- Internet connection
- Kid's entertainment
- Laundry services
- Luggage storage
- Massage treatments
- Porters
- Room service
- Tours & Transfers on Request
- Valet parking
- Voice mail
- Wake-up call
- Wellness & Beauty treatments
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Accreditations
- SA Tourism Five Star Grading
- Named as Africa’s Leading Golf Resort at the World Travel Awards six times since 2001 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2009)
- Awarded 2004 Golf Resort of the Year – IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators)
- Ranked 8th international Best Golf Resort by the USA’s Golf Digest Index in 2007
- Home of The Presidents Cup 2003 at The Links
- Venue to the second of Nelson Mandela’s 46664 concerts (SA) in 2005
- Host of 2006 SAA Open
- Hosted the Women’s World Cup of Golf in 2005
- Host to Commonwealth Heads of Government Retreat in 1999
- The 2001 Fancourt Ball rated the Fifth Social Function in the World by Gold, an international Condé Nast magazine
The Links Golf Course at Fancourt Ranked Number 1 in South Africa
Golf Digest South Africa has announced its rankings of the Top 100 golf courses in South Africa for 2011 - awarding The Links at Fancourt the coveted first place. The Links Golf Course leapt into top spot for the first time, improving from third position in 2010, to surpass Leopard Creek, which had been holding the crown since 2005.
This annual evaluation of all South African 18-hole golf courses are scored on a scale of one to ten, based on the golf course condition, the clubhouse facilities, as well as the service offering of establishments.
Located on the Garden Route, at the foot of the imposing Outeniqua Mountains, the Links Golf Course at the Fancourt Hotel Estate was officially opened just over 10 years ago by golf course designer Gary Player, and the owner of Fancourt, Dr. Hasso Plattner. Inspired by Scotland’s famous links courses, here Player and his design team created some of their finest holes to craft an authentic links test on what was once a featureless terrain, and the site of an airfield.
The unique layout, and pristine conditioning of The Links has resulted in its hosting of a number of International events, including the prestigious Presidents Cup in 2003, the Womans World Cup in 2005, the SA Open in 2005, The Berenberg Bank Master Seniors European Tour event in 2010.
Unique to South Africa, The Links Golf Course at Fancourt presents undulating windswept terrain and dune-style landscape, with the tees and fairways a combination of four cool season grasses. Every hole has been carefully considered to ensure that the overall balance in terms of length, position of hazards and shot values provide the ultimate test to the low handicap player, ensuring an unforgettable golf experience.
Five of the world’s most legendary golfers are Honorary Members of The Links at Fancourt: Gary Player, John Bland, Justin Rose, Retief Goosen and Ernie Els.
The Golf Digest Top 100 also rates South Africa’s best golf courses in four different categories: coastal, parkland, golf estate and bushveld. Considering the vast number of parkland golf courses found in South Africa, Fancourt is also proud of the ranking of its other two 18-hole courses, with the Montagu course moving up one place from 8th to 7th place, and the Outeniqua course included in the top courses, at 18th place.
Acknowledged as one of the leading golfing magazines in South Africa, The Golf Digest magazine has a readership of over 150 000 golf enthusiasts and is regarded as one of the ultimate guides to the world’s best ‘holes’.
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