Tsitsikamma Village Inn

You stay at Tsitsikamma Village Inn in Storms River, a historic hotel with forty-nine rooms arranged around a village green. The property includes a microbrewery that follows the German Reinheitsgebot beer purity law, using barley, hops, and water from the hotel’s well. Next door, Marilyn’s 60s Diner serves burgers and milkshakes amid neon signs and vintage cars.

The hotel’s Hunter’s Pub dates to 1841, originally built as a hunting lodge with a yellowwood ceiling. De Oude Martha Restaurant serves meals with ingredients from the garden, and Café Bacchus offers snacks by a courtyard fountain. The conference room holds eighty people.

Storms River Village sits near Tsitsikamma National Park, where you can hike forest trails or join activities like canopy tours and kayaking. The hotel arranges bookings for these. The Paul Sauer Bridge, four kilometers east, spans the Storms River Gorge with a pedestrian walkway for views.

The Barn rooms were stables in the 1800s, later converted to lodging with double beds and showers. Log rooms have twin beds and reflect the area’s wood-cutting history. Check-in is at two in the afternoon.