User Reviews
for Arabella Golf Club, South Africa
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Fantastic golf course.
Reviewed July 29, 2021
Have been visiting the course in February 2019 and it was in a tremendous good condition. Spoke with the GM and he was very helpful and informed us about this plans and service improvements.
You should play this course.
Average course
Reviewed January 20, 2016
I am 8 Hcp player and was expecting a top of the range golf course.
Unfortunately it was just average.
Greens are not very fast and the course has hardly any difficuilties.
Friendly staff but not worth the money.
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Very well maintained hotel complex
Reviewed January 13, 2024
I'm not necessarily an unconditional fan of hotel facilities, but to give this course less than 5 stars would simply not be fair. The course is beautifully laid out in the landscape, the development is less intrusive and everything is top standard. There are also one or two holes that are absolutely memorable, such as the long 8, which leads diagonally down the slope and then ends on a green surrounded by reeds in the lagoon. Or the tee shot on the 9, which leads over this lagoon into a sloping fairway and you have to think very carefully about which length entails which angle. Of course it has its price, but as an affiliated member you can currently play the course for around Euro 50, which is a price for South Africa, but still reasonable.
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Expensive feel-good golf
Reviewed March 7, 2023
Typical hotel-resort golf course - exactly what the tourist feel-good golfer wants.
the place is well maintained and in shot. a third of the fairways are flat and mundane, a third are on the narrow, more challenging side and the last third has the potential to be memorable.
big minus and a shame: the greens are all flat and boring - zero challenge. turf at best sufficient to good and very dull.
The sand bunkers are more on the compact side.
one thing is certain: at these steep prices there are definitely better ones. I can only recommend the place to a limited extent... and if you include the poor service at the starter and especially in the halfway house in the rating, then it's just not enough for 4 stars.
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Nice but too expensive
Reviewed December 12, 2022
Compared to the real top places in Cape Town or Garden Route, this place with a green fee of € 100 is far too expensive. The price is probably due to the fact that it is located at the Hotel Arabella. The course itself is in good condition and suitable for medium handicappers with good scores. Not comparable with the absolute premium courses and more of a training course for good golfers.
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A great well-kept place
Reviewed November 6, 2022
We were here 3 years ago. Since then, the place has only gained. He's better groomed than Hermanus. The green sensational.
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In the top 100 and the top 20
Reviewed December 27, 2019
This course is located in a small valley, very quiet.
We remember well our first round of golf here, we "broke in" it was a holiday on which the club was closed. Our tour organizer had booked the tea time - that was in 2002 - everything was still in paper form, today it can hardly be completed. One employee had a heart for us and we had a course for ourselves.
We have not noted how often we have put the tea in the ground here, it is always on the list when we are in Cape Town - as a thank you for the "break-in". Most of the time he is now the warm-up round, was also played as the final round after showering on the plane.
It was designed and built by Charles Molteno Murry in the 1930s. He was also responsible for the Royal Cape, George and other good courses in the Western Cape.
This course is not that difficult, with the exception of 2 Par 4, none has more than 350 meters. The driver is resting in the hotel, he is free here. Small woods and long irons are played here, the course is partly narrow, trees can disturb, and then there is the Silwermyn River and a few ponds.
Right at the start, the right-angled dogleg - par 4 - then mostly straight up to hole 10 - same game but par 5. Sends, there are no good balls to dive here. If the wind is part of the game, the holes can still be long, especially hole 9 the long par 5 - the jet effect can have a lot of influence.
Very well maintained area, which is great fun - good club house nice staff.
Clovelly has been in the list of the best 100 courses in South Africa for years - currently No 52, in the Western Cape in the top 20
We all have four stars, the fifth is missing, because this course is not so demanding in terms of play. On average, the holes are just 320 meters long.
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Nice Course
Reviewed December 25, 2019
Nice, cozy course with no big highlights compared to the other South Africa courses almost boring, flat, flat without any sporting efforts. It is good that the cart is not mandatory. Easy to run with or without a trolley. An easy parkland course. Communication between the hotel and the pro shop is difficult because of tea time because they unfortunately provide unreliable information or simply do not respond to inquiries.
Super halfway catering, very tasty snacks.
The hotel has good cuisine and a great wine list that invites you to linger. All in all, price-performance ratio was right.
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Top place, great service
Reviewed December 6, 2019
As a hotel guest on a friday for 995 Rand, super maintained the place to play well,
Inaccurate gaming is punished immediately
Before hole 9 the order for the Half Way House, 15 min break and then continue
Top Holes: 8.9 and the supposedly light 17 and the 18th
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Great place with only small abers
Reviewed March 2, 2019
I played the course twice at the end of February 2019. I like to take a trolley, but here I have to clearly advise the buggy. The fairways are very long, the distances in between above average. You have to imagine everything a bit more generous than usual. From parking to the pro shop, you are happy to see the service come to you. In South Africa, a 15-minute break after hole 9 is compulsory, in Germany it is often played through or paused longer, if possible. At the end of hole 8 you can then order a snack so that it is ready for a break and can be devoured. No cash, only card. You can hear some of the road while playing, but admittedly that gets more annoying in some German places. The greens were sanded, the first time there was no discount, the second time already. What bothered most was that at the first time, almost every hole had someone working on the fairway or on the green, and the workers did not seem to care about golfer coming. No indication that you may be patient, nothing! Worker buggies arrived from the back, but as such they did not recognize it and said that the subsequent flight was jostling. For this reason, only 4 stars, because if at each hole something different comes up, no real game flow will arise. At the second time this was not the case at all. The service is compared to other places here really above average.
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Gorgeous golf course and good service
Reviewed January 29, 2019
On 12.01.19 this was our first course of our South Africa trip. It is a really well maintained course, which in any case has its claim for athletic players (I myself have HCP 8.4). The service by the staff is really great. Unfortunately, the practice facility is not the best, but at least there is one here. This is not common in South Africa.
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Millionaire Golf - in two ways
Reviewed January 20, 2019
Once again played on 24.11.2018, HCP 11
Golf at its best (space and quality - not necessarily the score). The prices are steep for South African conditions (GF about EUR 90, -, Cart 30, -), but you have the place almost on its own ( "millionaire golf" halt) and the investment is worth it all. Still one of the TOPP courses in South Africa.
Technically quite challenging - many tracks are designed very differently, boring repetitions do not exist, variety is trump! Ellen-long downhill fairways, long, narrow Par3s along the lagoon, crisp Par4 doglegs. Many bunkers, some of which stretch over long stretches along the fairway. So very interesting to play!
The greens are relatively large, very well maintained, but not very fast.
Only the sand was hard in many bunkers - but that is already "whining at a high level".
A cart is not necessarily needed if you want to tackle it sporty (the place is partly slightly hilly). "Arabella" is beautifully landscaped, with a lot of plants and 1A maintained. Compared to our first visit in 2013, the rear nine (which at that time fell slightly compared to the front nine) have now become visually (plants) even better. So you still seem to strive to improve the place. The construction sites on the square, which we were allowed to "admire" on our first visit, are now gone.
Conclusion: Now it is very fat 4 stars (in the "Golf Bear Ranking": 8 out of 10 points.)
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Very good place
Reviewed January 17, 2019
A very nice resort place, the one because of the longer ways but best to play by cart. We (Hcp 10/34) have him, since Hermanus was not open due to the surrounding bush fires for guests, even played 2 times during our stay in Gansbaai, even if we found the green fee of over 90 Euro / person as not exactly fitting. (plus cart). The course itself is hilly and difficult to play on some holes with headwinds. But then the tracks with tailwind are then again ensprechend easier to play. The place is very well maintained and very varied. It's fun to play him. The greens are in very good condition and, like almost everywhere in South Africa, very fast, but not unpleasant. At the end of the lane 8, the halfway menu is queried so that it is ready when it arrives.
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Great facility despite dry season
Reviewed November 28, 2017
The whole area - golf course and hotel - are worth a few days stay. The place is beautifully landscaped, hilly, integrated into the landscape, partly along the bay on which the hotel is located. Overall, a reasonable price-performance ratio. All around we found well regulated and pleasant, halfway, pro shop etc.
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Top condition, very good service
Reviewed October 7, 2017
I already rated this place in Feb. 2015. Currently he is in a very, very good condition. The greens were top, 10.2 on the contender club manager. The service was much better compared to 2015, the staff very friendly.
For 18 hole incl. Kart I have over 1,700 Rand, currently about 106 EUR paid. As already stated, too expensive. Nevertheless I would play the place again.
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Golf Round 6 BigEasy 02/16/2017
Reviewed February 16, 2017
So much for the eye itself for many by outstanding courses in South Africa in particular. Fast Inmer can overlook the sea and play simultaneously exciting tracks.
Course characteristics:
Almost always, the many water comes into play. Most broadly, sometimes narrow, hilly, very strong wind influences.
Beautiful situated at different levels in large distance from the other tracks.
Tees and greens in top condition.
Only the fairways were a little heavily watered.
There was very lively game operation without any problems.
Halfway was ok.
At Hotel Service total of but a little more potential can perhaps be expected upward.
Conclusion: Definitely worth playing!
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Great golf course, not as the trappings
Reviewed February 14, 2017
We played the golf course in February 2017th The course itself is beautifully designed, everywhere flower plantings and water. There are some really great golf holes. The lanes are very wide, the ball can be kept well in the game. The course is relatively flat, who is on foot, does not require Cart (trolleys in super condition!).
As for the standard of maintenance, I can join the recent reviews. Bunkers and greens are very good. The fairways and the grass between the tee and fairway have some brown / broken / repaired locations. All of us played courses on the Garden Route and Hermanus were there kept.
We immediately played in the morning (weather permitting) there was virtually nothing going on, only two-Flights went out. When we returned around noon, was at the 1 also not much going on. Walked to second we are in 3.5 hours, we were surprised for such a famous resort place.
We were very disappointed from the clubhouse, which consists only of the HalfWayHouse. To sit outside there are few opportunities in HalfWayHouse are chairs and sofas, but no typical restaurant tables.
There is a well-stocked pro shop, much Logoware. Prices for SA lifted.
Overall, the place is not great as other top places in SA, which cost significantly less.
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CLASS
Reviewed February 14, 2017
ARABELLA GOLFESATE It is an exclusive hotel with a noble, generous golf course whose fairways are in good maintenance condition and good greens has. What I do not want too high rate is the fact that there is sometimes a bit unkempt points between tee and fairway. A fantastic panorama has repeatedly, often overlooking the large lagoon. Also coming into play regularly water and lanes lead several times on the lagoon along. There are also some spectacular tracks in which you play from top to bottom or the green must allude precisely because it is surrounded by water.
The site has some long walking distances between the individual reductions, which is why you may be better taking a chart.
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Beautiful place in a great area
Reviewed February 7, 2017
The course is very scenic on a lagoon and offers nice views. The course condition was not optimal. Unlike other places in this season very dry and partly with brown Erdflecken on the fairway and between holes. The greens and bunkers were in good shape. Buggy recommendation. There was no complaint regarding personnel, catering, etc. Problem: The value for money is yoy. the other top places a bit too high.
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Chic place
Reviewed January 24, 2017
The resort is great. Although there is a little of nowhere, but in a lagoon with a great layout.
A well-stocked pro shop. Professionally, but a little expensive.
The course is in good condition, but could come through better care to 5-star level.
PS: A little tip that applies to almost all places in SA .:
Book on: www. golfteetimes. co.za. Better price and very reliable!
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Was certainly even better
Reviewed January 12, 2017
Unfortunately I have to connect my Review of Franz K.. The place is actually great but the staff can spoil it a.
We did so accustomed and both the hotel and the place was the service slow and cheerless of equip.
Too bad, the place could be one of the highlights on a RSA Golf Travel.
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A disappointment
Reviewed December 1, 2016
I played several times at this place and has always been enthusiastic, one hand on the square itself and the other part of perfect service. However, this time saw a different story. The service was below average and will offer far better in other much cheaper places. The square itself was fine, but you can tell already the state of the communication paths between the holes that it is here in the wrong direction. Will this place if there is not some turn for the better, hinkünftig no longer play. As I Arabella now experienced in November, agrees Pteis / performance will no longer match.
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Cute Golf Resort on the lagoon
Reviewed March 2, 2016
Played on 02/15/2016. The slightly hilly 18-hole course (cart for normal ambitious sportsmen not needed) is right on the expressway (audible depending on the wind on a few tracks) behind the town Kleinmond when driving towards Hermanus, within a well guarded and fenced Nobel resorts nowhere. After registering at the entrance as a guest electronically by means of the license, one drives up to the parking lot for guests. They will already expected and driven by cart to the clubhouse. In Proshop you will be warmly greeted and served. The fairways get very varied, therefore, without too heavy. Due to the mostly open fairways and high HC should come clear. Even players with claim found in the many doglegs, placed bunkers, bounds areas and plenty of water hazards, ensure their challenges. Lanes 8 and 9 are a special highlight on the round. Reservation of starting time is highly recommended. In our game on a Monday afternoon was launched continuously in 4p-Flights. This season has been incl with almost 5 hours. Halfwaypause accordingly. The condition was very good on the whole. There have been isolated bald patches in the otherwise very good and green fairways. The greens were very good, could have been a bit faster, in our view, however. Two to three greens were heavily sanded, to a notice would have been desirable. There are always beautiful views of the bay / lagoon and it depends on some quenchers a nice feeling from the game along the coast. In wind of this already extremely comes into play here. There is also a small driving range in which one can turn for free, but only up to max. Iron 6. The green fee is for South African conditions with converted 62 - relatively high €, but still OK The round here is not a must, but certainly recommended if you are in Cape Town and combines it with a ride through the clearence Drive.
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Good golf entry at the Cape
Reviewed January 23, 2016
Beautiful place well away an hour from the airport in Cape Town. Lanes in the Bay of Kleinmond lovingly created and varied on the road to Hermanus (whale watching). Good maintenance condition, friendly staff, highly frequented. Green Fee Rates for South African relations unfortunately about 50% too high. Otherwise very appropriate introduction to a golf experience on the Garden Route. Arabella is for me the most beautiful golf courses in the Cape Town area.
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Played on 01/05/2016
Reviewed January 6, 2016
Good, competent introduction to the round by the starter, friendly.
Not understandable the high price, there are definitely many other places in ZA, which are much cheaper and more exciting. Also scenic can not compete with many other not nearly on the Garden Route and Cape Town this place. The highly exaggerated prices can also be found in the pro shop again. Tip: GC Hermanus - super selection and significantly lower prices for the same products.
Unfriendly Range supervisor, Green disappointingly slow, we were asked to hole 8 after 1:40 to play faster (4p Flight), behind us there was no one to see.
Never ever...
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Inadvisable
Reviewed January 4, 2016
January 2016:
Does not miss the expectations!
Fairway is rather a Hoppel meadow
Greens are good-very quickly
Worst Halfwaystop our entire Südafrkareise 3Wochen)
Plastifood a la McDoof ;-(
Poorly organized flights - 4 Ball beginner who has broken down the entire course time :-(
1 Ball Flight without label in the neck
No Ranger far and wide
Max 6 tracks with beautiful view - the rest boring through the resort.
Conclusion: Price / line not good
definitely not recommended
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Not really top
Reviewed November 26, 2015
Undoubtedly, a great golf course. The hotel is getting a bit old, but well maintained.
Actually, I was really disturbed only one thing. There was neither any description of the pathways and also no indication in which direction the next tee is. This should, of course, be in the claim, the person sets for himself here.
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Good but expensive
Reviewed November 5, 2015
The place was advertised to us as the third best of the whole of Africa (!). This is really an exaggeration. But still one should play it when you're in the area. Fairways and greens are well maintained (november 2015) and also the layout of the tracks is beautiful and varied. Especially praise is also the beautiful and cultivated vegetation along the fairways. You can complain about the sand in the bunkers. Hard, grainy and more suitable for concrete mixing. Well suited to foot to go even if slightly hilly paths and 3-4 from the Green to the next tee bit far. But the way gepflästerten make pulling the trolleys easy. Beautiful clubhouse (located in the basement of the resort hotels) with good changing rooms and douches. So it's all good - but not exceptional sensational and therefore the price - not by European standards, but for South African - rather too high.
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Great space but expensive
Reviewed February 4, 2015
I played the course yesterday (02/03/2015). Unfortunately, only 9 hole, since it was already 17.00 clock. For this 9 hole I as a non-inclusive hotel guest. Kart and a logo ball 1005 border paid, the currently 76 EUR. From design I find the place great renovations find any place. The greens were very fast. The course is highly recommended, if a little pricey same for South African conditions.
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Dream place!
Reviewed January 29, 2015
Many have raved to us by Arabella golf course - and they were right - a dream place, a real challenge and a fauna and flora at its best.
We felt comfortable from the beginning - from the staff in the pro shop, restaurant / HalfWayHouse, Marshall and Staff.
The design makes lots of fun - no two holes are alike and the place is a real challenge with or without wind!
The greens are undulating to play fast and very heavy. 3 putts are no shame:-).
This suggests a golfer somersaults. We will keep this place safe standard.
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Large space
Reviewed January 26, 2015
The place is to play in very good condition, but not easy. Vorgreens and greens are fast and big with little undulation. The bunkers well placed. The villas affect neither game nor vision significantly. Up in the trees and along the bottom of the sea, it has some super holes. Just a shame that it had no trolleys for us.
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Most beautiful place in the region
Reviewed November 25, 2014
After the reconstruction and renovation last year, Arabella former glory. Everything fits here, the service very friendly, the introduction of the first tea caddies, helpful people everywhere. We played for two with trolley between 2 of 4 flights with a card. Before us, no one, no one behind us, it was the perfect day of golf without waiting time!
Beautiful design of the course, provided with spectacular views. The sometimes strong wind forces the golfer to adjust, here and there, it is recommended that you keep the driver and the brain must turn, some balls disappear else right and left in the "Pampa". A Course of really brings a lot of fun! Highly recommended for golf travelers on the Garden Route:-)
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Very well maintained and varied
Reviewed November 22, 2014
Makes real pleasure to play this course from the 1st to the 18th hole.
Friendly staff and good hotel.
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Beautifully without charm
Reviewed March 17, 2014
The drainage work on the course have been completed. Some bald spots remain. Otherwise, the condition is pretty good - just like in many places in South Africa halt. The friendliness in the pro shop is modest, however, those of the helpers in the Caddy master great. Overall we felt during our visit as in a golf factory before. Hustle and bustle left, right, front, back. On some holes the views of the lagoon is very beautiful. The flow of the game was enough. Unfortunately there were no trolleys for hire, so we but then took the cart. Basically, but you can also go on foot - at least from the arrangement of the place here. Conclusion: In our view, the place is overrated and something we would never want to be here for several days. If one is precisely in the area, you must not discourage a round.
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This is again a highlight!
Reviewed March 1, 2014
Played on 12.09.2013, HCP 13
Very sad - the place suffered in early December 2013, with violent work. In particular, the first four tracks were employed, but what little irritated at blow dozens of workers. (Yes, they were ON the tracks busy!) There were also lots of construction (new drains were laid, some bald spots off the tracks were still repairable, ...).
The place itself quite playable, but not in top care condition - good, but not very well. For one of the supposedly best places in South Africa a bit too little.
If the course is shot, certainly a highlight! Many paths with diverse challenges - mile long downhill fairways, long, narrow Par3s along the lagoon, crisp Par4-doglegs. In this respect, very interesting to play!
A Cart is not necessarily required if you want to take it sporty (the place is sometimes slightly hilly).
Greens relatively large, but not particularly fast.
Many bunkers, which stretch along some over long distances next to the fairway. Very fine sand to play well.
Scenic chic - forest, lagoon and vegetation make visually well what her (if the sites are times away then).
Conclusion: definitely play again if the place is back in good working condition - then best several times, because then he has appointed 4.5 star rating! (In the "Bear Golf Ranking": Due to the construction sites, only 7 out of 10 points - at least 8, probably 9 when the works are completed successfully.)
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Golf... on the high horse!
Reviewed February 17, 2014
They say... a MUST... Arabella!
Far from it at the time anyway! The place is in poor condition and the price / performance ratio is not right!
Also... the management only thinks abkassietennn... sorry... there are so many golf courses that you have gesehrn needs us where you are welcome!
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Again Playable!
Reviewed January 27, 2014
We were there on 31.12.2013 and on 01.20.2014 on the plant. the place was playing really bad at year end. They had built the whole drainage system new, thus the place was partially irrigated. On our second visit we were quite surprised how fast the place had recovered, perhaps the various rains helped the beginning of January. I would say you can play him again even if the hole 16 (par 4) is currently playing only as a par 3.
The greens are in very good condition.
Birdie greetings (Handicap 5)
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Currently no thanks
Reviewed November 12, 2013
Arabella Golf Course is beautiful, varied, challenging under normal circumstances, with beautiful views of the mountains and the lagoon.
At present, no thanks!
The place is a construction site, it is built an irrigation system, which is basically commendable.
The fairways are unplayable crossed at the moment some with trenches and heaped with mounds. Construction and working people in addition affect the game.
As a hotel guest you get just 100 Rand green fee reduction and still pay 495 Rand.
I can currently recommend Hermanus GC, which you can play for 470 edge with pleasure.
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A place with many facets...
Reviewed January 21, 2013
The court holds that the ambience in the hotel / clubhouse in terms of views and surroundings. Varied paths, mostly flat, with hills and waves again and again great views. In stronger winds you should have enough balls here, especially for the last three tracks, where precision is required, even without wind already. Would the arrival of our hotel was not that far, we would have loved to play this place one more time.
The resort is unfortunately a bit off, what a stay at the hotel suggests, perhaps to play there more than just a game. Sorry, we do get to the hotel service is very different feedback, which has prevented us from staying (too bad that the house no longer belongs to the Arabella group). The impression in the hotel lobby and bar was very good.
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Very beautiful and difficult Golfplat
Reviewed December 28, 2012
Great location, great care, interesting and varied!
Necessarily play!
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A must on the way to Hermanus
Reviewed November 15, 2012
A place on the way to Hermanus (Whalwatching), which you should plan and play. The beautifully designed 18 hole course with great bloom is very neat and doable on foot. For all performance groups a highlight.
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Superschön
Reviewed January 7, 2012
One of the best and most beautiful places to play in Cape-absolutely!
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