Land's End

Land�s End

Selected by The Greenwood Guide to South Africa, 2nd edition

Text written by Simon Greenwood

Sea, surf, sun, salt, sand, sleep... Land�s End was a dilapidated old Victorian holiday cottage when Rod and Shanell bought it. It is now utterly transformed. The downstairs remains Victorian in character while the upstairs part of the house is new and nautical, with a blue wooden deck and whitewashed walls. Decoration in all the rooms is modern with colourful bed covers from Mexico and Indonesia for a splash of ethnic chic.

Guest rooms downstairs are centred around a sitting and dining room with shelves of books and cosy-looking armchairs that grab and don�t let go, while upstairs there is a suitably private �honeymoon� suite. But all the rooms have to face the amazing fact of the sea right there, almost within touching distance - the perfect lullaby. Rod has travelled the world with his surfboard, but it is difficult to conceive of a more perfect place than Victoria Bay for a born-to-surf South African to raise a young family. Among its attractions are a famous surfing wave, a good look-out point for passing whales and a view of the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe every afternoon. Rod has also taken out membership of Fancourt Country Club, "home of the Presidents Cup 2003", on behalf of his guests.

Contact Details

Telephone: +27-(0)44 8890123
Facsimile: +27-(0)44 8890141

Email address:
LandsEnd@vicbay.com