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| SunCity Superbowl Concert - Hunters Rest Accomodation Specials |
| Havn't got accomodation yet for the following shows at Sun City? |
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Micheal Buble "Crazy Love Tour" - Sunday 6 May 2012 |
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Jeff Dunham "Stand up Comedy" - Saturday 9th June 2012 |
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Huisgenoot Skouspel weekends - 6th October weekend and 14th October weekend 2012 |
| We will transport you there and back at a nominal fee and give you a special rate of R950 per merson for a double, room, dinner, bed and breakfast or R850 perperson for a double room, bed and breakfast. Make you reservation with Tomas on (014) 537 8300 or email reservations1@huntersresthotel.co.za |
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Thursday afternoon 26 January saw the opening of the revamped Hunters Rest Executive Golf course. The opening event was in the form of a day and night golf day organised by Estelle Wainwright - The General Manager of Hunters Rest Hotel. It was the first golf day of its nature held at Hunters rest in its 44 year existence. The owner Mr Avi Nathan was pleased with the new improved golf course on and thanked Johan Krugel for the new improved golf course on and thanked Johan Krugel for the improvements made to the golf course. The golf course lies at the foot of the spectacular magaliesberg mountains at the back of the olifantsnek Dam some eight km from the Waterfall Mall in Rustenburg. The golf course is part of hunters Rest Hotel which offers a number of activities in addition to golf. Hunters rest caters for company conferences, board meetings, company team buildings, weddings and leisure guests who want to relax away from the hustle and bustle of the city. |
| The golf day saw a number of the prominent prominent businesses in Rustenburg with some of their valued customers enjoying the day and night golf. Companies that have participated include Mercedes Benz, Nashua, Honda, Big Five Security and KWV. Partnerships between Cloud9Golf, Playmoregolf, GEMC and Hunters Rest were also established after the event. The golf course was beautifully prepared by Anton Bester who is responsible not only for the Maintenance of the Hotel but also the golf course. Hunters Rest with its Par 3 golf course is ideal for companies to entertain clients after work, especially to those who enjoy their favourite sport after dark. Companies who would love to host corporate golf days and charitable events are welcome to contact Estelle on (014) 537 8300. Everyone enjoyed the concept with their clients as night golf brings something different to the game of golf. To see the Lumens golf ball fly through the night sky is spectacular and challenging Hunters Rest golf course is a formidable test for all golfers. The evening was concluded with a prize giving, cocktails especially provided by Original Cocktails for this event, finger canopies and a KWV brandy tasting from 5 years to 30 years old brandy. Hunters rest Management would like to thank all who helped to make the day a memorable occasion. |
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Many new developments at the Resort is the aim of the New Management Team efforts to make Hunters Rest the resort it is destined to be. Their plan is to rehabilitate Hunters to the most popular venue in Rustenburg and the whole of the North West.
With only a few new members employed, most of the new positions were filled by shuffling staff from within and placing employees in positions that is more conducive and beneficial for their own personal growth. This also created a very positive attitude for the existing employees and the staff is excited and positive again and share the vision of the new GM, Estelle Wainwright to make Hunters Rest another success story.
With the weekend dining calendar, it is fast becoming a very popular dining venue for all the locals, day and weekend visitors from all over Gauteng. With the holiday season around the corner, the Resort rise in popularity of weekend dining, holiday party venue, conference venue, corporate functions and birthday parties is making Hunters Rest a very popular venue. |
| The restaurant presents an extraordinary display of modern cuisine, handcrafted starters, and an elegance that pervade the restaurant decor and atmosphere. The contemporary cuisine created by the executive chef and his team, is innovative, seasonal, fresh, dynamic, and inspiring. The executive golf course is in the process of being upgraded to an 18 hole course but golfers are still welcome and the course is still open while only sections are being renovated. The upgraded Sport Center and Bar with big screen TV, screens all major sports games. Our wellness center garden is also going thru some changes with a planned tranquil Zen garden for some relaxation to take those work stresses away. Please call for more information Tel 014-537-8300 |
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Hunters Rest helps local Child Care Centre.
Fridays are normally days for everyone to get excited about the weekends ahead and especially with the success of the Bokke in the World Cup. Not for the staff of Hunters Rest who have been working hard the last few weeks to collect donations amongst themselves to gather some much needed supplies for a local child care centre The Lighthouse in Rustenburg.
The small entourage took time out of their busy schedule on Friday to deliver food and supplies to The Lighthouse. Greeted by children with big smiley faces and hugs, the group spent some time with the children of all ages. They met with Reverend Khumalo who introduced them to the children and gave them a tour of the facility. The staff stopped in at the nursery where the small children were housed. The newest addition was a 3 week old baby which stole the hearts of the staff and drew a few tears while spending some time with the children. |
| Hunters Rest has also embarked on a Going Green project and is donating redundant hotel linen and food to the SPCA of Rustenburg on a regular basis. A wildlife rehabilitation centre in Thabazimbi also welcomed the money and towels donations made Hunters Rest Hotel. Estelle Wainwright General Manager of Hunters Rest is a huge believer in having one's heart open to children and animals in need. When your hand is open to give, it is also open to receive. |
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Hunters Rest Staff are gearing up and are ready for the holiday season. We invite all our local and out of town guest to join in the celebrations and saying goodbye to 2011 in style and then welcoming in the New Year, 2012 with great gusto.
The newly renovated George Wellington restaurant presents an extraordinary display of Buffet themed modern cuisine, handcrafted starters, and an elegance that pervade the restaurant decor and atmosphere. The George Washingtons new decor, the work of Estelle Wainwright , General Manager of Hunters Rest. Estelle said she had this vision to keep the old colonial feel within the hotel but wanted a smarter, cleaner looking, minimalistic end result. |
| The following Holiday Celebrations are planned for December and January. |
| Every night of the week as below. Bookings are essential as guest not staying in the hotel needs to have a breakfast, lunch or dinner booking to be allowed onto the Hunters Rest Hotel Property. Please email Retha: secretary.gm@huntersresthotel.co.za or call the hotel at 014-537-8300 |
| - WEDNESDAY NIGHTS : Pool Braai - R150 for Outside and Hotel guest
(Weather permitting) 19h00 - 22h00
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| - FRIDAY NIGHTS: Mediterranean Themed Buffet - R150 per person for Outside and Hotel guests. 19h00 - 22h00 |
| - SATURDAY POOL BRAAI: - R150 per person Outside and Hotel guests. 12h00 - 14h00 |
| - SUNDAY CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST R110 per adult, 07h00 - 10h30 |
| - SMORGASBORD SUNDAY LUNCH in the George Wellington Restaurant R140 per person. 12h30 - 14h00 |
| - Christmas Eve Spit Braai on our pool deck and under the African sky. |
| - Traditional Christmas Lunch with all the decadent trimmings, Sunday, 25th December at 12h00 - 15h00 |
| - The Great Gatsby 2012 New Year Party, Saturday, 31st December. Prizes will be given to best dressed individuals and couple. |
| Hunters Rest Management and staff wish you a Christmas and New Year wrapped in happiness and warmed by the love of family and friends.
We are open for 2012 Leisure and Conference bookings.
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Hunters Rest is an icon in Rustenburg, a sub-tropical paradise beautifully situated in the foothills of the Magaliesberg. This historical hotel and landmark was built way before gold was discovered in Johannesburg and remnants of Anglo-Boer war forts can be seen on the hills and mountains surrounding the hotel.
The 6000 hectare restort, was once the hunting lodge of George Wellington Rex, grandson of the illustrious George Rex who - legend has it - was the forgotten son of King George III. In 1797 to avoid a scandal involving the British monarchy George was sent to Cape as Marshall of the Vice Admiralty Court and house of Hanover. On his arrival in the Cape he met a colored bondservant girl with whom he had four children.Johanna had a daughter, Carolina Margaretha Ungerer, from a previous master with whom George fathered nine children. George was adamant that all his children were illegitimate confirming the theory that the last words of King George III to his son were: "You must never marry. There must be no legitimate heirs". The reason for this request was that George III did not want George's children to have any claim to the British throne. Recent DNA testing, however, has disproved this legend.
George Rex's eldest son by his second common-law wife Carolina, was Frederick Rex who married Johanna Bain from Graaf Reinet and it is their eldest son George Wellington who befriended Paul Kruger. George Wellington married Georgina Sarah Collins in 1864 and together they had 14 children. It is not known when he befriended Paul Kruger but as stories go, the then Prime Minister Paul Kruger offered George land in Johannesburg (this was before gold was discovered) or Rustenburg and George chose the land just outside Rustenburg with its beautiful prospect of the Magaliesberg Mountains over the flat veld of Johannesburg. |
| According to the National Heritage Council, in the early years of the Transvaal Republic, military service was paid for by the allocation of land rather than in cash, of which the government was pitifully short. In this manner Paul Kruger, an officer in the commandos from an early age and an enthusiastic participant in many of the punitive campaigns against local tribes, became a substantial landowner. Control of the Magaliesberg Mountain Range was of great importance to both the Boer and the British forces, especially the two routes between Pretoria and Rustenburg, and as a result many battles, such as the battles of Buffelspoort, Nooitgedacht and Olifantsnek were fought in the area. During 1891 and 1892 the Hunters Rest area saw some heavy fighting. The Boers, being extremely familiar with the terrain, used secret pathways across the mountains to launch guerrilla-like attacks on the British soldiers. In response, the British forces built blockhouses across the Magalies in order to restrict the movement of the Boer forces; ruins of these structures can still to be seen around Hunters Rest.
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Sitting on the expansive verandah with the beautiful views of the majestic Magaliesberg one can only marvel at the history this area has witnessed - from tribal warfare to the conflicts between Boer and Brit, from great hunts to farming, the Magaliesburg has seen it all. Hunters Rest backs onto Kgaswane Mountain Reserve, a beautiful reserve that was also owned by Paul Kruger and on his death in exile in 1902 his heirs donated this farm, "Rietvallei" to the Town Council of Rustenburg. Driving up the steep and narrow road that was built over a decade ago, you can stop at the viewing deck where canons have been perfectly positioned and from where one can clearly see the stone ruins of the forts and Oliefantsnek Dam. It's amazing to see that there are no fences between Hunters Rest and Kgaswane Mountain Reserve. In 1994 the Transvaal provincial nature reserves were transferred to the North West Province and the Parks and Tourism Board was established to administer them. The Board introduced a new policy whereby neighbouring landowners could incorporate their land into the reserve while retaining full title to their property. Several owners, including Hunters Rest, availed themselves of this arrangement, enlarging the conserved area considerably. |
| Once in the Reserve, it is thought that it was once the home of Paul Kruger but on further investigation it turns out to be the homestead of Colonel Henry Chamney. Col. Chamney bought the farm 'Baviaanskrans' from Paul Kruger in 1903. Chamney was Irish and spent most of his early life in India. He fought in the South African War and chose to stay in the country when his regiment was disbanded. He lived on 'Baviaanskrans' - which he renamed Avonmore - until the death of his wife Cecelia in 1908 when he went back to India but he returned to the farm soon after the First World War. He built a fine house in the Cape Dutch style where he remained until his own death in 1947. The farm was sold to the Richardson family and it was Richardson who later sold the land to the Transvaal in 1981.
Evidently, high on the hill above the houses, accessible only by a steep mountain path, is a small garden of remembrance where Cecelia and Henry Chamney lie buried. Small headstones around their grave commemorate Chamney's horse, his dogs and cats.
Hunters Rest preserved the graves of George Wellington and his wife Georgina. The small grave yard is on the resort's property and if you pick up a site map at reception, one can visit the grave yard. Some of the children are also buried there.
It is the management's and owners mission to preserve as much of the history of Hunters rest for future generations.
Written by Beverley Parr, Editor, Platinum Living
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| The historical Hunters Rest Mountain Resort , a picturesque Country Resort , is now embracing a new era of contemporary elegance. |
| Now under new management, a fresh visionary approach has been brought to the Resort with exciting weekend entertainment, sport activities and an improved 9 (in the process of upgrading to an 18) hole executive golf course. The new upgraded Hunters Rest Wellness SPA will also be open for business soon. |
| Estelle Wainwright took over as General Manager of Hunters Rest on the 1st July 2011. She has an absolute passion for her job and believes guest service and enjoyment has always been her ultimate driving force. |
| Estelle brings with her 28 years experience in the Hotel Industry. She started her career with the Southern Sun Hotel group and worked her way up to the position of General Manager at the 4 star Euphoria Golf Estate and Hydro. |
| Fourteen of these years were with the Legacy Hotel and Resort Group. She also was the only and first female F and B Manager in the Sun International Group in the 1990's. Estelle believes the success of any hotel can only be achieved through exceptional guest service, a great product, motivated and passionate staff being steered by a great captain. She intends to make Hunters Rest the place the local people of Rustenburg will want to have their Weddings, Business Conferences, Year End Functions, and Special birthday celebrations and Estelle is determined for Hunters Rest to be restored to it's former glory days. |
| Marketing and Promotions Manager: Caren Jansen van Vuuren Caren joined Hunters Rest in July. She spent many years working as an entrepreneur and business owner on the exciting Ocean Drive, Miami Beach. Her career as a graphic designer, art director and marketing specialist was born on South Beach. |
| Last year she moved back to South Africa and utilizing her years of US experience in marketing especially with social media's and online. She joined Hunters Rest as the Marketing and Promotions Manager. |
| This well experienced professional team are embracing a new era of the Resort. They are going to take Hunters Rest to the next level, moving forward for next generations to come. Look out for our weekly adverts in the Rustenburg Herald for special activities offered. |
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