Far Hills Hotel

3.0 star property

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Outdoor pool
Sports facility
Lobby lounge
Hiking
In-room safe, individually decorated, individually furnished, desk

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Room service
  • Breakfast included
  • Pool
  • Pet friendly

Explore the area

Map
N2 National Highway, George, Wilderness, Western Cape, 6530
  • Victoria Bay Beach
    6 min drive
  • Dolphin's Point
    6 min drive
  • Wilderness National Park
    6 min drive
  • George (GRJ)
    17 min drive

Room options

Deluxe Room

  • 323 sq ft
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Room (Single)

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Far Hills Hotel

3-star Wilderness hotel with private balconies
An outdoor pool, a restaurant, and a bar/lounge are available at this hotel. Free English breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a snack bar/deli, a lazy river, and coffee/tea in a common area.
Far Hills Hotel offers 20 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature safes and blackout drapes/curtains. Rooms open to balconies. These individually decorated and furnished accommodations include sofa beds and desks. Satellite television is provided.

Bathrooms include separate bathtubs and showers with deep soaking bathtubs and rainfall showerheads. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and hair dryers can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a lazy river and an outdoor pool.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Far Hills Hotel features a lazy river and an outdoor pool. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.

Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and 3 meeting rooms. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.

Far Hills Hotel has designated areas for smoking.

A complimentary English breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
CIAO - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

Afrikaans, English, Xhosa

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site
  • RV/bus/truck parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free English breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • CIAO

Things to do

  • Billiards/pool table
  • Lazy river
  • Outdoor pool
  • Piano
  • Playground
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • In-room refrigerator
  • In-room sofa bed
  • Laundry facilities
  • Lazy river
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 3 meeting rooms
  • Business center
  • Conference space

Outdoors

  • Beach towels
  • Garden
  • In the mountains
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • 2 floors
  • 8 buildings
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1965
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in lobby
  • Traditional architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Separate bathtub and shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Express check-out available

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Property payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 8 AM to 5 PM
Reservations are required for massage services; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Far Hills Hotel
Far Hills Hotel Wilderness
Far Hills Wilderness
Hotel Far Hills
Far Hills Hotel Hotel
Far Hills Hotel Wilderness
Far Hills Hotel Hotel Wilderness

Far Hills Hotel Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 13 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 83 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 83 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

6.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just a little tricky getting to the rooms as the paving is uneven.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Truly awesome surroundings in a picturesque part of Western Cape. Very lush greenery, quiet retreat not far from shopping malls, mountains, the sea and even reptile park! Bedroom and bathroom sizes are the biggest I have ever seen. Lots of sockets for gadgets, thoughtful torch in case of power cuts, swimming pool and space to play around at the back! I hope to return for longer!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Swimming pool was great exvellent room with lovely view
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

jasmine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness
Reception poor...staff incompetent. .
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Last minute choice but very nice hotel. Very secluded, had all the necessary amenities and very nice staff.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Joelene

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Far hills is far from a great lodge. Outdated
The hotel has so much potential yet it misses the mark. The main room door looks like someone tried to break in . The patio door didn't lock. Outdated decor. Very poor tv signal. Paint drippings on the bath and toilet. Carpets need a good clean. Not worth the spend.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Angela, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Far Hills Hotel
Huge comfortable suite room with balcony and view. Large bathroom with bath and shower. Room has fridge, coffee facilities, tv with choice of channels. Rooms feel private and safe. Bar Restaurant sold excellent bottle of wine at give-away price. Our included breakfast had massive choice. We had the full cooked farmhouse, and then I also had the fruit and yogurt etc because it looked delicious. Hotel easy to find (well sign-posted). Highly recommended. It's great to book something at a good price on ebookers, and arrive and find such a great hotel. Exceeded our expectations.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed...
I cannot believe that this hotel was advertised as a 4 star hotel with very deseptive photos. Ratings agency should do their jobs properly.

6/10 Okay

Sigmund

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very nice. Very quite. Spacious room. Only dissapointment was the condition of the pool and limited restaurant menu.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Trevor

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
No wifi in rooms, hotel very run down, dinner left much to be desired. The staff were lovely though & very helpful. It could be such a great place as it is perfectly situated for exploring the garden route, but unfortunately it needs a serious revamp.

2/10 Terrible

Craig, Cape Town

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid at all cost
Far Hills "Hotel" (I have stayed in better school boarding houses) is an absolute dump and I cannot recommend, strongly enough, that everybody that calls themselves human beings, AVOIDS this place at all costs. The room was dark (only 1 light at the entrance) and the television did not work and there wasn't even a TV remote control. The toilet was leaking and the underside of the seat was "caked" with old dirt (and who knows what else). There were loose, open wires hanging out of the wall and several different wires were connected to 1 plug. This is not safe and this place should be shut down as it is a fire hazard. I asked for another room, but was told they were full and that they would refund my money. The "management" were not very accommodating or understanding that we had just driven all the way from Cape Town and were tired.I took my refund, my wife, and drove as fast as I could to the Town Lodge at George Mall, where we had the most amazing experience. On a scale of 1 - 10, I would rate this place (I hesitate to call it an hotel) a NEGATIVE 10 (-10)

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid - much better choices out there for the cost
Big plus of this hotel are the fabulous views. The rest, unfortunately, is decidedly average. The scarcely functional TV, the very limited wifi, the dated decor, the stained carpets, the non-existent room facilities of any kind (no fridge, no cutlery, not even any tea) and the rubbishy food that doesn't match the menu descriptions was topped off during our stay by waking up to no running water and no toilet facilities. It turned out the whole hotel had no water - and there followed an odd stand off between the local municipality water providers and hotel managers. Over a bemused hour I watched as hotel managers claimed one minute there were engineers on the way to fix the problem, while others denied this; one manager even walked passed me muttering that the water providers had cut off the water supply because of unpaid bills (!), a situation I would not normally believe but the shabbiness of the rest of the hotel made it quite believable. While the majority of staff tried their best to calm and show understanding towards understandably unhappy guests, I also watched with amazement as one hotel manager unbelievably rounded on one guest for complaining as it was, apparently, not the hotel's fault but the water company. Avoid, like the plague. There are far better options out there.

2/10 Terrible

Gavin, cape town

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
not great
not good. tv not working. menu was poor.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beat up
Beat up motel. Nice folks, but low quality operation.

8/10 Good

mario

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Teresa, Melkbos, Cape Town

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Breath Taking
We went for a 3 day business trip to George, and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Hotel. Rooms were clean comfortable. The setting breath taking and the staff friendly and helpful. I can definitely recommend.

6/10 Okay

William, Oudtshoorn

Peaceful Stay
Had a peaceful stay. No hot water in shower, no keys for the safe in the room, no remote for the TV and it needs to be clearly stated that there are no fridges in the standard rooms. Breakfast on Saturday was good but on Sunday it was poor.

6/10 Okay

cassim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Johan, P.E.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location.
Stayed for one night only. Friendly service.

8/10 Good

Hans, Johannesburg RSA

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
H.Weber
We have stayed at Farhills Hotel before and there is a vast improvement in the staff to customer relation. The food is also very much improved.Our only complaint is the television reception is poor.