The KAMIESKROON HOTEL is your GATEWAY TO NAMAQUALAND.
The Kamieskroon Hotel – situated in Namaqualand, South Africa – is best known for the annual Namaqualand Photographic workshops and offers travellers and workshop participants comfortable accommodation and fine meals in the starkly beautiful mountains and klipkoppe of the Northern Cape. The Namaqua National Park, famous for its remarkable display of wildflowers and spectacular vistas is within easy driving distance from the hotel. The coastal section of Namaqua National Park and Richtersveld National Park are also great destinations that can be reached easily.
The Kamieskroon Hotel and its beautiful natural surroundings have played host to the Namaqualand Photographic workshops since 1984, founded by Freeman Patterson and Colla Swart. These workshops are well known around the world and regularly draw participants from Europe, North America, New Zealand, Israel, Namibia and other countries as well as South Africa. Since 2005 we also offer 14 day Photo Tours to the coastal section of Namaqua National Park and Richtersveld National Park.
General information
The hotel offers 24 comfortable en suite rooms. Full English breakfast and three course dinners are served in the dining room and light meals are served on the hotel stoep. We have satellite TV in the lounge and a log fire in the winter. There is also a swimming pool for the hotel guests for the summer months.
We have 5 self catering units and a campsite with electricity points, braai areas and clean ablution facilities.
There is a liquor store and public telephone on the premises. The hotel has post cards, books and maps for sale and provide friendly guidance about the area especially during the flowerseason – August and September.
Hotel History
The Star of David above the hotel entrance raises constant questions from the hotel guests about the history of the Kamieskroon Hotel. Joe Josephson and Max Schapera built the hotel in 1925 and also incorporated the Jewish date 5686 in the Star of David.
SJP Stone (Fanie) bought the hotel in 1953 and managed it with his wife, Maria until his death in 1968. Their eldest daughter Colla and her husband, Coenie Swart owned and managed it until February 1997 when it was taken over by their eldest daughter Maryna and husband Helmut Kohrs. Over the years, the descendants of Fanie Stone have developed the small six room country hotel into a well known landmark in Namaqualand.
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