Local Attractions

The Upper Highway is home to many great Restaurants and Cafés. Here are a few of our favourites:

• Spoon – Assagay
• Papa Giovanni’s – Hillcrest
• Platzz Gastro Pub – Hillcrest
• Stretta – Hillcrest
• Waxy ‘O Connors – Hillcrest
• Stokers Arms – Kloof
• The Black Rabbit – Hillcrest
• The Hussar Grill – Kloof
• Oscars Café – Hillcrest
• Bellvue Café – Kloof
• Lineage Coffee – Hillcrest

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Shop till you drop! Hillcrest is less than 5kms from us, Kloof about a 10 minute drive and Westville about 20 minutes. There are many shopping malls to choose from.

• The Shongweni Farmers Market (Saturday Mornings)
• Fig Tree Farms
• Hillcrest Corner
• Lillies Quarter
• Watercrest Mall
• The Pavillion Shopping Centre
• The Westville Mall

Are you competing in a show at the Shongweni Club, running the Comrades Marathon or paddling the Duzi? Book a cottage at Anvil Stud Country Cottages.

• The Shongweni Club
• The Comrades Marathon
• The Amashova
• The Dusi Canoe Marathon
• The Kloof Country Club

Looking for a place to stay over the Kearsney Rugby Festival?
Have an event at Curro, Warldorf, Hillcrest High or St Mary’s?
Anvil Stud Country Cottages is close to many schools.

Anvil Stud Country Cottages is close to many wedding and conference venues. Here are a few:

• Talloula
• Willow Way Manor
• Olivanders Estate
• The duBoirs
• Camp Orchards
• Gracelands Farm

The Valley of 1000 Hills is a short drive from Anvil Stud Country Cottages. Here you will find adventure, history, culture and entertainment.