Activities In The Area
Prince Albert is quaint village at the foot of the Swartberg Mountains. From walking and cycling to admiring art or leaning a new craft, the possibilities are endless. Join us and recharge your senses. There is such a great selection of event taking place throughout the year, it would be foolish not to follow @privatecollectionpa and also @princealbertwc.
Depending on how you like to unwind, we have different options in Prince Albert. There is some great outdoors things, the Swartberg Mountains is the perfect canvas for walking, trial running or cycling. There is some fabulous artists opening their studios twice a year with the Open Studios. There are some yoga and pilates studios and a selection therapies. We are not even touching on the selection of restaurants, or cooking classes. Alisa the Story Teller is a fantastic experience, worth while booking.
Mountain Biking
With the vast openness the Karoo offers there is cycling roads for every level of cyclist. Do the epic Swartberg Mountains, and feel the exhilaration of the open blue skies. Lindsay will design a tour around your personal requirements. He can be the back up while you cycle into Gamkaskloof or he can take you on a luxury 4 x 4 vehicle tour over the Three Passes or into Gamkaskloof.
KAROO CYCLE TOURS
Speak to Lindsay Steyn and he will take you into Gamkaskloof either in a luxury 4x4 vehicle or be your supporting act should you wish to cycle.
082 456 8848 - Lindsay
Gay's Guernsey Dairy
Gay has been running this dairy for as long as anyone can remember. She makes the best cheese and yoghurt and MILK from her Guernsey Girls. The Deli is open daily between 7 -4 pm, with a wide selection of lovely treat from around villiage. Pop in and taste the cheese and experience a working Dairy farm in the centre of town.
Fransie Pienaar Museum
The antiques and artifacts were collected largely by Fransie Pienaar but the collection is still growing through donations from past and present inhabitants of Prince Albert.
Our library/archive includes local diaries and valuable historical records about the Central Karoo and the Swartberg.
In the grounds we have a horse-drawn hearse, a wagon and several carts, various pieces of farm equipment, a winepress and beautiful gardens.
Our shop stocks a wide selection of books about the village and the district, olive products and the Museum's own 'witblits'
Witblits (Moonshine)
The Museum has its own distillery where 'witblits' is produced in the time-honoured manner. Hendrick Mostert, our last 'stoker' was born in Gamkaskloof and wrote a book, in collaboration with Dr Jan van Elfen, about herbal remedies and the use of witblits in the valley.
Bokkie Botha, Jeremy Freemantle and Judy Maguire have taken over as our local 'stokers' to keep this special tradition alive.
Herbal and Witblits can be bought at the Museum shop.
Opening Hours
Monday - Friday
09.30- 12.30 &
14.00 - 16.30
Saturday
09.30 - 12.00
Sunday 10.30 - 12.00
Closed: Public Holidays
O for Olive Farm
Best known for its olives and quality extra virgin olive oil, Swartrivier Farm in the Western Cape is minutes from the famous Great Karoo town and home to the O for Olive brand, a popular café-restaurant and a sweeping view of the Swartberg Mountains. The South African olive oil producer offers a boutique range of products including flavoured olives and tapenades available at the farm shop. They are open daily for breakfast and Lunch. Booking is advised for Sunday.
The exceptional taste and quality of O for Olive extra virgin olive oil, table olives, tapenades, flavoured olives and other olive products is the result of two perfect combination.
Swartrivier Farm is 4 km from Prince Albert on the Kruidfontein Road (turn at the Prince Albert Golf Club and follow the signs).
Weltevrede Fig Farm
Weltevrede invites you to embark on a journey to a place in the wonderful Western Cape Province of South Africa; just off the Garden Route. A place in the Great Karoo, just 25km from the peaceful village of Prince Albert.
Here lies self-catering guesthouses, in a valley at the foothills of the mighty Swartberg Mountains: where gigantic blue gums tell the stories of forgotten treasures, forgotten times. A place where the Bushmen left their history on the walls, where Willows hang their weary heads and winds whisper ancient secrets, ancient songs.
Here you will find Time turned back: where figs still come from a tree, where you can still drink your fill from a mountain stream, where stars still show the way and time plainly... stands still...
Here a family has found their home and today, six generations later, still grows fruit, still tills the land and still lives in peace.
We invite you to come and share our secret: Weltevrede
You might want to stay forever...We highly recommend a drive out to this lovely spot for some beautiful Fig tart and coffee.
Cooking at African Relish
African Relish is a Recreational cooking school in the Karoo town of Prince Albert in the Western Cape, South Africa. Select a themed half or full day cooking class. Experience South African produce, cuisine, stylish accommodation and enjoy African Relish either as a stand-alone destination or part of an extended foodie tour. See you on the verandah for a meal at our Chef’s Café or take home something delicious from our Deli.
Open Daily from Tuesday - Saturday for dinner from 16:00 - 21:00. Enjoy a wonderful Pizza or other karoo treat.
0235 4511 381
Saturday Market
Prince Albert’s Saturday morning market is a much-loved institution and is held every Saturday morning on the square next to the Fransie Pienaar Museum.
When in season, citrus fruit, apricots, figs, and other fresh produce are on sale at the Saturday market. Olives and olive oil, freshly-baked bread, kudu salami and our dairy’s cheeses are perfect in a picnic basket; just add Karoo lamb for a hearty supper.
Pop in for a great pancake and lovely cup of coffee and see what other treasure and baked delights you can find.
The market is managed and run by Prince Albert Tourism.
Call - 0235 411 366
42 Church Street, Prince Albert, 6930
Prince Albert Arts and crafts
The beautiful Karoo town of Prince Albert is a place that stands out as a hub of inspiration and artistic innovation as if something in the air attracts more than its fair share of artists, creatives and colourful characters. In this context,
Prince Albert artists open their studios to the public for Prince Albert Open Studios. Blue A-frame boards pop up all around the town, marking the home studios of around 30 artists, offering visitors a smorgasbord of visual delights.
Our next Open Studio Event will be held from Friday 31 December 2021 to Sunday 02 January 2022. Opening times: 9am-1pm, and 3pm-6pm (Sunday 9am-2pm)
The Opening Exhibition will be held at the Prince Albert Gallery on Thursday 30 December, 6pm.
There are also great artists who are available to teach you new skills and enhance yourself. Speak to us should you like to know more or have a look at https://princealbertopenstudios.co.za
Ghost Walks and Story Telling
Join Alisa Tudhope - AKA - The Storyteller for a pre-dinner walk around the streets of the village, in the company of the Ghosts of Prince Albert. She sets out at dusk and wanders through the streets as darkness escends. The stories introduce you to characters who have lived here over the years - and the ghosts who don't want to leave! A light hearted "one woman show" on the move, which reveals some of the villiage's treasures and hidden skeletons. Suitable for children six and older who must be accompanied by an adult.
Walks start in front of the Museum and takes 1½ hours.
Book directly with Alisa - 0235411211
Looking for some quiet ME TIME.....
Looking for some recharging ME TIME..... We have a great selection
Spa at Swartberg Hotel - Anelle and the team will ensure you have a wonderful time, from manicure to massage and everything in between.
0234 5411 332
At Simply Saffron we offer yoga classes
Contact Ridwaan 071 932 8382 or Hermon 082 873 9985 to make a booking or e-mail us for details: [email protected].
We offer massage, reflexology, reiki and RIFE therapy, at Simply Saffron with all the protocols in place with regards to COVID-19. Call us!
Salon de Belleza
Rachelle and her team run a small and intimate Salon and they are wonderful at what they do - book directly
0617816750/0721578333
Give back to the community
"Through engaging with life and developing leadership, youth will change our community.”
The Prince Albert Community Trust (PACT) is committed to serving as a change agent by making a lasting impact through empowering and enabling the youth of the greater area it serves, while fighting to transform the current status quo of inequality still so deeply embedded in our society.
A multipronged organisation – which sees a core team on the ground working together with our office in Paarl, the community and the trustees – PACT considers and evaluates every initiative through the lens of how it can create opportunity, build social cohesion and answer real needs.
PACT is a non-profit and public benefit organisation, registered as a trust. We are non-partisan, non-political and non-denominational, and respect all creeds and cultures. PACT acts as an umbrella body and bona fide charity, channelling donations towards the welfare of the disadvantaged community of Prince Albert and the greater municipal area of Klaarstroom, Seekoeigat and Leeu-Gamka.
PACT believes that education, skills development, and cultural engagement are the avenues that will lead the youth to step out and up into the world. But in order to pursue their dreams, and reach their potential, the community’s children and young adults’ physical, emotional and social wellbeing must also be considered and cared for.
As such, PACT projects are holistically conceived and are shaped and executed to be life affirming to their beneficiaries. PACT and its partners feel an urgent need to bring about social transformation, and this lies at the heart of every programme. What these hope to instill in their participants is multifold – from the establishment of personal boundaries, to the identification of purpose and the building of a strong ethical framework.
PACT will fund projects aimed towards empowerment that build social cohesion, develop skills amongst the youth and create opportunities, while celebrating the local community and culture in an inclusive way. It won’t fund an initiative that is affiliated with a political party, aligned with any specific church denomination, or that focuses on a specific individual or group (unless this offers direct benefit to the community).
SHOULD YOU FEEL YOU WISH TO DONATE, WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO DO SO INSTEAD OF GIVING MONEY TO BEGGING HANDS ON THE STREET
OUR BANK DETAILS
Prince Albert Community Trust
Bank: Absa Bank
Branch: 632005
Account No: 9293208676
Swift Code: ABSA ZA JJ
Reference: Project’s name or name of cause (e.g. PACT POP Centre)
PBO Number: 930047631
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