• Exploring On Horseback - you can see the escarpment and surrounding areas by choosing a daily or overnight camping ride.

• Hunting For Gold - try your hand at gold panning in this active gold mining area, you may be lucky!

• Unique Conferencing - for a distinctive business experience, Pilgrim's Rest offers conference facilities in the historical town hall.

Pilgrim's Rest is an unspoiled gold mining town and a living museum. In fact, the entire town has been declared a national Monument, which can take you back to the days of the Transvaal Gold Rush.

The Royal Hotel Pilgrim's Rest echoes the olden-day ambience of the town and is composed of 10 authentic buildings dating back to the latter part of the 19th century. All the buildings have been restored and furnished in a Victorian style.

Many activities are available in and around Pilgrim's Rest, including; a 9-hole golf course, horse riding, trout fishing, hiking trails, museums and curiosity shops.

The Royal Hotel Pilgrim's Rest is situated in the gold-mining town of Pilgrim's Rest, in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

• A La Carte Restaurant

Wining and dining was an important part of the old Pilgrim's Rest, and is just as important now.

Light meals are served at breakfast, and lunch and dinner are in the informal setting of the Diggers Den. For fine food the hotel's Peach Tree Creek Restaurant offers a more formal dining experience.

Pilgrim's Rest town has several bars and restaurants where you can enjoy a wide variety of traditional South African dishes.

Accommodation at the Royal Hotel Pilgrim's Rest comprises 50 charming en suite bedrooms, of which 5 are suites with an additional bathroom.

All rooms are decorated in a late Victorian style, and the bathrooms feature authentic Victorian ball and claw baths with heavy gold taps. The bedrooms are as elegant as they are comfortable, furnished with brass four-poster beds, wooden ceiling fans and marble and oak washstands, all adding to the old-world atmosphere of the hotel.

• Select Currency: EURGBPZARUSD †
• 1 May 2008 - 30 September 2008
  
  From € 34 £ 27 R 438 $ 54 per person sharing
• 1 October 2008 - 30 April 2009
  
  From € 40 £ 32 R 509 $ 62 per person sharing
• 1 May 2009 - 30 September 2009
  
  From € 39 £ 31 R 500 $ 61 per person sharing
• 1 October 2009 - 31 October 2009
  
  From € 40 £ 32 R 509 $ 62 per person sharing

† All prices are accurate but you may find that the final rates in your quotation vary slightly due to room type, seasonality and currency conversion.