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Western Cape golf holidays

Erinvale, at Somerset West, is Player's only course near Cape Town, and it hosted the 1996 World Cup of Golf inside twelve months of opening. Base yourself at Erinvale Estate Hotel or among the Stellenbosch vines at Spier, with Table Mountain, False Bay and fifteen courses in easy reach.

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Golf holidays in Western Cape start from £495 (≈ €575) (≈ $655) (≈ CA$925) (≈ AU$935) (≈ NZ$1,155) (≈ CHF 545) (≈ kr 6,305) (≈ kr 6,565) (≈ kr 4,325) per person, across 15 courses we can book, 12 hotels and resorts we sell. Sold ground-only, hand-priced around your dates, and arranged by us since 1981.

£495 (≈ €575) (≈ $655) (≈ CA$925) (≈ AU$935) (≈ NZ$1,155) (≈ CHF 545) (≈ kr 6,305) (≈ kr 6,565) (≈ kr 4,325)from, per person
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Cape Town puts a championship layout, a working winelands course and a sea-cliff round within an easy drive of each other, which is rare for one base. The Western Cape is where a UK golfer can play Erinvale in the morning and be in Stellenbosch or Hermanus the same week without long internal flights.

We have planned tailored golf trips to South Africa since 1981. We book the hotel, the tee times, the transfers between courses and every round, so you arrive with a working itinerary rather than a list of phone numbers.

Why play golf in Western Cape

The standout here is Erinvale Golf Club in Somerset West, a Gary Player design and a par 72 that has hosted serious tournament golf against the backdrop of the Helderberg mountains. It is the course most UK visitors build a trip around, and it rewards a tidy long game.

Royal Cape Golf Club gives you the other side of the region's character: a flat, mature parkland par 72 close to the city, older and more traditional in feel. Between a Player-designed test and an established city club, you get genuine variety inside a short radius rather than seven versions of the same round.

The courses you’ll play

The data covers a good spread of the region's golf, from championship par 72s to bigger 27-hole clubs. Designer and hole detail below are only those confirmed for each club.

  • Erinvale Golf Club, Somerset West (Gary Player, 18 holes, par 72)
  • Somerset West Golf Club (Charles Molteno Murray, redesigned by Peter Matkovich in 2018, 18 holes, par 72)
  • Westlake Golf Club, Cape Town (Charles Molteno Murray, 18 holes, par 72)
  • Royal Cape Golf Club (18 holes, par 72)
  • Stellenbosch Golf Club (18 holes, par 72)
  • Paarl Golf Club (27 holes)
  • Hermanus Golf Club (27 holes)

Paarl and Hermanus both run to 27 holes, which gives you flexible nine-hole combinations and is useful if you are mixing golf with winelands or whale-coast days.

Where you’ll stay

For a Cape Town city base, The Vineyard Hotel (7 nights from £1,045 (≈ €1,215) (≈ $1,385) (≈ CA$1,965) (≈ AU$1,985) (≈ NZ$2,455) (≈ CHF 1,155) (≈ kr 13,325) (≈ kr 13,865) (≈ kr 9,135) pp) and The Commodore Hotel (7 nights from £1,495 (≈ €1,745) (≈ $1,975) (≈ CA$2,815) (≈ AU$2,845) (≈ NZ$3,515) (≈ CHF 1,655) (≈ kr 19,065) (≈ kr 19,835) (≈ kr 13,075) pp) suit golfers who want a full week with a single hotel to come back to. Thirty On Grace guesthouse (3 nights from £425 (≈ €495) (≈ $555) (≈ CA$795) (≈ AU$805) (≈ NZ$995) (≈ CHF 465) (≈ kr 5,415) (≈ kr 5,635) (≈ kr 3,715) pp) and The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay (3 nights from £530 (≈ €615) (≈ $695) (≈ CA$995) (≈ AU$1,005) (≈ NZ$1,245) (≈ CHF 585) (≈ kr 6,755) (≈ kr 7,025) (≈ kr 4,635) pp) work better for a shorter, more central stay.

  • The Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town (7 nights from £1,045 (≈ €1,215) (≈ $1,385) (≈ CA$1,965) (≈ AU$1,985) (≈ NZ$2,455) (≈ CHF 1,155) (≈ kr 13,325) (≈ kr 13,865) (≈ kr 9,135) pp) and The Commodore Hotel, Cape Town (7 nights from £1,495 (≈ €1,745) (≈ $1,975) (≈ CA$2,815) (≈ AU$2,845) (≈ NZ$3,515) (≈ CHF 1,655) (≈ kr 19,065) (≈ kr 19,835) (≈ kr 13,075) pp) for a full week in the city
  • The Bay Hotel, Camps Bay (3 nights from £530 (≈ €615) (≈ $695) (≈ CA$995) (≈ AU$1,005) (≈ NZ$1,245) (≈ CHF 585) (≈ kr 6,755) (≈ kr 7,025) (≈ kr 4,635) pp) and Thirty On Grace, Cape Town (3 nights from £425 (≈ €495) (≈ $555) (≈ CA$795) (≈ AU$805) (≈ NZ$995) (≈ CHF 465) (≈ kr 5,415) (≈ kr 5,635) (≈ kr 3,715) pp) for shorter city stays
  • Harbour House Hotel, Hermanus (3 nights from £290 (≈ €335) (≈ $375) (≈ CA$545) (≈ AU$545) (≈ NZ$675) (≈ CHF 315) (≈ kr 3,695) (≈ kr 3,845) (≈ kr 2,535) pp) for the whale coast
  • African Oceans Manor, Mossel Bay (3 nights from £415 (≈ €485) (≈ $545) (≈ CA$775) (≈ AU$785) (≈ NZ$975) (≈ CHF 455) (≈ kr 5,285) (≈ kr 5,505) (≈ kr 3,625) pp) further along the coast
  • The Farmhouse Hotel, Langebaan (3 nights from £1,210 (≈ €1,415) (≈ $1,605) (≈ CA$2,275) (≈ AU$2,305) (≈ NZ$2,845) (≈ CHF 1,335) (≈ kr 15,435) (≈ kr 16,055) (≈ kr 10,575) pp) up the West Coast

Harbour House Hotel in Hermanus is the lowest entry point at £290 (≈ €335) (≈ $375) (≈ CA$545) (≈ AU$545) (≈ NZ$675) (≈ CHF 315) (≈ kr 3,695) (≈ kr 3,845) (≈ kr 2,535) pp for 3 nights and pairs naturally with Hermanus Golf Club. Prices are per person and reflect the stated number of nights, so the seven-night Cape Town options are not directly comparable with the three-night coastal stays.

Best time to play golf in Western Cape

The Western Cape has a winter-rainfall climate, which is the opposite of the UK pattern. The driest, most settled golf is from roughly October to April, our autumn through to spring, when the courses are at their best and daylight is long.

UK winter, from June to August, is the Cape's wet and windy season, so it is the weaker time to come for golf even though flights can be cheaper. The southeaster wind can blow hard in midsummer too, so an early tee time is often the calmer one.

A sense of Western Cape

History & heritage

The Cape's history is not decorative, and the better sites do not soften it. Robben Island, nine kilometres off the city, held Nelson Mandela for eighteen of his twenty-seven years in prison and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. His cell measured 2.4 metres by 2.1. In February 1966 District Six was declared a whites-only area under the Group Areas Act, and more than sixty thousand people were removed from it; the District Six Museum on Buitenkant Street is where you understand what that meant. Go. Afterwards, walk up into the Bo-Kaap below Signal Hill, the old Malay Quarter, lived in by the Cape Malay community since the eighteenth century. Inland the record reads differently. Stellenbosch dates to 1679, oaks and Cape Dutch gables intact, and Franschhoek is the French corner, settled by Huguenot refugees from 1688.

Food & wine

Two traditions sit side by side. Cape Malay cooking arrived with people enslaved and exiled from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and India, and it gave the Cape bobotie, tomato bredie, denningvleis and koesisters. Then there is the braai, which is a way of eating rather than a barbecue, and snoek off the West Coast, salted and grilled over coals. Wine is the serious draw. Stellenbosch and Paarl make Cabernet and Chenin Blanc of real weight; Pinotage, a South African crossing of Pinot Noir and Cinsault, divides opinion and deserves your own verdict; Cap Classique is made by the Champagne method. Behind Hermanus, the cool Hemel-en-Aarde wards turn out Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a Burgundian accent. Groot Constantia has produced wine without interruption since 1685. Napoleon had its sweet wine shipped to him.

Beyond the fairways

Table Mountain first. Go on a clear morning, before the cloud settles, and take the cableway if you would rather not walk. Kirstenbosch lies on the eastern slope and is one of the better botanical gardens anywhere. Down the peninsula, Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope sit inside the national park, and the drive there is half the pleasure. Seasons run the other way round here, which is why the whales arrive in our summer. Between June and November southern right whales come into Walker Bay to calve, close enough to the Hermanus cliff path that no boat is needed. September to November is the surest window. The Franschhoek Wine Tram runs hop-on, hop-off between estates and settles the question of who is driving. We can fold in the Western Cape sightseeing excursions if you would like a guided day or two.

Getting around & exploring

Hire a car. You drive on the left, a UK photocard licence is valid for up to twelve months, and the trunk roads are good tarmac: the N2 running east, the R27 up the West Coast, the R44 and R310 into the Winelands. Stellenbosch is about 50 km from Cape Town, under an hour. Hermanus is roughly 125 km, an hour and a half on the N2 then the R43, and Langebaan a similar run north. The Garden Route looks compact on a map and is not. Mossel Bay is nearly 390 km, four hours, so give it two nights. Safety comes up on every enquiry. The honest answer is a few borrowed habits: doors locked, bags out of sight at junctions, no long drives after dark. Cape Town International sits 20 km east of the city. Chapman's Peak Drive charges a toll and earns it.

Good to know before you book

Getting there

You fly from the UK to Cape Town. There are direct overnight services from London, and a wider choice of one-stop routes through the Gulf or Europe from regional airports. Cape Town is on or close to UK time, so there is no real jet lag to play through.

Once you land, the courses and coast (Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Hermanus and beyond) are best reached by road, and we arrange your transfers as part of the trip. Flights are an ATOL-protected add-on we can book alongside the land arrangements, or you can book your own and we handle everything on the ground.

Good to know

One honest caveat: this is a spread-out region, not a single resort, so a trip that takes in Cape Town, the winelands and the coast involves a fair bit of driving between courses and hotels, and a few of the clubs are members' clubs where tee times need booking ahead. The hotel prices shown are per person for the nights stated, so weigh the three-night and seven-night options against the trip length you actually want. South Africa drives on the left, which suits UK visitors, and the Cape can swing from hot and still to windy in a single day, so pack for both.

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The courses you can play in Western Cape

Paarl Golf Club — Western Cape golfPaarl Golf ClubDesigned by Bob Grimsdell (original 1908 nine); Danie Obermeyer (main architect / remodel) with David Frost (Boschenmeer nine, 1997)Played on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →King David Mowbray Golf Club, Cape Town — Western Cape golfKing David Mowbray Golf Club, Cape TownPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Milnerton Golf Club, Cape Town — Western Cape golfMilnerton Golf Club, Cape TownPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Somerset West Golf Club — Western Cape golfSomerset West Golf ClubDesigned by Charles Molteno Murray; redesigned by Peter Matkovich (2018)Played on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →Clovelly Golf Club, Fish Hoek — Western Cape golfClovelly Golf Club, Fish HoekDesigned by Dr Charles Molteno MurrayPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →De Zalze Golf Club, Stellenbosch — Western Cape golfDe Zalze Golf Club, StellenboschDesigned by Peter MatkovichPlayed on stay & play breaksDiscover this course →
All 15 courses in Western Cape

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Golf resorts — stay & play on-site

Erinvale Estate Hotel & Spa, Somerset West — Western Cape golfErinvale Estate Hotel & Spa, Somerset WestErinvale Golf Club, Somerset West · Somerset West Golf Clubfrom£545 (≈ €635) (≈ $715) (≈ CA$1,025) (≈ AU$1,035) (≈ NZ$1,275) (≈ CHF 595) (≈ kr 6,945) (≈ kr 7,225) (≈ kr 4,765)per personDiscover this resort →

Hotels — play the area’s courses

African Oceans Manor, Mossel Bay — Western Cape golfAfrican Oceans Manor, Mossel BayPinnacle Point Golf Club, Mossel Bay · Oubaii Golf Club, Herolds Bayfrom£510 (≈ €595) (≈ $675) (≈ CA$955) (≈ AU$965) (≈ NZ$1,195) (≈ CHF 565) (≈ kr 6,505) (≈ kr 6,765) (≈ kr 4,455)per personDiscover this hotel →Harbour House Hotel, Hermanus — Western Cape golfHarbour House Hotel, HermanusHermanus Golf Club · Erinvale Golf Club, Somerset Westfrom£495 (≈ €575) (≈ $655) (≈ CA$925) (≈ AU$935) (≈ NZ$1,155) (≈ CHF 545) (≈ kr 6,305) (≈ kr 6,565) (≈ kr 4,325)per personDiscover this hotel →Silver Forest, Somerset West — Western Cape golfSilver Forest, Somerset WestSomerset West Golf Club · Erinvale Golf Club, Somerset Westfrom£495 (≈ €575) (≈ $655) (≈ CA$925) (≈ AU$935) (≈ NZ$1,155) (≈ CHF 545) (≈ kr 6,305) (≈ kr 6,565) (≈ kr 4,325)per personDiscover this hotel →Spier Hotel, Stellenbosch — Western Cape golfSpier Hotel, StellenboschDe Zalze Golf Club, Stellenbosch · Stellenbosch Golf Clubfrom£495 (≈ €575) (≈ $655) (≈ CA$925) (≈ AU$935) (≈ NZ$1,155) (≈ CHF 545) (≈ kr 6,305) (≈ kr 6,565) (≈ kr 4,325)per personDiscover this hotel →The Bay Hotel, Camps Bay Cape Town — Western Cape golfThe Bay Hotel, Camps Bay Cape TownMetropolitan Golf Club · King David Mowbray Golf Club, Cape Townfrom£710 (≈ €825) (≈ $935) (≈ CA$1,335) (≈ AU$1,345) (≈ NZ$1,665) (≈ CHF 785) (≈ kr 9,055) (≈ kr 9,415) (≈ kr 6,205)per personDiscover this hotel →The Commodore Hotel, Cape Town — Western Cape golfThe Commodore Hotel, Cape TownMetropolitan Golf Club · Milnerton Golf Club, Cape Townfrom£1,495 (≈ €1,745) (≈ $1,975) (≈ CA$2,815) (≈ AU$2,845) (≈ NZ$3,515) (≈ CHF 1,655) (≈ kr 19,065) (≈ kr 19,835) (≈ kr 13,075)per personDiscover this hotel →

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What golfers say about Western Cape

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We have just returned from a trip to the Western Cape and the Kruger, that will be remembered for many years. We played Stellenbosch, De Zalze and Paarl - all of which were in superb condition - along with Erinvale. We then moved on to …

Richard · Western Cape · a month ago

We were fortunate to attend Cape Town with Golf Planet Holidays for their Western Cape Escorted Tour. On arrival at Cape Town Airport we were met by Nigel Birch, former European Tour Professional, who expertly guided us through the ten days, be it golf, wine tours…

Grace Reid · Western Cape · 2 years ago

Excellent trip to Cape Town this January. Everything ran like clockwork, including the weather, from check in at The Commodore Hotel, through 5 games of golf to check out. All the courses were professionally managed, fairways beautifuly manicured & each course tested a different aspect of…

Andrew Bates · Western Cape · 3 months ago

Frequently asked questions

Golf holidays in Western Cape. The questions our golfers ask most.

How much does a golf holiday in South Africa cost?

Golf holidays in South Africa start from £290 (≈ €335) (≈ $375) (≈ CA$545) (≈ AU$545) (≈ NZ$675) (≈ CHF 315) (≈ kr 3,695) (≈ kr 3,845) (≈ kr 2,535) pp with Golf Planet Holidays. That is a hand-built ground package, and the final price depends on your hotel, the courses you play and the season.

Is South Africa good for golf in the winter?

Absolutely! South Africa is an ideal winter golf destination. While much of Europe is bundled up, the Western Cape offers mild temperatures and sunny days, perfect for enjoying a round of golf. Famous courses like Royal Cape, Stellenbosch, and Erinvale offer stunning views and top-tier conditions, making this holiday an unforgettable golf experience. Whether you're looking for a winter sun escape or simply a great game, South Africa’s winter weather is perfect for teeing off.

What is the best time of year to play golf in South Africa?

South Africa is a year-round golf destination, but the best time to play depends on what you're looking for. For winter sun and mild temperatures, the Western Cape is perfect from November to April. If you prefer warmer weather, the summer months (May to October) are ideal for golf in regions like Kwazulu Natal, where temperatures are pleasant and the courses are in top condition. Regardless of when you visit, South Africa offers fantastic golf all year long.

When is the best time to play golf in South Africa?

October to April, the South African summer, is best for the Cape and Garden Route, and it lines up neatly with the UK winter.

What are the best golf courses to play in South Africa?

South Africa is home to some of the best golf courses in the world. Notable courses include Royal Cape Golf Club in the Western Cape, ranked among the country’s top courses, The Links at Fancourt, Erinvale, and Pearl Valley. Each course provides a unique challenge and stunning views, making them perfect for golfers looking for an unforgettable round.

Are flights included, and is a South Africa golf holiday ATOL protected?

Our South Africa holidays are hand-built and ground-only, so flights are arranged separately, and we are happy to book them for you. When we book your flights the trip is ATOL protected and your money is held safe until you travel.

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