Pearl Valley
Pearl Valley
Pearl Valley
Pearl Valley
Pearl Valley
To the north of the city of Cape Town and just outside Paarl in the Cape
winelands sits Val de Vie Estate which is home to another Jack Nicklaus
signature masterpiece – Pearl Valley.
On the estate there are three restaurants – the Polo Club and Valley
restaurants and Reuben’s & Co Café. The restaurants team up to provide
a range of specials across the week that would tempt even the most
unadventurous palate.
Pearl Valley is ranked at number 5 on the most recent ‘best of’ golf course
listings, added to which the club has the unusual distinction of its having
been selected as the best conditioned course in the Western Cape for 9
consecutive years.
There is also the Fleet coffee roastery, a 250 year old wine cellar, polo
fields, an equestrian centre and beautiful scenery for guests to explore,
while adjacent to the golf course are the Pearl Valley clubhouse, golf shop,
Camelot Spa and the Pearl Valley Hotel by Mantis..
The championship course’s pedigree is well documented as it has been
ranked amongst the top ten courses in South Africa by Golf Digest
Magazine since 2006 and achieved a top five ranking in 2018/2019 and in
2017 the course received its Audubon Certification.
Val de Vie Estate is located only a 35 minute drive from Cape Town
International Airport and Cape Town itself, making the estate ideal for
weekend getaways and to use as a base from which to explore the
countryside of the beautiful Boland region.
In 2003 when the Golden Bear himself opened the course, he
commented, “surrounded by mountains, this is one of the most
spectacular settings in which I have designed a golf course.”
The Pearl Valley Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course is a central part of
An array of amenities can be found in close proximity to the course –
Franschhoek’s renowned culinary offerings, the historic town of Paarl,
one of the original Dutch farmhouses at Babylonstoren and a number of
award-winning wine farms.
www.pearlvalley.co.za
Val de Vie Estate, which is a 1000-hectare luxury residential and wellness
estate.
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