Golf Breaks & Holidays in Western Cape

The Western Cape is one of South Africa’s most versatile regions for golf packages and holidays, offering a wide choice of courses, accommodation styles and itinerary options within manageable driving distances. With Cape Town as the main arrival point, golfers can easily access leading courses in and around the city, as well as the Winelands and coastal areas, without the need to change accommodation every night.

Rather than being centred around a single resort, golf holidays in the Western Cape are well suited to flexible, multi-course itineraries. Golfers can combine Cape Town golf courses with inland parkland layouts or scenic coastal courses, shaping each trip around playing standard, travel time and length of stay. This makes the region particularly appealing for longer golf holidays or travellers looking to experience more than one golfing area in a single trip.

Our golf packages in the Western Cape are built around this flexibility, allowing us to recommend the most suitable course combinations, bases and travel routes to create a balanced and enjoyable golf holiday.

Our Experience of Golf in the Western Cape

Members of the Golf Escapes team have lived and worked in the Western Cape, giving us first-hand understanding of how the region works in practice. Our recommendations are based on real experience of local courses, accommodation areas and road travel, helping us plan itineraries with realistic transfer times and a balanced pace.

We use this local knowledge to recommend the best bases, ideal course combinations and the right time of year to play, ensuring each itinerary is tailored to your style of golf and travel.

Best Golf Accommodation in the Western Cape

The Western Cape offers a wide range of golf accommodation, from city-based hotels to resort-style properties and safari lodges, allowing golfers to choose a base that best suits their itinerary. Many of the region’s leading hotels are well positioned for accessing multiple golf courses, making them ideal for flexible, multi-course golf holidays.

Whether staying in central Cape Town, along the coast or inland, accommodation in the Western Cape can be paired easily with some of South Africa’s most highly regarded courses, including Fancourt Links, Pearl Valley Golf Course and Pinnacle Point Golf Estate.

Victoria & Alfred Hotel

The Victoria & Alfred Hotel is located on Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront, offering a central base with easy access to the city’s golf courses, dining and sightseeing. Its waterfront setting and convenient location make it a popular choice for golfers combining golf with a city stay.

From here, golfers can reach courses around Cape Town and the Constantia area with minimal travel time, making it well suited to shorter golf breaks or the start of a longer Western Cape itinerary.

Arabella Hotel & Spa

Arabella Hotel & Spa is one of the Western Cape’s most established golf resorts, located alongside the Arabella Country Estate course near the coast. The hotel offers spacious accommodation, a full-service spa and direct access to championship golf.

Its coastal location also works well as part of a wider itinerary, allowing golfers to combine Arabella with inland courses such as Pearl Valley Golf Course or continue along the coast towards Pinnacle Point Golf Estate.

Gondwana Kwena Lodge – Golf and Safari Combination

Gondwana Kwena Lodge provides a contrasting accommodation option within a private game reserve inland from the coast. While not a traditional golf resort, it is well suited to golfers looking to include a safari experience alongside their Western Cape golf holiday.

The lodge works particularly well when combined with coastal golf or as an extension to itineraries that include courses such as Fancourt Links or Pinnacle Point Golf Estate, offering a change of pace away from the main golfing areas.

Best Golf Courses in the Western Cape

Golf courses in the Western Cape are spread across several distinct areas, from the Garden Route and coastal regions to the Cape Winelands. This allows courses to be paired naturally with different styles of accommodation, whether golfers prefer a resort base, a city stay or a coastal lodge.

Choosing the right base is key to keeping transfer times realistic and creating a balanced golf itinerary.

Fancourt Links

Fancourt Links is regarded as one of South Africa’s finest golf courses and is a standout choice for golfers seeking a true championship experience. Designed in a traditional links style, the course rewards strategic play and provides a demanding but memorable round.

Located near George on the Garden Route, Fancourt Links is best suited to golfers staying in the Garden Route area or combining golf with a longer Western Cape itinerary. It is often paired with coastal accommodation or included as a highlight round when travelling between regions.

Pearl Valley Golf Course

Pearl Valley Golf Course is a championship layout set in the Cape Winelands, offering wide fairways, water features and mountain views. The course is playable for a wide range of standards while still providing a strong test from the back tees.

Pearl Valley works particularly well for golfers staying in or near Cape Town, as well as those based at inland properties such as wine-estate hotels or resorts like Arabella Hotel & Spa. Its central location makes it easy to combine with both city-based accommodation and other Winelands courses.

Pinnacle Point Golf Estate

Pinnacle Point Golf Estate is one of the most visually dramatic courses in the Western Cape, set on cliffs overlooking the Indian Ocean near Mossel Bay. The course combines striking scenery with challenging holes that demand accuracy, particularly in coastal conditions.

Pinnacle Point is ideally suited to golfers staying along the coast or travelling the Garden Route. It is frequently paired with nearby coastal accommodation or combined with rounds at courses such as Fancourt Links as part of a Garden Route or extended Western Cape golf holiday.