Ellerman House is an elegant, intimate and perfectly refined hotel with nine luxury rooms and two suites. En-suite facilities, air conditioning, under floor heating, WiFi, flatscreen TV, bar and 24-hr room service are standard fare. All rooms are individually and elegantly furnished, most offer views to the ocean. When the weather is fine, meals are usually taken on the beautiful terrace with its views of Bantry Bay. The wine cellar is stocked with some 7500 bottles of the region's best wine. Ellerman House belongs to Relais & Chateaux, thus excellent wines and exquisite cuisine are guaranteed.

Ellerman House is not situated right on the beachfront, but sits like an eagle's eyrie on the steep cliffs overlooking Bantry Bay. The front of the hotel offers a large veranda with swimming pool and a grass lawn with several shade-giving trees and palms. Upholstered loungers distributed around the lawn offer guests the opportunity to relax with a book or simply enjoy the superb ocean vistas. Bantry Bay is situated just 15 minutes driving distance from Cape Town city centre.

The Ellerman House service team have a wide variety of activities in and around Cape Town ready and waiting: Walking, surfing, helicopter flights, museum visits, sidecar trips, Ferrari hire, deep sea fishing and much, much more.

The hotel is home to a comprehensive art collection, with historic and contemporary works by mainly South African painters. Ellerman House won the Condé Nast Gold List 2010 title for ‘Best Hotel for Service'.

SwissAfrican Travel Service
Dammstrasse 27
8702 Zollikon
Zurich, Switzerland


Telephone: +41 (0)44 451 40 51