• De Leeuwenhof Estate, a 4-star Cape Dutch guesthouse in the Paarl Winelands, South Africa.
    De Leeuwenhof Estate, a 4-star Cape Dutch guesthouse in the Paarl Winelands, South Africa.

    Located in the Paarl Winelands
Welcome to De Leeuwenhof Estate

De Leeuwenhof Estate is a family-run, 4-star Cape Dutch guesthouse in the Paarl Winelands of South Africa, founded in 1698 by a French Huguenot and restored as a 17-room boutique retreat. Set on a historic working estate five minutes from Paarl and 45 minutes from Cape Town, it is ranked the #1 hotel in Paarl on TripAdvisor and rated 9.2 on Booking.com.

Owned and run by the van Leeuwen Boomkamp family, the estate offers heritage Barnyard Rooms, Stable Rooms, Garden Cottages, Cape Manor Apartments and the Manor Suite: 17 accommodation units in total, sleeping up to 36 guests. Two swimming pools, a farm-to-table restaurant open through summer, free Wi-Fi, secure parking, mountain views in every direction.

You are 5 minutes from the village of Paarl, 10 minutes from the Spice Route and Fairview, 20 minutes from Franschhoek and Stellenbosch, and within an hour of Cape Town, Hermanus and the West Coast. Wine farms, mountain hikes, golf, the Berg River and over 150 restaurants are all on your doorstep.

Stay direct, save more, and meet the family who has called this estate home for generations.


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Reviews

  • Unlike anything I've experienced before!

    The staff were incredibly friendly, kind, helpful and efficient. The Manager, Tessa, was incredibly accommodating and went out of her way to arrange all sorts of extra things that we needed for our stay in the area, including driving us to a wedding, arranging a private dinner for us when we arrived late (even though the restaurant was closed), arranging a hairdresser to come to my room with late... Read this review

    Gail, October 2024

    Great Britain

  • Lovely Stay at a Authentic Location

    We loved staying at the Leeuwenhof Estate during our roundtrip through The Cape. Nice authentic rooms and a great vibe during the evening at the Leeuwenhof Estate. Definitely would recommend this place to stay as it also offers a great location for any day trips to main sights in and around the Cape Area.

    Ramau, March 2024

  • 5 Star Experience

    Treated like royals when we stayed there, they went the extra mile to ensure our room is heated with extra heaters during the icy winter weekend in Cape Town. I highly recommend taking the breakfast option with your stay with so many options to choose from.

    C8341VJandre, July 2024

    Malmesbury

  • Great place, wonderful people.

    We had a lovely New Years Eve dinner.

    Ewa Saj