Surrounds | Featherstone View cottage

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity 6.2 km / 9 min
Drostdy Arch (Rhodes University) 5.7 km / 9 min
St Andrews College 7.1Km / 8 mins
Graeme College 7.2Km / 11 min
Victoria Girls’ High School 5.1 Km / 6min
Kingswood College 5.4Km / 8min
Observatory Museum Grahamstown/Makhanda 4.3 km
Grahamstown/Makhanda Botanical Gardens 4.4 km
1820 Settlers Monument 4.6 km

Beach (at Kenton-on-Sea) 62Km / 44 min

Hikes: A 5 minute walk from the cottage, along the road, takes you on to Mountain Drive from where you can access 50km + of walking, running and bike trails. Other hikes in the vicinity: https://grahamstown.co.za/articles/take-a-hike

A collaboration between organisations and individuals to preserve, celebrate and love Mountain Drive – FLOM for short. https://www.facebook.com/people/For-the-Love-of-the-Mountain/100095349319237/

Makhanda (Grahamstown)

Grahamstown (officially known as Makhanda) is a city of about 140,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about 110 kilometres (70 mi) northeast of Port Elizabeth and 130 kilometres (80 mi) southwest of East London. It is the seat of the municipal council. It also hosts Rhodes University, the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court, the South African Library for the Blind (SALB), a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, and 6 South African Infantry Battalion. Furthermore, located approximately 3 km south-east of the town lies the world renowned Waterloo Farm, the only estuarine fossil site in the world from 360 million years ago with exceptional soft-tissue preservation. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhanda,_South_Africa, edited)

The Toposcope (2.6km 4×4 track, or 12km bad gravel road)
https://grahamstown.co.za/albums/trip-to-the-toposcope-on-mountain-drive

Pumba Private Game Reserve
https://www.pumbagamereserve.co.za/

Featherstone Brewery (20Km)

https://featherstonebrewery.co.za/

Thomas Baines Nature Reserve (16Km)

https://www.sa-venues.com/game-reserves/thomas-baines.php

Double Drift, Kudu Reserve and Sam Knott reserves – Great Fish River complex

https://www.siyabona.com/south-africa-info-great-fish-river-complex.html

Bathurst (37Km)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst,_South_Africa for restaurants, pubs, art galleries, farm stalls and more.

Waters meeting Nature Reserve

https://www.sa-venues.com/game-reserves/waters-meeting-nature-reserve.php

Blaauwkrantz Pass
Visit the pass, site of the 1911 train disaster
https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/blaauwkrantz-bridge-disaster