SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM GRADING COUNCIL: 4 STAR LODGE BUFFALO HILLS OFFERS THE LUXURY YOU?D EXPECT FROM A 4 STAR LODGE: GUEST LOUNGE AND PATIO WITH AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT OUR WILDLIFE; SWIMMING POOL; TRADITIONAL AFRICAN BOMA (OR MEETING PLACE) FOR EVENING MEALS AND SMALL, EXCLUSIVE CONFERENCES; ROLLING LAWNS; 4 LUXURY EN SUITE BEDROOMS; 2 LUXURY EN SUITE TENTED LODGES WITH, SPA BATHS, SHOWERS AND PRIVATE LOUNGES; 1 X 2 BEDROOM STONE COTTAGE (A HISTORIC BUILDING AND ONE OF THE FIRST HOMESTEADS BUILT IN THE BITOU VALLEY) WITH ITS OWN PRIVATE LOUNGE AND FIREPLACE. JUST AN UNOBTRUSIVE ELECTRIC GAME FENCE SEPARATES THE LODGE FROM THE ANIMALS WHICH FEED IN THE VALLEY SO YOU CAN RELAX AND WATCH NATURE IN SAFETY. APART FROM OFFERING THE TOURIST AN EXCITING HOLIDAY AND LOTS OF SUNBATHING, THIS BUSTLING TOWN IS A BREATHING MONUMENT OF HISTORY. HIDDEN AWAY IN PIESANG VALLEY, STANDS A CHAPEL BUILT BY A WILLIAM HENRY NEWDIGATE. HE WAS THE SON OF AN OLD ANDDISTINGUISHED FAMILY. AFTER SETTLING ON HIS FARM IN 1847, HE STARTED BUILDING A SCHOOL CUM CHAPEL FOR HIS FAMILY. HIS FATHER THEN RAISED MONEY FOR THIS BUILDING. BUT THE MONEY WAS NOT USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE WOOD AND LABOUR ALL CAME FROM THE FARM. IN 1885, A BISHOP ROBERT GRAY, HIRED THE BUILDING FOR ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES. THIS LITTLE CHAPEL IS THE OLDEST ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDING IN THE GEORGE DISTRICT. AND NOW WE MOVE TO THE CHARMING FORMOSA COTTAGE. THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT BY THE 1885 MISSION SCHOOLMASTER, WILLIAM JONES. HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE ST. PETERS CHAPEL . HE BUILT THE BUILDING ON CHURCH PROPERTY. IN 1880 HE OPENED THE VAN PLETTENBERG ARMS. HE GAINED A REPUTATION FOR BEING A GOOD HOST BEFORE THE CHURCH STEPPED IN AND CALLED A HALT TO THE PARTY FIVE YEARS LATER. THE CHURCH THEN AGREED TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO JONES, BUT AS HE BUILT IT ON CHURCH PROPERTY, IT WAS NOT TILL 1912 THAT THE TRANSFER WAS PASSED.