Whatever your reason to visit Vryheid, business or tourism, our guesthouse Villa Prince Imperial is there to welcome you.

At the foot of Lancaster Hill, set in a one acre landscaped garden, Villa Prince Imperial accommodates 16 guests in true luxury.

The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa awarded us 4 stars. Our eight comfortable bedrooms are elegantly furnished and have dstv and mnet. All rooms are airconditioned, have private bathrooms with showers or baths and a range of luxury guest amenities, including in room tea & coffee trays, hair dryers, safe etc.

Our breakfast room is situated right in the middle of the garden and our buffet offers a wide range of delicacies to start the day on a strong footing. The sparkling pool, surrounded by a beautifully landscaped garden, entices you to swim or to sun tan on the large sundeck where comfortable armchairs await you. The garden is a perfect place to relax.

 

At sunset play frantic games of billiards with your friends or kids or you can walk safely to one of the restaurants at a walking distance and get back any time as your remote control gives you 24 hours access to our premises.

 

You can then sleep quietly as your car is safely parked on the property under carports. If you have time, why not shop at the local arts and crafts stores, do an historical walkabout in town, visit our nice Nature reserve, play golf, go fishing, or take a full day excursion to the battlefields of the area or to the beautiful game reserves near by?

Our clients are Businessmen, Government’s officials, lawyers, contractors, tourists even celebrities… But, for us, at Villa Prince Imperial, all our guests are VIP’S!

 

The town of Vryheid is centrally situated in northern KwaZulu-Natal, 320km from Durban, 420km from Johannesburg, 400km from the Kruger National Park, 160 km from Swaziland and 180 km from the Drakensberg by excellent roads. View Directions.

The town was established in 1884 and thrived because large deposits of coal were exploited in the area.

But today, Vryheid is a charming, clean and safe country town, with some 70,000 inhabitants which relies more on cattle ranching, timber plantations and maize. Vryheid is a hub and schools, churches, supermarkets, shops, garages, doctors and banks are numerous. All the state’s departments have an office in town which hosts a hospital, court, golf course, airport etc. Vryheid always remember the travellers of an oasis after on a long day travelling. It is a green city with beautiful streets lined by jacarandas lying comfortably at the foot of gentle hills. Nature is on our doorstep as the Nature reserve borders the town in the north while the golf course forms the south boundary. The climate is one of the best in South Africa.

 

Three dams surround the town and provide the fishermen with many opportunities to practice angling and some very important wetlands are close by for the pleasure of the birds and the birdwatchers. Vryheid is part of the Battlefields area where major battles with far-reaching consequences were fought between the Voortrekkers and the Zulus ( Blood River ), the British and the Zulus ( Hlobane, Kambula, Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift,) and finally between the Boers and the British ( Lancaster Hill ).

Vryheid produced many sons of distinction like General Louis Botha, who became Prime Minister of the Union in 1910. The Prince Imperial of France was killed by the Zulus in the vicinity during the Anglo-Zulu war.