Situated in a stylishly landscaped and perfectly secure setting, Protea Hotel Polokwane is a showpiece of all-round excellence and unrivalled convenience. Minutes away from the CBD, on the North-South highway between Zimbabwe and Gauteng, Protea Hotel Polokwane offers real value for money, tailor-made for the executive traveller. Each of the 80 en-suite rooms are air-conditioned and a vending facility is available. Conference facilities are available for 150 delegates, while an executive residents bar and lounge is ideal for informal meetings or get-togethers. Various sporting and leisure activities are nearby.

Rooms: 80 bedrooms all individually air-conditioned, with deluxe bathrooms en suite and shower, 9 channel TV, touch-dial telephone, workdesk and tea/coffee making facilities. All rooms are equipped with modem-friendly computer plugs for laptops. Standard twin rooms have 2 queen size beds only. Non-smoking rooms are available. For disabled GUESTS, we have facilities including a ramp into the reception area and into the restaurant/bar area. Every bedroom has its own allocated parking bay right outside the room. A same-day laundry service is available Monday to Friday
Attractions: Various places of interest in the area, including:

• Bakoni Malapa Northern Sotho Open-air Museum: 9km away, on the Chuniespoort Road - The traditional, as well as the modern, way of living of the Bakoni tribe is shown in the two lapas.

• Concentration Camp Cemetery: Kobait street - The camp, set up during the Anglo-Boer War, housed almost 4000 people.

• Eersteling Monuments: 18km from Pietersburg (Polokwane) on the N1 to Makopane - The first gold crushing site and first gold power plant in South Africa.

• Gemco LTD: Plot 124, Ivydale, on the N1 - A treasure chest of semi-precious stone, ivory jewellery, ornaments and stone sculpture.

• Hunting: Polokwane is the centre of the hunting mecca of South Africa.

• Makapan Caves: Situated between Pietersburg (Polokwane) and Makopane on the N1 - Famed for its yield of fossils and the siege of General Potgieter and the Black tribesman for 30 days. Potgieter himself was killed, as well as 1500 tribesmen.

• Polokwane Art Museum: Library Gardens - The collection is the most extensive municipal collection outside the well-known centres in the country.