About Us

Discover more about the serenity and luxury
of the peech boutique hotel  

This picturesque boutique hotel is set in the heart of a 95 acre riverside valley. Home to the Peech family periodically since 1912, the estate and hotel are still owned and run by them. Over the past forty years, Christo and Noelene Peech have bred 500 thoroughbred racehorses on these pastures. Although now reduced in size, the stud farm is still actively producing racehorses for the local and South African markets.

The Peech Hotel has been charmingly reconstructed out of old stables after the decline of the thoroughbred breeding industry. The hotel stands as a memorial to the many fine racehorses bred on these fertile grounds.
Some of the best racehorses have been charismatically honoured throughout the hotel. Their names have been given to the now luxurious hotel rooms in which they or their ancestors once lived.

There are horses everywhere. Warmblood jumping horses work in the arena. Thoroughbred broodmares patiently wait their turn and young stock grow quietly in irrigated paddocks. It is within this peaceful equine environment that the Peech Boutique Hotel has risen out of the ruins of the old stud stables – and into a new and exciting venture.

Every aspect of the hotel has been constructed by the estate’s own artisans, including roofing timber cut onsite. Its beautifully finished and luxurious rooms nevertheless give a constant reminder of the stable yard that once was here.

There are horses everywhere. Warmblood jumping horses work in the arena. Thoroughbred broodmares patiently wait their turn and young stock grow quietly in irrigated paddocks. It is within this peaceful equine environment that the Peech Boutique Hotel has risen out of the ruins of the old stud stables – and into a new and exciting venture.

Every aspect of the hotel has been constructed by the estate’s own artisans, including roofing timber cut onsite. Its beautifully finished and luxurious rooms nevertheless give a constant reminder of the stable yard that once was here.

Steeped in family history for more than 100 years. The estate is known as Rumbavu Park named after the river that ran through the property. This was dammed up in 1995 to create a beautiful lake in the valley.
The lake is now teeming with black bass and bream, offering excellent catch & release fishing. The lake also offers a protected habitat for a myriad of waterfowl.

Up on the high ground, towering over the Hotel, stands the original Peech residence, constructed from quarried rock during the Great War (1914 – 1919).

The lake below curves around the hill: giving rise to the theme of flowing, living water which is the very spirit of The Peech Hotel. Physically borne out by its numerous courtyard troughs and fountains.

The peace, tranquility and history of the hotel’s surroundings are immediately felt by visitors and guests.

Up on the high ground, towering over the Hotel, stands the original Peech residence, constructed from quarried rock during the Great War (1914 – 1919).

The lake below curves around the hill: giving rise to the theme of flowing, living water which is the very spirit of The Peech Hotel. Physically borne out by its numerous courtyard troughs and fountains.

The peace, tranquility and history of the hotel’s surroundings are immediately felt by visitors and guests.