Oleander is a five star Guest House in Kimberley. We recently won the National Lilizela Tourism Award for best 5 star Guesthouse in South Africa for the second time.
Oleanders are distinctive, large, beautiful flowering shrubs that thrive with little care. Most cultivars grow 3 to 6 metres tall and almost just as wide. Oleanders are lovely, but don’t touch – they are highly poisonous.
The white oleander at 28 Carrington Street in Kimberley is approximately 10 metres tall. The late Professor Christo Pienaar, a well-known botanical expert, visited Kimberley many years ago – he said that this oleander was the biggest he had seen anywhere in South Africa. We believe that this tree is almost as old as the 100 year-old house.
The peacefulness of the oleander inspired the current owners of this historical home, Onno and Philene Fortuin, to restore this Edwardian house to its former glamour and to decorate it in an elegant and gracious style.
The original owners of 28 Carrington Road built this lovely home in 1913, according to a local newspaper of the time. Kimberley was one of the first towns in South Africa to get electricity, which had its disadvantages –in July 1925 part of the house burned down because someone left an iron on, and a fire started in the kitchen. But the house was rebuilt. As far as we know Carrington 28 has only had five owners. It retains its original Oregon pine floors and pressed steel ceilings. Most of the cupboards are original, glowing with a new coat of paint.
The previous owner, Mrs Dalene Keevy, made the current owners promise that they would never cut the oleander tree down. Being a garden lover, Philene spent many hours – indeed years – re-designing the garden. Aside from its glorious flowers, the garden also supplies the home-grown vegetables and herbs that we use in our organic cuisine.
Oleander Guest House is a five star establishment, situated in historical Carrington Street, a comfortable 8-minute drive from Kimberley Airport.
It is centrally located in relation to the city centre and business district, the Medi Clinic Hospital, the Diamond Pavilion and Northern Cape shopping malls, as well as some popular tourist attractions such as the Big Hole, some historical battlefields and memorable tourist walks.
We offer ten spacious en suite rooms, graciously furnished with antiques, combined with French colonial style furniture.
We would love you to come to experience our warm, friendly and relaxed atmosphere, steep in comfort, luxury and elegance. We also offer delicious home-grown organic cuisine for you to indulge in.
Our Manager, Martina Jacobs, and her team invite you to stay to experience our true Oleander style.
