The village of Matjiesfontein is situated just East of the N1 almost halfway between Cape Town (240km) and Beaufort West (220km) in the Western Province of South Africa. Matjiesfontein is the Afrikaans for Fountain of Little Mats and was founded in 1884 by the legendary Scot, James Douglas (Jimmy) Logan. It was officially opened in November 1889 with great pomp and splendour. The guests were leading politicians and VIPs who had reached the village by train from Cape Town. During the 1890s, many celebrated people visited Matjiesfontein, such as Randolph Churchill, the Duke of Hamilton and the Sultan of Zanzibar. During the Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902) Matjiesfontein became a British stronghold, and the hotel, The Milner Hotel was turned into a military hospital. When Logan died in 1920, David Rawdon bought the hotel and restored the whole village. It was declared a National Historic Monument in 1970.

Take the N1 North from Cape Town. At 240 km turn right. Matjiesfontein is 1 km away.

Matjiesfontein has no police station, hospital or petrol closes town with these facilities is Laingsburg 27km. They serve Breakfast and Dinner at the Lord Milner Hotel restaurant from 07:30-10:00 and 19:00-21:00. We serve Pub Lunches in our Lairds Arms Bar from 12:00-14:30 and our Coffee shop are open from 09:00-15:00 for breakfast, cakes, scones and light lunch. There is no tyre repair, tyre sale, mechanical repair, camping or tow-in services in Matjiesfontein, closes town is Laingsburg 27km.

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