The Victorian style house Pieter Kruger built for his family during the late 1800s now houses the 1872 Restaurant. 

It caters for up to 80 diners and is an excellent venue for those special functions. 

Open by arrangement only.

Continuing in our "Hall of Kings series"......

The Royal Throne of the Bamum. 

The Bamum are a Bantu people whose origins are to be found on the southern reaches of the White Nile, in what is now Sudan and currently live in the western part of present day Cameroon.

The Carnivore restaurant invites all its guests to sit on the Royal Throne of the Bamum, place the Crown upon their head, and re-live the feel of the power of the ages.

The Heroes’ Bar at Kedar celebrates the heroes on both sides of the Anglo Boer War. Visitors will be amazed by the splendid oil painting collage, the unique chandeliers and other historic artefacts. Even the bar menu is themed around the War. The Heroes Bar offers a full range of local and imported beverages, cocktails and South African wines, an outdoor seating area and an indoor big screen TV for sports enthusiasts.

The 1000 square meter exhibition centre is fully air-conditioned and can comfortably accommodate 55 exhibitor stands of 3 x 3 and 3 x 2 square meters. 
The stand configuration is adaptable in design to suit individual requirements and is suitable for a variety of décor options including carpet, hessian, rattan and wooden flooring.

Captain FREDERICK COURTNEY SELOUS, D.S.O. 

This statue of Frederick Courtney Selous, with his four-bore black powder muzzle loader, was commissioned to celebrate the Carnivore Johannesburg’s 20th anniversary (1993 – 2013) 

The artist, ADAM MADEBE, has again stamped his mastery of his art on this wonderful sculpture. Selous, the mighty hunter and conservationist, has earned his place in African history.

This statue has been named “The Nimrod of southern Africa”.

Kedar country Lodge conference center and spa are

Building  the Jan Smuts Memorial  in preparation of Heritage day.

There is great excitement and happenings at Kedar.....

We are in the process of converting one of the historic buildings on the property in to a massive conferencing and functions venue.

The building and renovations will be completed by the beginning of September and we will be hosting our Heritage Celebrations in the new Campaign House.

Treatment of the week....

Aroma Spa Bath - A private Jacuzzi bath with aromatherapy foam bath soothes fatigued bodies and weary minds. 
What a nice way to end the week?

The exceptional Spa experience at Kedar is made even more memorable, with the choice of four exclusive therapy rooms...

The pool is placed and designed to allow the guest to relax, while overlooking the grasslands where the wild game graze on the sweet grasses of the area

Presidential Suite, as the name states…made for a President.

Our luxurious Presidential suites are the last word in luxury, comfort and style.

They include a private garden, patio/dining area under thatch, plunge pool, kitchenette, a beautifully furnished lounge area with authentic antique furniture, two en-suite bedrooms with a sunken bath and an outside shower.

Each room is equipped with a telephone, satellite television, tea and coffee-making facilities, a Jet Master fireplace and air-conditioning.

The room rate includes dinner at the world-renowned Carnivore Restaurant, a treatment at the Spa in the Country (bookings essential) and access to a fully stocked mini-bar which includes various bottles of house wine.

Our Boma outdoor venue seats 300 people and has proven to be most popular for informal parties and weddings. 

With its unique entrance set amid large indigenous trees, a central fire and a traditional outdoor cooking area, the Boma at Kedar offers a uniquely African ambience for relaxed informal buffets and braais, or for more formal functions. 

Open by arrangement only for special occasions. 

Circulation Shower Experience - 

This takes place within a private treatment area. 

You are provided with a nourishing mud scrub, which is self-applied. Whilst rinsing the mud scrub from the body the circulation booster shower heads provides a revitalising Hydro experience. 
Shea Butter is provided for you to apply after the shower treatment is complete. 1 hour

"NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA ”Madiba”, Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, at a village called Mvezo in the Transkei. 

As a small baby he and his mother moved to Qunu, the village he says holds his childhood memories. Thembu Kingdom.

Nelson Mandela is descended from King Tato, of the house of Thembu. His grandfather was the youngest son of King Ngubengcuka of Abathembu. His son (Nelson Mandela’s father) was Gadla Henry, who became Chief Mphakanyiswa of Mvezo. Nelson’s father was ousted from chieftainship by a magistrate, but this title has since been reinstated on his grandson, Mandla Zwelivelile.

Nelson Mandela completed his degree by correspondence through the University College of Fort Hare, and started to study law while working as a legal clerk.
He joined the ANC and helped transform it into a mass movement, striving for national freedom. In 1944, he helped found the ANC Youth League.
His conviction in the Rivonia Trial resulted in his sentence to life imprisonment. Here is the end of his famous statement from the dock at the Rivonia Trial:
“I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal, which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, most of them at Robben Island.
He was released on February 11, 1990.

A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first president of the democratic South Africa on May 10, 1994.
He was married to his third wife, Graca Machel, the former wife of the late President Samora Machel of Mozambique at the time of his passing.
Nelson Mandela has never wavered in his devotion to democracy, equality and learning.
Despite terrible provocation, he has never answered racism with racism.
His life has been an inspiration, in South Africa and throughout the world, to all who are oppressed and deprived, to all who are opposed to oppression ad deprivation.
His was a life that symbolises the triumph of the human spirit over man’s inhumanity to man.
Nelson Mandela passed away at his home in Johannesburg on 5 December 2013 after a long battle with lung disease.

Dedicated in the loving Memory of Helen Forsyth......

Embrace the tranquility of water features and beauty of Orchids in Helen's Orchid House.

The Spa in the Country at Kedar's reception area and shop are light and airy with great views across the dam. 

Perched on the dam wall are four exclusive treatment rooms, each overlooking the dam.

Continuing in our "Hall of Kings Series"...

"KING SHAKA, This is the story of Bayete U Shaka, undisputed warrior king of the mighty Zulu. He was the bastard son of a prince, a child of exile and the brunt of merciless taunts and bullying for many of his young years …. Until one day the runt of the tribe grew into a great warrior with fire in his heart – and vengeance in his soul. Shaka was with the army of Dingiswayo, King of the Nguni.

He was a strong, proud and fierce man. He was also an upstart and questioned the ways of war. He argued the idea of standing 50 paces from the enemy and lunging thin spears at them was foolish and cowardly. His arrogance and disobedience did not impress the elders – until he shook off those clumsy fighting sandals and raced swiftly up to the confused enemy, stabbing, stabbing, stabbing …

Shaka had a mouth that was filled with clever ideas and after spending several days with Ngonyama, the master craftsman of blades, he returned to the kraal with his new weapons of war – a short stabbing spear, the assegai, and a big shield that could hide a man completely. The elders were so impressed with the damage Shaka inflicted with his new weapons and vicious way of fighting that the Zulu army was ordered to follow his example.

Shaka was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of Dingiswayo’s army and soon became a king who was determined to carve the word “Zulu” across southern Africa and make the name “Shaka” whispered with fear and roared with respect. Shaka hated anything inferior and anyone who joined his army either passed his strict code of discipline and became an impi, or failed and paid with his life. He ordered the army to throw away their sandals which was greeted with cries of disbelief. He immediately had the parade ground scattered with “nkunzanas”- three-pronged devil thorns – and the army had to stomp them into the ground until their feet decided to grow their own sandals.

He also devised a clever new way of fighting – the “ox horn” formation for his impis which would encircle and trap the enemy while the main body of warriors charged in and massacred the enemy, their war chant striking terror into the bravest of hearts. In less than 12 years, Shaka turned the 100 square kilometre domain of the Zulu nation into a 2 million square kilometre empire.

Misty Hills is the perfect retreat for conference delegates seeking tranquility, comfortable accommodation and friendly, personal service.

Pelindaba, one of our biggest conference rooms seating up to 800 pax cinema style, book your conference now to avoid disappointment

This outstanding mural was painted by Dean Kelly of X-Men, Artists with Special Powers.

He has worked on numerous commissions for casinos around South Africa, as well as advertising campaigns, portraits and murals, with the Soweto and Bloemfontein towers being the most recognized. 

He has a keen interest in military history, specifically the Boer War, which has inspired many military and bush war paintings. ...

Kedar is the perfect retreat for conference delegates seeking peaceful surroundings, comfortable accommodation and friendly, personal service.

Kedar offers a number of versatile conference and events venues; the largest being Boekenhoutfontein, which can accommodate up to 150 delegates in cinema-style seating

Many of the sculptures at Kedar have been created by the master sculptor Adam Madebe. 
These include the lifesize elephant at the main gate. 
In the next few weeks we will be showcasing this amazing artist and all his works at Kedar.