I find it very hard to describe the experience my family and I had during our stay. The searing heat and mosquitos coupled with the noisiest aircon units which blew about as much air as the equivalent of having someone blowing air at you through a straw made sleep entirely impossible. I would definately recommend this hotel for those who have a sense of humour , the atmosphere was creepy and I was afraid to leave my children alone and unaccompanied due in part to the agressive parrot and one particluar member of staff who kept looking at my daughter in a strange way - I couldnt figure out if he was cross eyed or had a thing for her - either way not really what you want.

Clanwilliam is the perfect base to explore the cedermountains. And the Saint Du Barrys is the perfect guesthouse to stay there. Among a huge fig tree, we found wonderful hosts, a nice cottage with perfect interior, an excellent breakfast and a grey parrot, named Ramius, which makes his comments to all guests. In spite of 42° C heat, our hosts could give us a lot of ideas for an itinerary, which was very interesting and makeable. And, just to mention it, you can reach a good restaurant nearby and the town centre by foot easily.

It is worth visiting Clanwilliam just to stay in Saint du Barrys. Which we did for 2 nights, original intention being walking in Cederberg. However 46 degrees heat kept us in the garden or in an airconditioned bedroom.Joan and Wally were exceptional hosts and the multilingual grey parrot provided wonderful entertainment.Yet another b&b to which we would love to return and will.

We travelled on the Intercape coach from Cape Town and arrived at Clan William at approx. Midnight. We were met by our host and hostess and driven to their Guest house. We were invited to have some refreshments, but declined as we were ready for bed! Our host and hostess couldn't have been kinder during our stay, nothing was too much trouble.
The room was very clean and had a comfortable bed. The mini bar was well stocked and there was a TV with freeview. The aircon was a a real boon in this hot summer.