John Jack Inn Accommodation in Chrissiesmeer - BEST Getaways

John Jack Inn Accommodation

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John Jack Inn Accommodation

John Jack Accommodation consists of the following to cater for all tastes and needs: • The Inn The Inn - has seven spacious rooms with the bathrooms on-suite, each room has TV with DSTV, a coffee station, a fireplace and a limited amount of firewood is supplied. Room service is available.

Area Info

Situated in the very heart of South Africa’s lake district is the historic town of Chrissiesmeer, otherwise known as Lake Chrissie. Lake Chrissie, is the largest inland freshwater lake in South Africa. It is said that the Chrissiesmeer area was first inhabited by the San thousands of years ago. The San left an abundance of fascinating rock art and engravings on the walls of their shelters as evidence of their presence.
In 1800’s, Scottish families settled in the area following a deal with the then “Transvaal Republic”. Many of their amazing sandstonebuildings are still in use today and can be visited. There are also numerous sandstone bridges and other ruins dotted along the countryside that can be viewed. This cosy and usually sleepy town “wakes up” four times a year for the now famous Frog Festival; Crane Festival; WildFlower Festival as well as the Ocober Craft Liquor Festival where exhibitors of small batch and hand-crafted beers, gins and other liquors display their craft.
The town is surrounded by more than 270 lakes and pans. These shimmering lakes lure more than 20 000 flamingos each year and is quite an awe-inspiring encounter to witness! Interestingly, in Siswati, this area is also known as Matotoland, meaning ’frog land‘. It comes as no surprise then that Chrissiesmeer hosts the annual ‘Frog Festival ’ event. Every year hundreds of visitors and residents grab their wellies and raincoats and scramble in the mud after frogs in support of scientific research (and of course for the wine and dinner afterwards) !