Former World-Class SA Hotel and Golf Resort in Ruins

Former world-class SA hotel and golf resort in ruins

Once a jewel in South Africa’s coastal tourism crown, the Fish River Sun Hotel and Golf Resort – developed by the late Sol Kerzner and opened in 1989 – now stands in ruins, its once-pristine Gary Player-designed golf course overgrown and its hotel gutted after years of neglect, legal disputes, and violent looting. Located along the Eastern Cape’s Sunshine Coast between the Great Fish River and Old Woman’s River, the Fish River Sun was built in …

Former world-class hotel and golf course in South Africa in ruins after land claim