Geelbek Restaurant in the West Coast National Park is celebrating 150 years of the building, built in 1860 for the second time.

It is a National Monument and hosts our restaurant which serves traditional food, local wine of the area and  warm West Coast hospitality.

We would like to celebrate food, wine and culture and the history of this historical farm.

You are herewith invited to be a special guest at our function and would hope to see you here.  Please see the detail on our invite.

Interesting facts of Geelbek

• Geelbek is the home of Eve’s Footprint- a replica of the oldest human footprint  ( 117 000 years) ever found;
• 1673- 10 000 pound of fish was shipped every month to the Cape to feed the slaves and soldiers- all coming from Geelbek area and around;
• 1708- a soldier from Oudepos in Kraalbay was killed by an elephant at Geelbekkefontein;
• 1 July 1711- a second contract was given to the Saldnahavaarders to scrape salt from the saltpans at Geelbekkefontein; Salt was an important ingredient to preserve food;
• 1744 – first house was built on the Geelbekkefontein farm;
•  1761-Heufke built the main house, but it was burnt down by postholder Stoberg, when the British invaded the Bay and seven buildings went up in flames, with drawings and studies of the naturalist Le Valliant;
• 1785- VOC beacon was planted by the Dutch for the second time at Geelbek to form the most northerly boundary of the VOC;
• 1920 Geelbek had the largest wine cellar in the country, not because of wine production but the Governor General, Henry de Villiers Steytler, used Geelbek to store his vast amounts of wine;
• Steytler barged the lagoon to bring ships with his friends to the shore and many parties were held at this beautiful homestead, which notoriously could last for a week of more.