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Map to Hawksrest

GPS Co-ordinates:     S 29° 47' 42" | E 30° 47' 22"


Directions

« From Durban to Hawks Rest »
  1. Take the western freeway, N3, out of Durban, heading west towards Pietermaritzburg.
  2. Pass the huge Pavilion shopping centre on your left, and Westville. Keep in the centre or left lane. Travel for approximately five kilometers and you will find yourself on a large bridge with a large white block of flats ahead to your left.
  3. Just after the Paradise Valley Bridge the freeway will split, left to the M13 and Pinetown and straight ahead for the N3 toll road.
  4. Take the M13, which is similar to a freeway offramp. Drive past the St Johns offramp.
  5. Drive past Pinetown( you will see caravans and boats on your left and right).
  6. Drive up Field's Hill (Go past Jerome Drive, Exit 22 and Exit 23). At the top of the Hill you will go under a bridge and pass John Dory's Restaurant on your left, as well as the Delcairn Centre (Woolworths, Standard Bank, etc).
  7. Drive through Kloof and you will see the Kloof County Club golf course on your left. Drive past the Old Main Road / Abrey Road off ramp (Exit 24).
  8. Pass the Maytime Shopping Centre on your left and simultaneously drive under an overhead pedestrian bridge.
  9. Take the next off ramp, exit 26, "Everton Road / Gillitts". At the top of the off ramp you will get to a set of traffic lights. Drive straight through and Hawks Rest is 1.7 km from these traffic lights. Do not turn left or right.
  10. You will now be in Old Main road, which runs parallel to the M13 freeway. Drive past Longwood road and Blue Gum road and you will come to a line of trees beside the road.
  11. Continue on past a double storey shopping centre on your left.
  12. Pass Hamilton Crescent on your right and Stockville road & Gillitts Hardware on your left.
  13. Pass the Fire Station and Police Station on your left. Pass Moyeni Road on your left.
  14. You will pass a Caltex fuel station and then Clifton Road, also on your left.
  15. Remain on Old Main Road. We are the second house on the left after Clifton Road, (17 Old Main road, Gillitts) with two hawks on the gate posts. These will normally be lit up at night.
  16. Outside our gate is a white, reflective, 1000 Hills Experience sign as well as a brown "Hawks Rest B & B" sign.
  17. Press the buzzer and drive up the driveway to the right of the house, to the back. Drive up the ramp onto the tennis court & park in such a way that other cars can park & get in and out without obstruction.
  18. If you are a late arrival (ie. after 8.00pm) please do not buzz at the gate as it will wake up other guests. Please rather phone Brian on
    083 2595 882 & he will let you in.
  19. If you get lost please contact us on the phone numbers below.


« From King Shaka International Airport »
  1. As you exit the airport parking you will see a sign: exit N2 / R102 / N2 (S) Durban / N2 (T)
  2. Head towards the exit / N2
  3. Pass a sign: Toll plaza 1.8km
  4. Pass a sign: Durban / Pietermaritzburg (N3)
  5. Drive through the toll booth towards Durban , ie South
  6. After the toll booth the road feeds onto the N2 South freeway , heading south towards Durban
  7. Pass a sign: Verulam / Umdloti
  8. Pass another sign: Verulam / Umdloti
  9. Pass a sign: Sibaya Drive
  10. Pass a sign: M41 Mt Edgecombe / Phoenix (North) / Umhlanga
  11. Pass a sign: Kwamashu / R102
  12. Pass a sign: Inanda Road / M25
  13. Go under a sign saying: Port Shepstone / N2 Pietermaritzburg / N3
  14. Pass a sign: Queen Nandi drive / M45
  15. Go past the Total garages / petroports
  16. Stay on the main freeway , ie Port Shepstone / N2
  17. Pass through an industrial / commercial area
  18. Barlow caterpillar machinery will be on your left and Discovery will be on your right
  19. Pass a sign saying: M21 / Inanda Road M19 / Umgeni Road
  20. Stay on the freeway ie: N2 Port Shepstone N3 Pietermaritzburg
  21. You will pass a brick sales yard on your right and go under a very high bridge
  22. Start moving across to the left hand lane and you will see a shopping centre next to the freeway on the right hand side.
  23. Slow down and take exit 165: Johannesburg / Pietermaritzburg / Durban
  24. As you take the offramp get into the right hand lane, since the off ramp will split again, and you must take the right hand split, ie the N3 / Pietermaritzburg / Johannesburg split
  25. You will then be approaching a multi-level interchange and will find yourself going under it, turning right and changing direction from south to west.
  26. You are now driving away from Durban central and towards Pietermaritzburg and Johannesburg.
  27. Pass a sign: St James Avenue / Spine Road / M32
  28. You will see a huge shopping centre to your left, the Pavilion, with several large, glass towers
  29. You are now on the N3 highway heading west
  30. After about 8km move into the left lane
  31. Take the following exit: exit 17 / M13 / Pinetown / Pietermaritzburg
  32. Pass a sign: M5 / Stapleton Road / New Germany
  33. Pass a sign: M19 / St Johns / M7 / Queensburgh
  34. Pass a sign: M13 / Kloof
  35. Pass a sign: M1 / Joshua Gumede / M31 / Richmond Road
  36. You will see caravans and boats on both sides of the road
  37. You will start climbing a hill and the road winds a bit, this is Field's Hill
  38. Pass a sign: M39 / Village Road / Pioneer Road
  39. Pass a sign: M13 / Gillitts
  40. Pass a sign: M33 / Village Road / Kloof
  41. Pass a sign: Exit 24 / Old Main Road / Abrey Road
  42. Take the next exit: Exit 26 / Everton Road / Gillitts
  43. At the top of the off-ramp will be a set of robots / traffic lights-go straight through them.
  44. Pass Longwood Road
  45. Pass Bluegum Crescent
  46. Pass Stockville Road at Gillitts Hardware
  47. Pass Bartle Road
  48. Pass fire station / police station
  49. Pass Caltex fuel station
  50. Pass Clifton Road and slow down
  51. We are the second driveway on the left after Clifton Road
  52. You will see the sign outside our gate , "Hawks Rest"
  53. During the day , ring the gate and drive up to the right of the house and park on the tennis court
  54. At night , do not ring the gate as guest will be woken up.
  55. Phone Brian on 0832595882 , and he will let you in.
  56. Similarly drive up and park on the tennis court


« From Pietermaritzburg to Hawks Rest »
  1. Having passed through Pietermaritzburg,Cato Ridge and Hammarsdale on the N3 you will ascend Key Ridge, a long steep hill that starts 4km after the Hammarsdale off-ramp.
  2. At the top of key ridge the freeway splits into two, the right hand lanes remain the N3 and head towards Durban as a toll road.
  3. The left hand lanes become exit 35, marked as M13A Hillcrest / Durban.
  4. Take this Exit 35
  5. Drive past the next exit, Exit 33, which says Shongweni/ Assegai/ Hillcrest West
  6. Drive past the next exit, Exit 31, which says Hillcrest
  7. You will wind up and down a hill and past a small dam on your left.
  8. Take the next exit, Exit 28, which says Gillitts/ Old Main Road/ Hillcrest.
  9. As you approach the top of the off-ramp you will come to a stop street.
  10. At the stop street, turn right towards Winston Park, which is signposted.
  11. You will cross over the freeway on a bridge and will come to a set of traffic lights.
  12. Drive through the traffic lights and you will then have a BP fuel station on your left
  13. At the next traffic lights / yield sign, you will see a brown and white signboard pointing left to Hawks Rest B & B. Turn left into an avenue of Elm trees. This is Old Main Road, Gillitts.
  14. After going through a sharp right hand bend you will be travelling parallel to the M13 freeway, in Old Main Road.
  15. We are situated at number 17 on the right hand side,(a light-brown double-storey building), about 500 m from the sharp bend, with two hawks on the gate posts, and three former garages that can be seen from the gate. The hawks will normally be lit up at night.
  16. Outside our gate is a white 1000 Hills Experience sign, as well as a brown "Hawks Rest B & B " sign.
  17. If you pass a Caltex garage you have gone too far.
  18. Press the buzzer and drive up the driveway to the right of the house, to the back. Drive up the ramp onto the tennis court & park in such a way that other cars can park & get in and out without obstruction.
  19. If you are a late arrival (ie. after 8.00pm) please do not buzz at the gate as it will wake up other guests. Please rather phone Brian on
    083 2595 882 & he will let you in.
  20. Welcome to Hawks Rest.
  21. If you get lost please contact us on the phone numbers below.

Contact Details

Reservations: +27 - 31-7674013 (local calls 031-7674013)
Internet enquiries: brian@hawksrest.co.za
Mobile - Brian: +27 - 832595882 (local calls 0832595882)
Physical address: 17 Old Main Road, Gillitts, 3610, South Africa
GPS Co-ordinates: S 29° 47' 42" | E 30° 47' 22"
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