So, if you want all the comfort and convenience of a big city hotel, but relish the attention and friendliness of small town hospitality, you'll find it all at the Protea Hotel Diamond Lodge.

Protea Hotel Diamond Lodge - A cut above the rest.

Sporting and leisure activities include tennis, squash and bowls 2km away, a golf course 8km away.

Situated at the geographical centre of South Africa, there is something for everybody either in the city or in the immediate vacinity. One of the most popular attractions is the Big Hole and Museum. If your interest is History, especially the Angle Boer War, there are plenty of stories to be heard here. The William Humphreys Art Gallery houses various South African collections, as well as Flemish and Dutch masters of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Other attractions incude Digger's Rest, the tabacconist shop where Perilly produced his hand-made cigarettes and Barney Barnato's Boxing Academy. Steam locomotive fans will have a field day when when they visit the Beaconsfield Marshalling yards where a few of these beauties can be seen.

Travel to the Mine Museum in style on the Kimberley Tram - visitors are treated to some noteworthy sites and the tram stops outside the oldest pub in Kimberley, the Star of the West.