Piggs Peak Hotel and Casino is strategically located in the northern part of Swaziland and is set in a large, lush and beautiful Pine Forest with manicured garden lawns, atop the majestic lofty mountainous peaks of the tiny Kingdom. It is within a reasonable driving distance of 30km from Jeppes Reef/Matsamo Border leading to the Kruger National Park.
Conferencing Facilities At Piggs Peak Hotel
Piggs Peak Hotel has a range of conferencing facilities.
Our 104 rooms include 89 luxury standard rooms, 7 large corner rooms, and 8 executive suites. Piggs Peak Hotel guarantees a pleasant and relaxing stay for every guest.
Each room has a tea and coffee station, the en-suite has a bath with shower and a full range of bathroom amenities. All rooms have a private balcony for enjoying the endless views and are equipped with TVs, air conditioning, and free WiFi, ensuring comfort and convenience. The large corner rooms also have the option of creating a ”family suite” with private interleading doors.
With five different rooms, we can cater for 160 delegates seated in a ” School Room” style and extend that to 220 delegates in a “cinema-style setting”. Rooms can be configured for smaller groups, as well as offering break-away venues.
Our facilities include projection equipment, wifi for delegates and all the professional banqueting support needed for efficient events.
Whether you are a professional conference organiser looking for a new venue, or you are organising a get-together for your colleagues – talk to us today about a package that suits your needs, as well as your budget.
Piggs Peak is the only settlement of any size in North West Eswatini. The town’s name is often Africanised in local parlance to ‘Spiggy-Speegy’, or even just ‘Spiggy’. Whatever its pronunciation, it derives from the French prospector William Pigg, whose son, ironically, went on to marry a girl with the surname Hogg. Pigg made his fortune not in bacon but gold, after discovering a reef in the nearby hills in 1884. His ‘peak’ was the nearby summit of Emlembe, Eswatini’s highest mountain.
As mining developed in the region – first gold and then asbestos – the intersection of the Bulembu supply road with the Mbabane–Matsamo corridor became a local hub, offering services to settlers. This was the origin of today’s town, and also its entry route for tourists.
The gold mine was once the most important in Eswatini. By the time it was exhausted in 1954, however, it had already been surpassed by the more profitable Havelock asbestos mine at Bulembu. Today forestry has long since eclipsed mining as the main local industry. The town is also known for its large hotel and casino, splendidly situated on the crest of a ridge 10km north of town and is just a few kilometres away from the old mining town of Bulembu, the ancient rock paintings of Nsangwini, and Phophonyane Nature Reserve.
The Peak Fine Craft Centre, just north of the hotel, is indisputably Eswatini’s most scenic handicrafts outlet. It centres upon the workshop and boutique of Coral Stephens Hand Weaving, an impressive family enterprise, whose mohair curtains, carpets and other products are exported worldwide. Other craft outlets include sisal weaving (Tintsaba), jewellery, ceramics and stone carving. The craft centre has a restaurant offering spectacular views over the surrounding area.
