Mzanzitravel Magazine - Issue 9

Closer to the Garden Route of the Southern Cape is Oudebosch Guest Farm, a
working sheep farm in the Riversdale district. You can watch the farm workers
going about their daily tasks, venture up into the nearby mountains covered in
fynbos and Proteas, go horse riding, do some mountain biking or drift around the
farm dam in a canoe.
Rainbow Lodge, a beautiful small farm in the heart of Mpumalanga near the towns
of Dullstroom and Belfast, and only about two hours’ drive from Gauteng. The
Lodge has dams well stocked with rainbow trout and black bass, and is close to
most of Mpumalanga’s scenic attractions.
In the Oudtshoorn district visitors have a choice of working ostrich farms on which
to stay. One such a guest farm in this district is the Klipheuwel Country House,
a grand old late Victorian farm homestead that dates back to the heyday of the
ostrich feather boom of the early 1900s. It is a working ostrich farm, just 7 minutes’
drive from Oudtshoorn, close to the mountains that separate the Little Karoo from
the coast.
If it’s the quiet country life of the Langkloof, along the eastern Route 62, and the
fresh smell of fruit orchards you desire, Grootnek Guest Farm near the tiny town
of Joubertina may be just the thing. The farm has three quaint, self-catering,
fully equipped cottages set among the orchards, from where you can explore the
surrounding fynbos on foot or horseback.
For trout fishing enthusiasts there are a variety of guest farms such as the
Further north, located near Piet Retief close to the border with Swaziland, you can
escape the city life in the quiet tranquillity of the forest-covered Emahlathini Guest
Farm. The farm offers self-catering accommodation, mountain hikes, walks in the
plantations, mountain-biking and catch-and-release fishing.
Travelling through KwaZulu-Natal you will be spoilt for choice. For instance,
Ardmore Guest Farm is situated in the scenic Champagne Valley in the Central
Drakensberg. From the farm, where guests stay in thatched cottages and
rondavels, you have stunning views of the Drakensberg and the three highest
peaks in South Africa - Mafadi, Injisuti Dome and Champagne Castle . Wake up
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