Blommekloof Country Cottages

Total number of units available: 2

Blommekloof Country Cottages – off the grid, cosy, comfortable, clean, and fully equipped. No TVs, though. No cell phone reception. So you’re set for a perfect break.

SUNFLOWER COTTAGE:

• 2 bedrooms – one with a double bed (you’ll go nuts for the brass headboards), and one with two single beds. (We can also move in a double bed or bunk beds on request.)
• 1 bathroom with bath and shower.
• Open-plan living and lounge area with wood-burning fireplace.
• Fully equipped kitchen and dining area with crockery and cutlery for 4 or more people, and gas-powered stove.
• Covered patio with braai area.

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OLD COTTAGE:

• 3 Bedrooms – two with double beds, one with two single beds. There’s an additional double sleeper couch in the lounge, so the house sleeps a maximum of eight. The cottage is also equipped with a cot for tiny babies, and additional bunk beds if you’re bringing loads of kids.
• 3 Bathrooms – two have showers, and our new bathroom (added 2016) has a shower and a bath
• Lounge – a fireplace, a library, and cupboard full of games (perfect for a long, quiet evening, or for snuggling in on a rainy, wintery day)
• Kitchen – very well equipped for cooking; cutlery and crockery for eight or more people
• Dining room
• Covered patio with braai area and outdoor dining table

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We’re now off the grid – so no hairdryers, please…

Service:

• Fresh linen and towels are provided – and we’ll freshen them up if you’re staying longer than a week.
• We want you to enjoy your privacy, so we don’t provide cleaning services during your stay – but we can arrange them at a fee.

Supplies:

• Firewood and braai-wood are supplied free of charge.
• Fresh farm milk and eggs are available on site.
• We suggest you bring the bulk of your groceries with you, but the Ruiterbos Farm Stall – 8 km from Blommekloof – carries a range of basic supplies. It’s a general dealer, craft market and restaurant with pizzeria.

Pets:
Well behaved dogs, cats, parrots, goldfish – everyone’s welcome here at Blommekloof, but please contact us before you arrive to discuss your furry friend’s requirements. (And yes, we do have our own farm dogs – two friendly Ridgebacks and a little Jack Russell).
Sunflower Cottage is surrounded by a low fence (1.2 metres).

Explore the Garden Route Coast from your base at Blommekloof.

It’s called the Garden Route because it truly is nature’s garden: a loosely-defined, oblong strip of coast between the Indian Ocean and the Outeniqua Mountains that stretches from somewhere west of Mossel Bay to somewhere east of Plettenberg Bay.

The only part of Africa that receives rainfall throughout the year, the Garden Route is an area of transition between the Mediterranean climate of Cape Town and the Western Cape Province, and the summer rainfall regions to the north and east of us – which explains why it contains the largest stands of evergreen forest in South Africa (the famously mysterious Knysna Forests), as well as some of the country’s finest stands of fynbos (Cape macchia – a group of over 6,000 plants that includes hundreds of species of proteas, ericas, Cape reeds, bulbs, and bulb-like plants).

And, with more than 120,000 hectares under the management of South African National Parks (the Garden Route National Park) – and tens of thousands under provincial and private conservation management – the Garden Route is also one of South Africa’s favourite outdoor playgrounds.