DoppelReiter Reisen -- Holidays on a sheep farm in the karoo / South Africa

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Holidays on a sheep farm in the Karoo / South Africa

Experience a breathtaking wideness and unique sunsets...

With a glass of wine in your hand you are settling back on one of the red shimmering hills of the Karoo. You are watching the sun, which is visibly approaching the distant horizon. Far away you see a dust cloud, that must be caused by a car. Slowly the sun disappears behind the horizon and during the next minutes you watch a fantastic play of colours in the sky...

Pure South African Karoo...

Karoo

lamb

windmill

guestroom

bathroom

For visitors of South Africa, who would like to get to know the semi-desert north of Cape Town, we offer a family run sheep farm in the Karoo with very comfortable guest rooms. You are in very good hands here and you can participate in the life of a farmer`s family. Your hosts are a german-south african couple with their three kids, who grow up bilingual (german – cape dutch). All of them are always happy to have guests at their farm – kids are very welcome as well!

There are two ways of spending the holidays on the farm. Either you chose the “relax-holidays” and organize your days the way you like to or you book the „working-sheep-holidays“ and participate in the everyday working life on a sheep farm. The work includes (always depending on the season) rounding up the sheep, counting, vaccinating, shearing and deworming them, controlling the watering places, reparing fences or caring for the lambs. But the fun isn’t missed out and there is still enough time to relax! Riders can spent some working time in the saddle in the context of the working-sheep-progrm (at least twice a week); possible tasks might be controlling the watering places and fences, searching missing animals or checking young lambs.

A stay on the farm generally includes full board. Discover a german-south african cuisine with homemade marmelade, freshly baked bread, fruit and vegetables from the farm, eggs from the own chicken as well as meat produced here. Furthermore the farm is equipped with an own spring, whose crystal clear water was tested and classified as drinking water.

There is a dam (natural swimming pool) and a concrete tennis court at your disposal. Furthermore you have the possibility of taking riding lessons or to go for a ride into the surrounding area. Very popular is the jeep-tour in the evening to experience the legendary sunset or the excursion onto the bushman’ s hill with a barbecue and an overnight stay.

Besides the horses there are more animals looking forward to your visit: a dog, cats, donkeys and certainly lots of sheep!

In the surroundings live numerous wild animals like antelopes, porcupines, aardvarks, turtles, jackals, eagles, vultures, rabbits, kudus, long-tailed monkeys and dassies, which are similar to the marmots. In addition there are more than 200 kinds of birds to discover!

Possible destinations for excursions are the towns Loxton, Fraserburg or Beaufort West. Near Beaufort West the Karoo national park is located, in which you can see roaming zebras, rhinos, ostriches and monkeys.

Your host Nicole is always happy to help you with more tips for excursions!

Location of the farm / distances:

Loxton: 30 km
Fraserburg: 70 km
Beaufort West 150 km
Cape Town (nearest international airport): 600 km

For more impressions visit our gallery "south africa"!

Prices 2010:

You can start your stay every day of the week.

	Adults	Children 7-14 years
Relax holidays	€ 50,-- per night	€ 25,-- per night
Working-sheep-holidays	€ 40,-- per night

We don’t charge a single supplement.
Children younger than 7 years stay for free.

Included in the price:

Accomodation in one of the two guests rooms with private bathroom
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Non alcoholic drinks
Daily cleaning of the room
On Mondays you can let your laundry be done free of charge.
1 Excursion onto the bushman´s hill with overnight stay per holiday (if you stay at least one week)
english speaking hosts
a voucher from the insolvency insurance

Possible additional costs:

Alcoholic drinks
Sundowner-tour in the evening: € 15,-- for adults (a glass of wine included) / € 5,-- for kids
Horseback riding (after a mandatory 2-hours lesson for € 30,--): € 15,-- per hour (lesson) or € 10,-- per hour
(ride through the countryside)
Excursion onto the bushman´s hill with overnight stay: € 20,-- per group (transportation costs)
on request possible: facial (about 45 to 60 minutes, cleaning, face mask, etc.): € 20,--

One excursion onto the bushman´s hill per holiday (minimum a one week stay) is included, so we only charge this fee to visitors with shorter stays.
The additional costs are paid on the day of departure either in Euros or in South African Rands.

On Wednesdays the guests can join their hosts visiting a farm in the neighbourhood (free of charge), where it is possible to play sqash.

Regarding the journey:
Usually you can arrive at Cape Town airport nonstop either with your national airline or with South African Airways. There can be alternative offers from different airlines with stopovers.
From Cape Town you can either take a rental car or take the public bus to Victoria West, where you are picked up (cost for the pick-up: € 50,-- one way; Victoria West is 110 km away from the farm.). Notice: a pick-up from Victoria West can only be organized for guests, who stay at least two weeks on the farm. We recommend to take a rental car anyway. We would be pleased to answer further questions and to give additional information!
In case of taking a rental car during your drive to the farm you have the possibility to stay overnight in the beautiful town Matjesfontein. We are happy to do a reservation for you!

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