From R1150 to R1690, depending on unit, guests and time of year
A picturesque smallholding just outside Swellendam, Hermitage Huisies has a certain quality that many guests find irresistible.
There are four cottages, the original Rose Cottage, and its younger sibling, River Cottage. These have now been joined by two brand new studio units, Aardvarks Burrow and Guinea Fowl.
Rose Cottage is a century-old farm cottage made postcard-perfect by the milieu of flowers, horses, quarrelsome ducks bobbing on a dam, green fields and dramatic mountains. Inside, Rose has two bedrooms with a double bed, two single beds and a comfortable sofa bed in front of the indoor fireplace. There is a flat-screen TV, so feel free to bring the decoder along.
Sitting on its own, about 200m down the way is River Cottage. Again, the setting is pastoral bliss: a trickling stream fringed with arum lilies, cropped green grass, a shady avocado tree, a braai spot made of pebbles, frolicking horses, a vista of green meadows and Langeberg peaks. River Cottage features one bedroom with double bed, and a comfortable sofa bed in front of the indoor fireplace.
Guinea Fowl and Aardvarks Burrow are two pretty studio units. Both have open-plan living/sleeping areas featuring Queen beds (plus a sofa bed in Aardvarks), spacious showers, private patios and those magnificent views spilling out all over the place. If have to, there's also free WiFi on tap.
All of the cottages have luxury pocket spring mattresses, 200-thread count linen, towels, private braai areas and seating, and tea/coffee facilities - talk about luxury!
The smallholding itself occupies a hub of potential activity, with horse riding lessons, berry picking in season and liqueur and deli tasting at the adjacent Wildebraam Cellar - not to mention a refreshing dip in the newly built swimming pool! Swellendam is just over the hill, yet conveniently out of sight. The local golf course is within walking distance and the beautiful Marloth Nature Reserve is a mile or two along the dirt road (by bike, foot or car).
If all this sounds like just too much hard work, do as so many before you have done – toss bread to the Indian Runner ducks.
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