Select South African farms

South Africa Farms

Below are summaries of the farms described on this website.  If you have not read already the section on botanizing on these farms you should do so first here.

A Google Earth kmz file can be seen here (download the file to use in Google Earth) to see the locations in Google Earth of each place.  This has some advantages over looking at them in Google Maps, which are also included below and in the description of each location.  Click on the  yellow pins to see the name of the locations.

farms

You can click on the names of each farm below to go to their respective descriptions.  A short version of all of the farms is here.

Morewag Guest farm

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Views from our cottage at Morewag guest farm.

Verbe Farm                          

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Rosario photographing the landscapes at Verbe farm.
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Not a farm but fairly close to the Verbe farm near the Kamieskroon area.  This is Namaqualand in bloom at Namaqualand National Park.  This was towards the end of their flowering season!
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Mike and Tylecodon paniculatum at Verbe farm.

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These lizards were abundant in the rocky areas at Verbe farm.

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Conophytum pelucidum at Verbe farm near Kamieskroon, Namaqualand.

 

Lankverwacht guestfarm

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Our beloved cottage at Lankverwacht Farm near Vanrrhynsdorp.

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Crassula barklyi, one of the many succulents found walking distance from our Lankverwacht farm cottage.
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Many farms are good locations for astronomical observing.  Shown here the Milky Way and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds taken with our camera at the Lankverwacht farm.

 

Maskam Guest Farm

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The views from our cottage were impressive.

 

Wagendrift Lodge

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Rosario next to our room.

Sunbird Lodge and Fynbos Reserve

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Views of the reserve.

The Place                             

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Flowers at “The Place”, near Ladismith in the Little Karoo.

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Gibbaeum heathii at “The Place”.

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Gibbaeum pilosulum at “The Place”.

River View Cottages         

Aloe ferox forest at River View Cottages Farm

Redstone Hills Guest Farm                   

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Our large cottage surrounded by hills and nice vegetation.

Meijer’s Rust Farm                      

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Impressive landscapes and many succulents in this habitat.

Zuurberg Mountain Village           

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The lodge

 

Mansfield Private Reserve

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Eagle View cottage with spectacular views at Mansfield Private Game Reserve.

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Euphorbia triangularis at Mansfield Private Game Reserve near Port Alfred.