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The farm, two hours from Cape Town, has five fully equipped self-catering cottages for hire. They are tastefully furnished and supplied with bed linen (100% percale cotton), towels, coffee and tea, and each has a fully equipped kitchen with dishwashing and cleaning material. Each cottage has an indoor fire place for winter (it snows on the farm from time to time!) and an outside braai area. For the summertime two cottages have private swimming pools and there is both a communal pool and a pristine dam for general use.
Price @ from R 245 per person per Night
Hundreds of years ago nomadic herders camped at a fountain while crossing the mountains to the plains. Inevitably they dropped pumkin (pampoen) seeds which proliferated giving the area its name.
The farm, two hours from Cape Town, has five fully equipped self-catering cottages for hire. They are tastefully furnished and supplied with bed linen (100% percale cotton), towels, coffee and tea, and each has a fully equipped kitchen with dishwashing and cleaning material. Each cottage has an indoor fire place for winter (it snows on the farm from time to time!) and an outside braai area. For the summertime two cottages have private swimming pools and there is both a communal pool and a pristine dam for general use.
Accommodation
Restio
The outer shell is built from local stone, the interior is modern, comfortable and tastefully furnished. The private rim flow pool is set against a typical Cederberg backdrop of fynbos covered mountains making Restio a unique getaway experience. 4 Double bedrooms ( 3 en suite)
Heron House
This was the owners’ private house which is now available for hire. It is comfortably furnished, has a generous covered patio, and looks out over a private pool onto the Olifantsrivier valley, some 15 kilometers below. Heron sleeps 8 people in 4 twin bedrooms.
Protea
Set against a sandstone kopje, this cottage has two bedrooms, a separate kitchen, dining room and living room with a sofa bed. It also has a generous verandah with stunning views. It sleeps seven (eight at a push!)
Pelargonium
This all wood cottage is nestled up against fynbos covered kopje teeming with dassies and birds. Grey Rhebok and klipspringer are often seen close by. The main bedroom opens onto an entertainment deck with stunning views over the Olifants river valley.
Lilly
A quaint A-frame wooden chalet looking over a lilly covered dam to the Olifantsrivier valley. Perfect for 2 – 4 people.
Activities
Walking & Cycling
We have several paths through our 400 hectare farm. They lead through fynbos covered mountains and invariably reveal magnificent views. The cycling paths vary from rough fire paths to the pass which is tarred but steep. It is possible to walk for several several kilometers on the public roads on the mountain, from the farm to the beginning of the Groot Winterhoek Reserve.
Swimming
In the summer months our guests enjoy either their private pools (Heron House & Restio) or the communal pool or Temptation Dam. The dam, with its sandy edges and warm shallows, is ideal for children.
Fauna
It is well known that the Cape Floristic Region is one of the most biologically diverse areas on earth, home to over 9,000 species. The Groot Winterhoek Mountains, and especially the Reserve, are considered a vital sanctuary to the preservation of many endemic species, some of which are threatened. The variety is staggering – it is said that on every day of the year a different species starts flowering! Since acquiring Pampoen Fontein in 2000 the owners have cleared aprox. 350 hectares of alien plant species – thousands of man hours are still spent each year removing regrowth. Flower viewing is best from August to November when the bulbs are in flower – but from June to December proteas and pincushions are prolific, while from November to February the ericas are in bloom.
Animals
Rhebok are prolific – often seen grazing around the cottages in the early morning and evening. There’s a colony of dassies in the kopjie near Protea and Pelargonium. Klip Springer are often seen when walking among the rocks and evidence of the elusive mountain leopard is common: we once found a rhebok carcass wedged in a tree near Protea cottage.
Rates
Restio
R245.00/adult/night. R182.00/child/night (2-12 yrs). Minimum rate of R1,315.00/night. Maximum 8 people. R100.00 extra for 1 night bookings.
Heron:
R245.00/adult/night. R182.00/child/night (2-12 yrs). Minimum rate of R1,315.00/night. Maximum 8 people. R100.00 extra for 1 night bookings.
Protea
R860.00/night for 6 people. Extra people R182.00/night. Maximum 8 people. R100.00 extra for 1 night bookings.
Pelargonium
R860.00/night for 6 people. Extra people R182.00/ night. Maximum 8 people. R100.00 extra for 1 night bookings.
Lilly
R710.00/night for 4 people. Extra person R182.00/night. Maximum 5 people. R100.00 extra for 1 night bookings.
Contact Details
Gemma Carlsson
Phone: (27)825645500
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Website: www.pampoenfontein.co.za
Porterville, Western Cape