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Calitzdorp District Accommodation

The Retreat at Groenfontein

Bed & Breakfast in Calitzdorp District

The Retreat at Groenfontein offers bed and breakfast accommodation in the Calitzdorp District in the Klein & Groot Karoo region in the Western Cape. The Retreat is an old Victorian farmhouse set in 560ha of the Groenfontein Valley Conservancy bordering on the 129.000ha Swartberg Nature Reserve, a World Heritage site. Your hosts, Grant and Marie, enjoy treating guests to true Klein Karoo hospitality. The smell of fresh coffee welcomes you back from a morning walk to a hearty breakfast on the terrace, where dinner - cooked with Marie's continental flair - is also served on most summer evenings. Vegetarians and problem diets are well catered for. The Retreat has four suites in two garden annexes with stunning mountain views from their private terraces and four comfortable en-suite bedrooms in the main house with French doors opening onto a patio. We accept children of all ages. The Retreat has a full liquor licence and carries a selection of fine wines of the region, and for those with really discriminating palates, there's also lots of pure mountain wine, the invigorating, crystal-clear water that supplies the house from the leaping streams that cascade down the surrounding mountains. Take a lazy afternoon stroll in the peaceful lanes of the Groenfontein Valley, stop for a swim on our new rock-pool trail, or enjoy energetic walks and bike rides in the sparkling mountain air. We are pet friendly and love our own well–behaved, disciplined dogs!
The Retreat at Groenfontein offers bed and breakfast accommodation in the Calitzdorp District in the Klein & Groot Karoo region in the Western Cape. The Retreat is an old Victorian farmhouse set in 560ha of the Groenfontein Valley Conservancy bordering on
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Calitzdorp District

Calitzdorp is located on the R62 between Ladismith and Oudtshoorn. The closest airport is in George, about 100 km's away. The town has a wine route and is well known for its fruit and grapes cultivated in the valley of the Gamka River.

Calitzdorp is heralded as the port capital of South Africa. Wines may be tasted on Boplaas and De Krans estates, as well as the local co-op.

Towards the southeast of Calitzdorp lies the Gamka Mountain Nature Reserve. The reserve is home to the Cape mountain zebra, which came close to extinction in the 1930's, but whose numbers have increased lately.

Also in the reserve you will see baboons, dassies, caracals, steenbok, duiker, grysbok, klipspringer and grey rhebok. Leopards are seen occasionally.

The reserve offers six hiking trails. These include the six-hour Tierkloof Trail. Bookings for the trails must be made in advance.

About 17 km's northeast of the town, on the R62, is the Calitzdorp Spa. The hot springs at the spa has a water temperature of about 50 degrees centigrade, as measured at the source.

There are two dams in the area, the Calitzdorp Dam on the Nel's River, and the Gamkapoort dam in the north. Lodges in the area have outdoor pools, Internet facilities and trails on site.

Activities include hiking, swimming, watersports and fishing. A visit to the ostrich farms in the area won't disappoint.


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