Bartholomeus Klip Farmhouse

Bartholomeus Klip

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Contact Details:
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Tel: 086 127 6237
Int. Tel: +27 51 924 0585

Description

Bartholomeus Klip is unique. There are only five bedrooms in this small hotel, the original homestead on a large private estate which is both a working wheat and sheep farm and a nature reserve with a spectacular mountain backdrop. Here, in this unexplored region only an hour by car from Cape Town s international airport, you can feel part of the peaceful life of rural South Africa and its clean crisp air and star-filled night skies.

The Victorian homestead has been meticulously renovated, and the fine fabrics and family antiques make you feel as if you are a guest in someone s much-loved home. Comfort is the keynote in the bedrooms: specially made pure cotton bedding, luxurious toiletries, towelling gowns. No TVs to spoil the country feeling (although there are two in the main rooms for essential viewing).

Wild Olive House and its adjoining cottage, separately sited from the main Farmhouse, provide a self- catering option where children are welcome.

The Cottage has a bedroom, bathroom and small sitting room, with mini-fridge and facilities for making tea or coffee. You can watch the setting sun turn the mountains pink from your own private deck.

The food - in the French tradition but with a local flavour - is one of the highlights of a stay at Bartholomeus Klip

Bartholomeus Klip Farmhouse

Directions

Travel out on the N1 and take exit 47, sign-posted as the R44 to Stellenbosch, Klapmuts and Wellington. On leaving the N1, turn left and follow the R44 for 20km until you reach a four-way stop. Proceed across the four-way stop and 2km later turn left at the road marked Distillery Street/ Wellington/ Porterville/ Ceres (still on the R44). Travel for approximately 26km until you reach the turn-off on the left to Hermon/Riebeek Kasteel. DO NOT TAKE THIS ONE but be on the lookout as our turn-off is 1KM LATER on the right, sign-posted BO HERMON. From Malmesbury take the R45 to Paarl and then about 4km out of town turn to the left on to the R46, sign-posted to Riebeek Kasteel and Ceres. Follow the road past the signs to Riebeek Kasteel and Riebeek West and head towards Hermon, which you will bypass. Over the railway bridge, turn left at the T-junction and exactly 1km later you will turn right at the sign-post to BO HERMON. From the exit of the Nuwe Kloof pass, travel approximately 25km towards Wellington, past the Voelvlei dam, until you reach the turn-off to Bartholomeus Klip which is on the left, and sign-posted BO HERMON. If you pass the turn-off to HERMON/MALMESBURY on your right, you have travelled 1km too far and will need to turn back to the BO HERMON turn-off Follow the gravel road for about 2km until it curves to the left and then sharply to the right (at this point there will be farm workers’ houses on your left and large sheds on your right). As you come out of the second bend you will see two white concave walls on your left. Turn down between the two walls and follow the road that heads towards the mountain until it reaches a cement drift, which you cross over. You then take the right-hand fork and follow the road for about 3.5km until you reach the farmyard. As you arrive (PLEASE BEWARE OF SPEED HUMPS) you will see on your left some small buildings under the trees, and then you will pass Wild Olive House and a private home. The road then splits and you take the left-hand fork, towards the white-washed wall with the Bartholomeus Klip sign on it. Follow the road up through the gardens under the oaks, and around to the parking area at the back of the house.

Rates

Rates include brunch, four-course dinner, high tea, game drives,guided walks, birdwatching and use of all facilities.Luxury Room R1 375 to R2 035 pps. Orchid Suite R1 688 to R2 222 pps.Wild Olive self-catering from R974 per adult sharing, children R487. 4 Bedrooms, 1 Suite. 1 Self-Catering House. Children by arrangement.