Demonstration site by Digital Labs — Aloe Ridge is not a real business.
Guest farm · Kamieskroon · Northern Cape

Five hours from
anywhere worth
leaving

A working farm on the edge of the Kamiesberg. Three places to sleep, a stoep that faces west, and from August the whole valley goes orange.

Where to stay What there is to do
Three unitsSleeping two to six
August to SeptemberThe flower season, if you time it
Book directNo commission, no middleman
The farm

Sheep, stone and a very long view

Aloe Ridge has been in the same family since 1936. It is still a working sheep farm — the guest units came later, built out of the old labourers' cottages and the original farmhouse when the wool price made up everyone's mind for them.

Nothing here is themed. The stone walls are the original walls, the fireplaces work because they always have, and the quiet at night is the actual quiet, not a feature.

Where to stay

Three ways to sleep here

Each one is different because none of them were built to be guest rooms. Rates are per unit per night, not per person.

Bedroom with a wide window onto the veld

The Ridge Room

One wall is mostly window, and it faces the valley. Wake up before six and you will not mind at all. En-suite, own entrance.

R1,450Sleeps 2
Stone cottage interior with an open fireplace

The Stone Cottage

The oldest building on the farm, and the warmest in winter. Open fireplace, full kitchen, two bedrooms. Wood is on the stoep.

R2,100Sleeps 4
Whitewashed room with doors opening outside

The Garden Rooms

Two whitewashed rooms off the old werf, doors opening straight onto the garden. Take one or take both if there are six of you.

R1,250Sleeps 2–6
The veld

Things worth getting up for

The flowersMid-August to mid-September, weather permitting. They open toward the sun, so drive north in the morning and south after lunch.
4x4 routesThree graded routes off the farm, from a gentle hour to most of a day. Maps at the house.
WalkingTwo marked trails over the ridge. The long one ends at a rock pool that is colder than you expect.
The night skyNo town within forty kilometres. On a moonless night you can read by the Milky Way, more or less.
After dark

Nobody has ever complained about the lights

There is one outside light on the werf and we will switch it off if you ask. Bring a blanket; it drops fast once the sun goes.

Rates

Book direct and we both win

The booking sites are useful and we are on them. But they take a commission on every reservation, and that money comes out of the farm rather than out of thin air.

Book through this page and there is no commission. That is why the direct rate is lower than the one you will find elsewhere, and why we answer the enquiry ourselves rather than through a platform inbox.

No deposit for one or two nights. Longer stays, we ask for half.

Stone Cottage, three nightsR6,300
Booking platform commission, ~15%−R945
You pay directR6,300

Same room, same three nights. The difference is whether a platform takes R945 of it. Booked direct, that stays on the farm — which is the whole reason this page exists.

From our guests

What people say

Most of our bookings start with somebody telling somebody else. These are the three we would put up once you have chosen them.

★★★★★

“Your review goes here. Pick three off your Facebook page or your guest book and we drop them straight in.”

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★★★★★

“Choose ones that mention different things — the quiet, the flowers, the drive in — so all three are not saying the same sentence.”

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★★★★★

“Send the three you want and the name to go under each, and they are on the page the same day.”

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Enquire

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We answer every enquiry the same day. If we are full we will tell you who else is worth phoning.

Where
Aloe Ridge Guest Farm
Kamieskroon district, Northern Cape
Getting here
18 km of gravel off the N7. Any car manages it in the dry.
The farmhouse at sunset
Kamieskroon districtOff the N7 between Garies and Springbok. The last 18 km is gravel and worth it.