Die Hel Fonteinplaas

OUDTSHOORN SELF CATERING

“DIE HEL” – FONTEINPLAAS GUEST FARM

Gamkaskloof is approximately 100 kilometers from Oudtshoorn and 60 kilometers from Prince Albert. Gamkaskloof or “Die Hel” as it has become known, is a hidden valley, deep in the heart of the formidable Swartberg Mountain Range. The fertile valley runs in an east-west direction and is approximately 20 km long and 600 meters wide. The Kloof gets its name from the Khoisan word for Lion. The Valley features the Gamka River, camp sites, picnic sites, several historic houses and outbuildings, a School, a Cemetery, and old Norse Watermill a landing strip and a curious history. For many years the only access to Die Hel was a steep donkey trail called “Die Leer” (The Ladder).
At Fonteinplaas you will find Pieter (5th generation) and his wife Marinette, with their 2 kids Mia and Beon. Fonteinplaas has been in the family for 6 generations from 1841.
Fonteinplaas offers visitors overnight facilities in 4 farmhouses as well as a Safari Camp and Campsite.

Meals are served in Ouma Sannie se Restaurant our fully licensed restaurant that specializes in traditional Gamkaskloof meals. We also cater for functions and weddings.

Fonteinplaas offers visitors overnight facilities in 4 farmhouses as well as a Safari camp and campsite.
  • Oupa Piet (sleeps 6)
  • Kliphuis (sleeps 6)
  • Pietjie & Hester (sleeps 6)
  • Hendrik se huisie (sleeps 2)
  • Safari Camp (sleeps 8 in 4 seperate houses), a big shared kitchen and living area, outside braai and shared ablution facility.
  • Campsite  (10 camping sites), has hot water, 3 showers and 3 toilets. There is no electricity.

Accommodation is based on self-catering, but bookings can be done in advance for dinner and breakfast.

“Ouma Sannie se restaurant en winkel”

Meals are served in Ouma Sannie se Restaurant our fully licensed restaurant that specializes in traditional Gamkaskloof meals. We also cater for functions and weddings.

The kitchen operates from 07h00-10h00 – for breakfast. Dinner and Lunch will be provided on request of guests with a 12 hour notice.

At “Ouma Sannie se winkel” you can get anything from firewood, witblits, cold beer and cold drinks, to a variety of Gamkaskloof curios and organically grown fruit, both fresh (in season) as well as preserves. And the latest specialty, Aloe Verox jam!  Here you can chat and listen to Pieter and Marinette and relive the rich history of the Kloof, illustrated by various photo albums, books, magazine articles and of course the Kloof itself.

We cater for Weddings, Baptisms or any kind of function you can think of at Fonteinplaas (Die Hel).

You will have a mind blowing-experience in the middle of the Swartberg Mountains even if you only have a limited budget. 

Get in Touch

Contact Details
Telephone: +27 72 355 9623 (Marinette)
Email: info@gamkaskloof.co.za
Website: www.gamkaskloof.co.za

ADDRESS

Fonteinplaas, Gamkaskloof

GPS COORDINATES

33°21’30.68″S
21°41’23.22″E
 

Weltevrede Fig Farm

PRINCE ALBERT ACCOMMODATION

WELTEVREDE FIG FARM

Weltevrede invites you to embark on a journey to a place in the wonderful Western Cape Province of South Africa; just off the Garden Route. A place in the Great Karoo, just 25km from the peaceful village of Prince Albert.

Here lies self-catering guesthouses, in a valley at the foothills of the mighty Swartberg Mountains: where gigantic blue gums tell the stories of forgotten treasures, forgotten times. A place where the Bushmen left their history on the walls, where Willows hang their weary heads and winds whisper ancient secrets, ancient songs.

Here you will find Time turned back: where figs still come from a tree, where you can still drink your fill from a mountain stream, where stars still show the way and time plainly… stands still…

Here a family has found their home and today, six generations later, still grows fruit, still tills the land and still lives in peace.
We invite you to come and share our secret: Weltevrede

You might want to stay forever…

OUR ACCOMMODATION

Klein de Hoek:

Klein De Hoek is a lovely small cottage and has often been called a writer’s retreat or a painter’s dream. With lovely views into the Kloof, it has just what you need. Perfect for just a couple or a single person, it has two bedrooms, a bathroom with a shower and a lovely, well equipped kitchen.  The stoep doubles as a lounge and a big shady tree calls for lazy reads.

Like all our houses, it has no electricity, but is fully equipped with paraffin lamps, gas stove, gas fridge and gas geyser. All linen and towels are provided, as well as fire wood. There is a portable braai and an extra outside shower for hot days as there is no pool. The adventurous can swim in the mud farm dams around the corner when it has water.

De Hoek

De Hoek offers luxury, upmarket accommodation with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The weary soul can find rest on the vast stoep, gaze at the sunset or relax in front of a fire on a cold winter’s night. Romantic lamp light enfolds everything in a rosy glow; the sputter of the wicks put you to sleep.

Early mornings will find you in the orchards, picking fruit for breakfast or to make a few bottles of preserves .In summer the pool provides relief from the heat and beckons you to take a midnight swim.

Like all our houses, it has no electricity, but is fully equipped with paraffin lamps, gas stove, gas fridge and gas geysers. All linen and towels are provided, as well as fire wood. There is portable braai, a Weber as well as an outside pizza oven.

De Hoek is peaceful, private, perfect.

Vredenhof

Vredenhof has 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. No effort was spared to ensure that this house is a home away from home. It has a a big King sized bed in the one room and extra length single beds in the other room. A beautiful Victorian bath invites you to lay back, relax and lose yourself in the moment.

An alcove on the stoep has two beds for hot summer nights or lazy siestas. In summer you can cool down in the pool and in winter you can sit in front of the old black stove, while the fire dances and casts shadows on the walls.

Like all our houses, it has no electricity, but is fully equipped with paraffin lamps, gas stove, gas fridge and gas geysers. All linen and towels are provided, as well as fire wood. A braai is built into the stone walls for a lekker karoo kuier!

Come experience this haven; come find yourself.

Fonteinskop

A house on a hill. . .
Views without end, privacy, exclusivity and comfort.

Situated on a small, private farm, this house offers the perfect get-away: no other people in sight and that endless quiet.
Covering nearly 300 square meters, this house is the perfect honeymoon suite.  It has one bedroom and one bathroom, a very well equipped kitchen with Ceaserstone tops and a 90cm Smeg Gas Stove.

You will soon recognise your heart’s voice. For that weekend you will always remember . . .

Weltevrede is one of the first fig farms in South Africa. It started out as a fruit drying farm: drying peaches, apricots and figs. Today we have about 2000 trees and we sell dried, fresh and bottled figs.

We farm mainly with Adam Figs, a big purple fig, excellent for drying and selling fresh. We use the tiny Cape Brown figs for making Green Fig Preserve and other fig products.

The fresh figs are mainly sold to Woolworths and are awaited anxiously each year.

The dried figs have been made on this farm since ouma Sienie started making them, and we have clients that had been getting dried figs from this farm, every year, for 50 years.

The jams and preserve are sold in deli’s country wide. Contact us anytime for list of suppliers in your area.

The fresh fig season is from end of January to end of April.

We now also have a lovely shop on the farm and we serve coffee, tea and cake. Visit us to taste our delicious fig tart or bake of the day!

Shop Hours:

Monday – Friday : 9am – 16pm
Saturdays : 9am -12pm

OUR RATES

Please send us an email for our rates.

Get in Touch

Contact Details
Telephone: +27 87 095 6229
Email: weltevrede@figfarm.co.za
Website: www.figfarm.co.za
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Check Out: At 10:00

Address

Decimal Degrees (WGS84)
Latitude: -33.285068
Longitude: 21.793746

Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
Latitude: S33 17 06
Longitude: E21 47 37

GPS
Latitude: S 33 17.104
Longitude: E 21 47.625