The location, the cottage and the food

We really enjoyed our stay at Ganora Guest Farm. It’s a lovely working farm just outside Nieu-Bethesda and was a great opportunity for us to experience a bit of real Karoo farm life. The farm is peaceful and beautifully situated, and the night sky and stars were quite something. Hester was a wonderful host and, together with her staff, made us feel very welcome and looked after us really well. We had a great dinner on the farm and a very good breakfast the next morning. For a family coming from the city, it was just a really nice and different experience. We had great food, met friendly people, and experienced beautiful surroundings and the peace and quiet of the Karoo. We would definitely stay there again.

There really wasn’t anything we didn’t like. Everything was pretty much as we would have expected from a stay on a working Karoo farm, and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Country side get away with lots to offer

Mobile phone reception limited

The location and farm , outside Nieu Bethesda was beautiful and peaceful

The room we were given was very basic ,it had no outlook nor any personal touch , not even a bottle of water was provided, no charging plugs next to the bed, hairdryer was a mini mini travel size with a round 2 pin plug , no adapter for this in the room though , hairdryer worked for 2 mins and packed up ,reception was unmanned at this point , shower had a bizarre and totally unhygienic arrangement of pebbles and rocks on its floor. Breakfast was basic , supermarket sliced bread and box juices - not sure why on a farm?. Rate at R1700per might was 3x was it should have been for what was provided in my view.