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Soetvlakte Guest Farm
Kuruman Northern Cape - South Africa
Email Soetvlakte Guest Farm Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com
Our prices will fit any budget and our treatment, food and campfires, will make your visit an outdoor - or 4x4 experience that will be with you for times to come.We focus on the eco tourist and nature lover. Our Mission is to share the beauty, wildlife and tranquility of the spacious Kalahari with nature lovers that needs an unpolluted environment in which to refresh. |
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Our hospitality and cozy guesthouse will lead the way to an unforgettable Kalahari repose. Personal attention to your every need - only one guesthouse on more than 16000 hectares!!
Soetvlakte Guest Farm Accommodation
Guesthouse:
Enjoy luxury accommodation and exquisite meals prepared to your taste
whilst experiencing the Kalahari.There is a magnificent view from the
guesthouse's stoep. Fill your day with the peace of a crisp sunrise, bird
and game watching, magnificent sunset and pure nature.
Experience a variety of game and birds at the waterhole a mere 80m from
the stoep. Accommodation Luxury, two bed roomed (en suited) guest house
with lounge and open verandah.
Cuddle up at the cozy fireplace on cold winter evenings or enjoy the abundant
sunshine and 'splash' pool during our hot summer days.
Camping:
For the more adventurous ....... an outdoor campsite.
An exiting bush camp has been added to what we offer on the 21st of March
2002. This on-the-skin experience of the Kalahari offers nature lovers:
o to sleep around a campfire
o 8 luxury beds in four half-open huts
o hot showers
o excellent meals served at the camp or options to self-catering in a
well equipped kitchen
o we provide beds for more people around the campfire on request
We do take bookings for any number of people and give the camp to only
one group at a time.
Gemsbok Camp:
The latest addition to the facilities at Soetvlakte is Gemsbok camp. A
facility aimed at the tourist who prefers to camp with a caravan, tent
or just sleep under the open sky, next to a fire. This is a Kalahari experience
with the luxury of warm showers and flushes toilets, ala Soetvlakte style,
and right in the veldt.
A kitchen equipped with a fridge, a freezer, a microwave and kitchenware
for 30 people, allow travellers to spend a night or more without unpacking.
We provide firewood and will clean the kitchen once per day. Electricity
is available at the centre point to recharge a fridge or freezer or even
for electric curlers in the bush.
Our target group with this camp is for the camper or people on there way
from or to Kgalagadi NP or Botswana.
The camp is 10 camp spots under the camel thorn trees where one to three
tents or caravans can camp per tree, scattered over an area far enough
that nobody will be to close to each other. The 10 showers and 5 toilets
are placed in easy distance from the campsites.
Feedback from visitors is very positive on the space and the balance of
facilities between luxury and an outdoor experience.
Although this camp was planned for tented or caravan campers in mind,
quite a few parties have opted to sleep around a fire and enjoy the predictable
winter weather of the Kalahari.
Game viewing:
Game viewing from an open vehicle that we provide or your own 4X4. Guide
You can discover the beauty of nature under the guidance of people with
vast knowledge of the Kalahari and nature. Freedom Unlimited hiking and
horseback riding opportunities are available. Night drives with spotlights
provide the opportunity to discover the hidden beauty of nocturnal animals.
Kalahari Game & Birds:
Your guide will provide you with interesting information concerning the
total ecology of the Kalahari.
A Secretary bird [Sagittarius Serpentarius] walks away after quenching
its thirst. Several species of predatory birds breed on the farm and can
be seen. From birds like Secretary bird, Tawny eagle, Giant eagle owl,
Martial eagle, Bateleur, Black breasted snake eagle and Pale Chanting
Goshawk to Pygmy falcon and Pearl spotted owl, can be seen. A feast for
bird watchers ..... up to 100 species to be seen in their unspoiled environment.
Soetvlakte the farm:
Soetvlakte is a cattle and game farm situated 133km from Kuruman on the
road to McCarthy Rest, (the border post to Botswana). Owned and managed
by Louis en Dorette Hauman Our Mission is to share the beauty, wildlife
and tranquility of the spacious Kalahari with nature lovers that need
an unpolluted environment in which to refresh. Our hospitality and cosy
guest house will lead the way to an unforgettable Kalahari repose. Personal
attention to your every need - only one guest house on more than 16000
hectares!!
Soetvlakte is within reach of:
o The Eye in Kuruman
o Moffat Mission
o Boesmans gat – Mount Carmel
o Wonderwerk Cave
o Witsand Nature Reserve
o Gemsbokpark
o Augrabies waterfalls
o Mabuha Sehobe
o Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
o Tswalu Game Reserve
o Hunting opportunities
o 4x4 trails
More of what we can offer:
o The Kalahari !!!!
o Sunsets that will stun you
o Special attention to every need
o Very nice accommodation
o Excellent food
o Peace and quiet
o Bird watching – 100+ species
o Game drives
o Night drives
o Horse riding
o Hiking and guided walks in the veld
o Guided tours of the cattle farm.
o A nice campfire
o Drives on fun vehicle
o Camping with meals or self-catering
o Camping with no services
o An Internet café and email facilities
Directions:
From Kuruman, take the road to McCarthy'srest, pass Hotazel, pass Blackrock,
for 125 km. Turn right to Severn at the sign for Soetvlakte B&B. About
6km on this road is our entrance on the right. Cell phone services end
with the tar road at Blackrock.
History of Soetvlakte Guest Farm:
One day in 1943 my grandfather left the farm in Heidelberg to buy horses
in Beaufort West. He and his friend were supposed to be back after three
days. When he returned after two weeks he told my grandmother that he
had bought a farm in the Kalahari and planned to move there. He bought
the farm Caledonia and they moved to Kuruman in 1944 and started the farming
operation that was taken over by my father, Kobus Hauman, when grandfather
died in 1953. I bought Soetvlakte from my father in 1994 and the Kalahari
is part of our character.
Email Soetvlakte Guest Farm Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com
