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Wheatlands Farm - Accommodation in Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Wheatlands Farm - Accommodation in Graaff Reinet, Eastern Cape is situated 50km from Graaff-Reinet on the R75 to Port Elizabeth. It is a beautiful homestead on a working wool and mohair farm with the same owners for six generations. There are two bedrooms with en suite and one family unit with a private bathroom. There is a comfortable guest lounge with TV and log fires for winter. Guests can enjoy the house with all the family treasures and comfortable rooms exclusively. The beautiful tranquil gardens that surround the house, give one a sense of serenity. Yours host Diana offers warm hospitality and farmstyle meals.

Price: 3

Dinner bed and breakfast

3 twins

Ample rooms, high ceilings, stained glass and substantial furniture hark back to a more opulent era. Back to 1912, in fact, when farmer Arthur Short’s great-grandparents hired an architect from Oudtshoorn and built themselves a grand home. It was the height of the ostrich feather boom and mansions reflected personal fortunes. It was also the height of the Arts & Crafts period, and many features at Wheatlands indicate the decorating tastes of owner and designer. Panelling, brass handles on the generous double doors, light fittings and paintings provide an authentic period backdrop to a farm stay worth remembering.

Hostess Diana Short leads you past sepia photographs of cricket teams to two wings of rooms that open onto verandahs and look onto the verdant garden (where old roses from the original garden still grow). She and her staff cook the memorable meals which are served in the baronial dining room. Dinner features homegrown vegetables and Karoo lamb while breakfast boasts homemade bread and milk. At shearing time, guests can take part in the life of a working farm. And when the farm school is in session, pupils will sing to them. For a short while, staying at Wheatlands means living to the beat of a different era. Graaff-Reinet is worth at least two days’ stopover. There is an excellent choice of trails through the surrounding countryside and mountains, which may be undertaken independently or in organized parties with a guide.