Keisie Cottages, Vredendal Farm,
Keisie Valley, Montagu
PO Box 183, Montagu, 6720
Tel: +27 (0) 23 614 2336
Email: info@keisiecottages.co.za
Keisie Cottages offers accommodation in a beautiful and tranquil valley on a small fruit and wine farm, just outside Montagu., Mountain Chalets, R62, Western Cape, South Africa
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Keisie Cottages is a mountain retreat, offering self-catering, pet friendly, budget accommodation, on a small fruit and wine farm at the end of the beautiful Keisie Valley, 24 kms from Montagu in the Western Cape.
Keisie Cottages is the perfect getaway if you want to just relax and enjoy the peace and serenity of the mountains, but if you enjoy a bit of adventure, there is plenty to do. Hiking, mountain-biking, swimming, bird watching and stargazing abound on the farm. We also have a beautiful pool area, next to two acres of our prize-winning roses!
The farm, called ‘Vredendal’ (Peace in the Valley) is below the Burger Pass just 1 km along a dirt road from the R318, the road less traveled which leads through the Keisie, to the Koo Valley and on to the N1 just after the Hex River Valley.
Guests are welcome to wander around the farm with their (friendly) dogs, fish in the neighbour's dam or just enjoy our gardens, sit under the oak trees and pick herbs from our organic herb garden as well as fruit, on request.
Please feel free to ask your hosts, Mike and Toni van Hoey Smith about the many hikes, especially one to a series of small rock pools and our ‘Enduro’ hike / mountain-bike route.
"Keisie" means "Sweet Water" in San, and the Keisie Valley is renowned for the flavour and quality of its fruits and wines. On Vredendal Farm we farm gooseberries, apricots, quinces, merlot, chenin blanc and pecan nuts. We also have a variety of citrus, almonds, figs and plums and we use all of the fruit for making our own range of jams, marmalades and preserves, mostly organic, which are available for sale on the farm. Try our fresh farm eggs, straight from the free-range chickens. Click ‘here’ for a list of items for sale!
Views are stunning, we are surrounded by mountains and nature. If you’re lucky you might even see buck (deer), hares, or a mountain tortoise. We have a community of dassies living here which the black eagles sometimes feed on.
Your holiday here is all about getting away from the madding crowds - no TV’s or mobile reception so sit outside at night, enjoy the unbelievably starry sky and listen to the sounds of nature!
What's more you can bring your (friendly) dogs if you want, as long as they bring their own bedding!!
