CLEARWATER COTTAGE is situated on our family farm Clearwater in the garden of the main farmhouse. We are 10 minutes drive inland from Port Edward beach and shops. It is a working farm Monday to Friday, growing bananas, macadamias and guavas.

The cottage looks out onto a large indigenous garden with ocean view, swimming pool (unprotected) and braai area. The garden is very rich in bird life.

Accommodation consists of two bedrooms, one with queen size bed, the other with two single beds. There is a sleeper couch in the sitting room, also a TV with a DSTV decoder (Bring your own DSTV card) and DVD facilities. The bathroom has a shower/toilet (no bath). All rooms lead onto an enclosed stoep.

Things to do

Guests are welcome to explore the 110 hectare farm where there are marked walking and mountain bike trails through the plantations, indigenous bush, passed dams and streams and through open grassland with wonderful wildflower displays in Spring. The trails also lead off the farm through the adjoining coffee farm where you can stop for breakfast or lunch, and down to the renowned Red Desert. Guided tours are also available and Mountain Bikes may be hired.

The Umtamvuna Viewing Deck is at the end of a boardwalk which leads from Clearwater into the adjoining Umtamvuna Nature Reserve. This is your window onto the Wild Coast. The spectacular views across the Umtamvuna River Gorge are particularly special at sundown. Enjoy bass fishing in one of the farm dams.

The Umtamvuna Nature Reserve has several well-marked hiking trails to suit all levels of fitness and has access from Clearwater. The trails pass through a wide variety of scenery with forests, waterfalls, streams, river, grasslands and rocky outcrops. There is nothing better than climbing up out of the gorge, near the end of the Fish Eagle Trail, and standing under the waterfall to cool off.

It is one of the most botanically rich reserves in South Africa with more rare trees than any other! It has wide variety of birds (240 species) and wild life.