| GIVE US ONE DAY AND GET 250 MILLION YEARS!
Experience true Karoo hospitality on Ganora Guest Farm, a working sheep farm 7km from the world renowned hamlet of Nieu Bethesda, 60 km from Graaff-Reinet, also near Middelburg and Cradock.
Guided tours on the farm are done by ourselves that have a special interest in Anthropology and Palaeontology and like to share what we have discovered at Ganora. The excursions are to Anglo Boer War engravings, rock shelters with Bushman paintings and a visit to a private fossil & artefact museum with specimens dating back some 250 million years are offered on the farm. The Bushman shelters are only 200m walk from where the vehicle stop. We will also guide you on a fossil walk in the veld to show how fossils are discovered. Sheep shearing is explained and demonstrated on request.
If you are lucky you will be able to meet our orphan meerkats that have been rehabilitated in the area as we have a meerkat rehab.
Comfortable 3 star accommodation for self-drives or groups offer the option of relaxing
in the peace and tranquillity of the Great Karoo. You will be able to experience the magnificent Karoo sunsets in the vast open spaces. Guests may choose the self catering cottage, which has two rooms en-suite and one kiddie’s room adjacent to the main room with a lounge and kitchen, or any of the en-suite bedrooms that like the cottage at first was used as sheep kraals. Now these rooms, with its thick, uneven stone walls provide very comfortable accommodation, full of rustic charm.
Meals are available if you choose not to self-cater. After dinner you will have the privilege to enjoy one of the best star gazing opportunities in the country.
For the more adventurous there are 4 x4 trails, hiking, swimming in river pools, bird watching or try to climb Compassberg (2502m). Furthermore you can explore Nieu-Bethesda, visit the Owl House and Camel yard of Helen Martins, the James Kitching Fossil Exploration Centre, enjoy the coffee & craft shops or take a donkey cart tour.
Day trips
can be taken to Cradock where you can visit Olive Schreiner’s museum and the Mountain Zebra Park. In Graaff-Reinet you can visit the various museums, the Valley of Desolation & the Obesa Cactus Garden or enjoy a walk through the town with the most historical buildings. |
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