The Retreat is nestled in a valley between the small rural farming villages of Ficksburg & Clocolan, with views that stretch to the majestic Maluti Mountains in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho in the south east. Succumb to our spacious and classy self catering accommodation, remote, in a vast and timeless setting, where we offer seldom found seclusion and privacy at affordable rates
IMAGINE......the Best Self Catering Accommodation in the Eastern Free State.

Can you IMAGINE being in absolutely the BEST self catering accommodation in the Eastern Free State, spacious, comfortably furnished, well equipped, facing out across a vast, silent, incredibly beautiful valley.
Book a weekend getaway for those golden months of Winter, Spring and a re-awakening, Summer and school holidays, Christmas, and then Autumn.... magnificent, possibly even the most beautiful time of the year, .........ALL the PERFECT time to be at Amohela ho Spitskop.
The incredible view across the vast valley to the Maluti Mountains beyond is without doubt the best in the Eastern Free State, and surely comparable to and better than just about anything in South Africa.
The great SILENCE is sublime, soul healing, all encompassing, for Amohela ho Spitskop is One of the Last Quiet Places.
WHERE…….. Children and dogs can run and play, free as the wind. We are Pet Friendly by appointment.
Or…..in one of the Most Romantic Cottages in the Eastern Free State, beautiful furnished indulgently gorgeous, where just two are accommodated in great luxury & solitude.
Can you imagine a Retreat, remote yet accessible, set on 164 hectares of Re-wilded Conservancy where guests have unhindered access to roam a privately owned mountain and walks are laid out on the flatland.
Now imagine those imaginings becoming a REALITY.........book your wonderful stay at the best self catering accommodation in the Eastern Free State WITHOUT DELAY.
Further Reading
The Apothecary lies within the 164 hectare Amohela ho Spitskop Country Retreat & Conservancy – known locally as Spitskop – or in Sotho – Petsana ( The Small Foal). And here you step into the enchanting world of WildFields, where 20 years of dedicated REWILDING has transformed a once neglected landscape into a thriving haven for nature and humans alike.
In 2002 when Allen and I returned to this small farm and that wonderful mountain, we were aghast at the destruction that over farming and present day farming methods had done. It was a quiet sad place, in the evenings sitting outside on what was then a crumbling “veranda” the nights were still, no crickets, no frogs, just……silence….and uncomfortable nothingness kind of stillness. And so the healing began.
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