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
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Posted on Tue January 22, 2019.
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We have the place, the space, the time, the silence, the solitude, the stars, the mountain, just bring you and the family, for our EarthStone Cottages are superb, spacious, well appointed, far removed from each other for privacy and solitude and our SkyWind Cottages, indulgently gorgeous, where just two people can spend time together in quietness luxury and space.
Walks, hikes, birding, small mammals, cycling, swimming with awesome 360 degree views, quiet afternoons curled up in front of a blazing fire reading a good book or sharing a game of chess and a glass of wine, scenic beauty in the seclusion and privacy of the 420 acre Retreat & Conservancy. Great day drives, close by golf and quaint villages, galleries and eateries, the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, stream train rides, crop festivals, San rock art, cherry wine cellars.
We are remote yet accessible, cottages are private and secluded, our Conservancy is filled with wild flowers, native plants and wild pollinators for we support the World Movement towards re-wilding of the planet.
Animals and birds abound, for the Amohela ho Spitskop Conservancy is a true Sanctuary.
The Barn Owls and Giant Eagle Owls visit cottages and grace all the areas of the Conservancy and can be heard from many vantage points at night. This is Nature at its finest, gerbil & rat control without the devastating use of poisons.
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Further Reading
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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.
Amohela ho Spitskop Country Retreat - THEN & NOW
Wed January 10, 2024
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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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