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
An Exclusive Getaway in the Eastern Free State – for the discerning guest.
Posted on Sun January 12, 2020.
If you are looking for exclusivity, we offer the discerning guest a venue remote yet accessible, private, secluded, we offer big lodge quality and spaciousness where you can treat yourself to affordable indulgence.
Summer is fleeting and practically just, already, a memory, but now comes the most beautiful time in the Highlands...............
Early Autumn, Autumn, Early Winter, Winter, Late Winter.
March - mornings and evenings with a hint of coolness, a promise of beautiful days to come.
April - trees turning into golden spires, for autumn in the Highlands is magnificent.
May- possibilities of snow, or just beautiful clear crisp days, gloriously cool mornings, sometimes mysterious beautiful mist.
June- cold, crisp, the most magnificent views across the valley to the majestic Maluti Mountains beyond.
July - winter, sitting on your veranda at your cottage here at Amohela and watching snow storms chase each other across the mountains, simply stunning.
August - late winter, possibility of heavy snow in the mountains, walks in bright sunlight, early morning coffee in the mountain as you watch the sun rise.
SkyWind Self Catering Cottages are the best romantic getaways in the Eastern Free State.
The unpretentious barn style buildings sit quietly on the earth, comfortable in the rural farming environment of the Eastern Free State Highlands. The self catering cottages are gloriously, luxuriantly comfortable, intimate, beautifully decorated and furnished, and there cannot be self catering cottages more indulgent, more romantic, than Quail Cottage and Francolin Cottage, the two SkyWind Cottages.
With open plan spaciousness, beautiful pampering bath and enclosed sandstone shower and toilet, a fully equipped kitchen, a weber braai on the patio-with-a-view, this all comes together to define these awesome dwelling places for just two people in quietness, space and luxury.
EarthStone Self Catering Cottages are the best family getaways in the Eastern Free State
With magnificent views, the cottages offer superb open plan living and dining areas, kitchens fully equipped with stove, microwave, family size fridge, cutlery and crockery, big comfy couches, a huge open fire, and a weber braai on the covered veranda. Safe parking behind the cottages, serviced daily, and free WiFi at the reception area.
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Further Reading
Amohela ho Spitskop Cottages
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WildFields Product Listing & Price 14.3 2024
Thu March 14, 2024
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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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