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
The Getaway with the best views in the Eastern Free State
Posted on Wed June 5, 2019.
Looking for a getaway with views to rival anything you have ever seen, a place so awesomely quiet you can hear the air speak, with views so vast it takes your breath away?
With spacious accommodation, remote yet accessible, private, secluded, well appointed? We have that here at Amohela ho Spitskop Country Retreat & Conservancy in the Eastern Free State Highlands.
Only 1 ½ hours from Bloemfontein and 3 ½ hours from Johannesburg.
EarthStone Self Catering Cottages
With magnificent views, the beautiful, remote, EarthStone self-catering 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.
SkyWind Cottages
The self catering cottage are gloriously, luxuriantly comfortable, intimate, beautifully decorated and furnished. The combustion wood burning fire, king size bed dressed in beautiful percale linen with a big cosy duvet & heated blanket are ideal for chilly Highland winters. The 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 this awesome dwelling place for just two people in quietness, space and luxury.
Further Reading
Amohela ho Spitskop Cottages
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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
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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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