Where travellers become friends,
and friends become family.
Welcome to our home
Located a short 15 minute drive up a scenic mountain pass from the C14 between Helmeringhausen and Maltahohe, you will find our modern, eco-friendly farmstead in the heart of our family’s farming operations.
Make yourself at home in one of the 2 guest bedrooms in our farmhouse. Enjoy home-cooked meals at our table. Join us for as much of our daily farming activities as you would like to. Arrange organized activities with us. Or simply explore our 22,000 hectare farm at your leisure.
Whatever you decide, our family will ensure that your stay will be a memorable one.
Family farm
- 22,000 hectares / 200km2.
- 2 farmsteads. Our parents and us.
- 1 campsite. Mount D'Urban Campsite.
- Cattle, sheep, goats, horses.
- 75 - 150mm average annual rainfall.
Our farmstead
- Main farmhouse. 2 guest bedrooms.
- Horse infrastructure. Stables, paddocks, round pens, arena.
- Sheep pens.
- Chicken coop.
- Vegetable & lucerne patch.
- Workshop & workers' housing.
Volunteering
- To start in March 2027.
- Stay with us in the main farmhouse.
- Daily care and training of the horses.
- Helping with farm work ranging from rounding up cattle on horseback to fruit picking.
- Accompany us on any local trip to neighbouring towns and farms.
- Opportunities to explore Namibia at an additional cost.
Guest accommodation
- Staying in the main farmhouse until the new guest units are ready.
- 2 guest bedrooms. Each can be set up as a twin or a double room.
- Valley view, overlooking horse paddocks.
- Additional mattresses available to sleep on the floor.
- Plenty of cupboard space.
- Home-cooked meals using as much local produce as possible.
Activities
Included in the price of your stay with us:
- Guided tour of our local farmstead. Meet the horses & chickens.
- Join us on any daily farming that we need to do.
- Hiking.
To be booked in advance of arrival:
- Horse riding lessons.
- Horse trail rides (for experienced riders only).
- Farm tour, seeing how we farm and the original farm manager's house (built c.1960).
- Target shooting.
Eco-friendly
- 100% solar power.
- Off-grid solar system.
- 100% borehole water.
- Home-grown fodder.
- Vegetable garden.
- Fruit trees.
- Farm fresh eggs.
Location
Our family farm is split by the border between the Hardap and Karas regions.
The best way to get to us is to travel along the C14 between Helmeringhausen and Maltahohe, before taking the turn off for the D813.
Once on the D813, it is a scenic 16km drive, up a mountain pass and through a small section of our farm, to reach our our front gate on your right hand side.
