Potteberg Guest Farm — Hotel in Swellendam Local Municipality

We stayed in April 2023 in the very nice Guest Farm for one night. We visited De Hoop Nature Reserve and the White Dunes. A very beautiful landscape with impressive views. Maybe the 30km gravel-road to reach the Farm has to be considered by the lower travel speed with a normal car, but the whole road was easily to manage.

Especially to point out is the attitude and way to welcome us by the Guest Farm family and their dog Lisa- really very friendly and highly attentive. I forget my cell phone in our previous lodge stay in Hermans during our trip in South Africa. Nevertheless we could spent our day in the Nature Reserve and it was not necessary to go back to pick-up the phone. The family organized the transport directly, so that we had the opportunity to enjoy this lovely region and not sitting in the car to go back to Hermanus.

Many thanks again for this great support and help - it was not the last time that we visited South-Africa.

One night stay there is definitely too short because so many nice places there...

We had booked one night here since we wanted to be as close as possible to De Hoop Reserve without spending a fortune (the cottages inside the reserve are outrageously expensive!) and this just seemed to be the closest option but it ended up being one of the best accommodation of our trip in SA. The apartment was huge, with two bedrooms ensuite and so nicely decorated! Painting at the walls (some of which done by the very talented farm owner), antique forniture, extremely comfortable beds.... we loved it! We decided we wanted Santrjje to take care of our breakfast and dinner and this was a great choice: excellent home made food and plenty of it (I am travelling with two starving young boys!). Santrjje was also very nice and offered us the opportunity to stay in the apartment as long as we wanted the following day since nobody had booked it and it was very nice to take it easy and relax on...

We stayed at Potteburg Guest House for two nights whilst exploring the De Hoop Nature Reserve, which is about 10km from the guest house. The self contained annex guest house is on a working farm and the hosts, Niel and Saartjie, are full of knowledge of the local area. The location is very peaceful and relaxing, but there are no nearby restaurants, so 'eating in' is the best option, especially as the breakfasts (included) and evening meals (extra) were exceptional. Saartjie is an excellent cook and can prepare beautiful local dishes. An added attraction is that the surrounding farmland has walks to bird hides and viewpoints. Well...