Ardmore Guest Farm - Farm-style accommodation in the Champagne Valley

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Ardmore Guest Farm provides personal, farm-style accommodation on a Dinner, Bed & Breakfast basis. Ardmore Guest farm is situated in the enchanting Champagne valley of the central Drakensberg, just below the majestic Champagne Castle (2nd highest peak in South Africa at 3377m) and Cathkin Peak Mountains of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
 

Ardmore Guest Farm - Farm-style accommodation in the Champagne ValleyGuests can choose between our three types of en suite accommodation all with tea/coffee making facilities.
  • Standard accommodation is in a cosy thatched rondawel with en suite shower, Fireplace accommodation is in a spacious, individually designed rondawel with a queen bed, bath and shower, and a lovely log fire
  • Mountain View Cottage ( min 3 persons )  has 2 ensuite bedrooms, and a lounge with fireplace.
Ardmore Guest Farm - Farm-style accommodation in the Champagne ValleyAll rooms have oil and bathroom heaters. Limited undercover parking is also available.
 
The guesthouse has a guest lounge with log fire place and stunning views of the mountains, a lovely dining room, t.v. room and a cosy pub. (Your hosts have a separate dwelling, ensuring your privacy.)
 
You will find that you do not need to walk more than 2 minutes from the Guest House to find plenty of interesting art and craft. Next to the guest house is a large Craft centre, and adjoining the farm is Ardmore Ceramic Art Studio.
 
Ardmore Guest Farm - Farm-style accommodation in the Champagne ValleyArdmore Guest Farm provides delicious farm-style cuisine. Included in the tariff, is a 4 course lantern-lit dinner with complimentary wine (informal dress) in the company of your hosts and other guests.
 
A traditional farmhouse breakfast is served on the verandah overlooking Ardmore's lovely garden. Visitors may order drinks, light snacks and lunch in the tea garden. Beer, wine and a limited selection of spirits are available (guests are welcome to bring their own drinks). An own organic vegetable garden provides fresh herbs and greens in season.

Ardmore Guest Farm - Farm-style accommodation in the Champagne ValleyArdmore has a mountain view swimming pool, a large dam for fishing ( bass), bird watching, or canoeing; we also have a volley ball / badminton area, or explore our surrounding hills on foot or on our mountain bikes. ( Bikes, canoes and fishing rods are available to guests at no extra charge). If you are interested in art there is the craft centre on the farm, and a 2 minute walk away is a ceramic art studio, or explore the arts and craft centres along the Drakensberg Drive.

There are many activities in the valley, golf is popular and the valley boasts 2 golf courses – one 18 hole championship course and the other a 9 hole course. Also available is tennis, trout and bass fishing and for the more daring - white water rafting. Horse riders are spoilt for choice with 5 places to ride, one of them is in Spioenkop Game Park ( only 1/2 hour drive from the farm) where you ride amongst the giraffe, zebra, wildebeest and rhino or alternatively just take a leisurely drive through the game park

Local places of interest include Anglo/Boer war battle field sites such as Spioenkop Battlefield and Winston Churchill's capture and ambush site.; bushman paintings, Drakensberg Boy's Choir, a weaving workshop and a falconry display centre, all just a short drive from Ardmore.