Alkmaar Farmstay

Capacity

Style

On-site stay

Catering

Beautiful setting, incredible food, lush gardens. Rooms are comfortable, with aircon. But could use a bit more lighting.

We stayed in the bush camp/ glamping tents. It's the price of self-catering, with the lack of facilities of a bare campsite. Not to mention - VERY DIRTY If I can elaborate, there are 12x beds, yet only 5x chairs (we booked for 6x). The dish cloths were dirty ( a lovely grey colour- you could see they were originally white) , the sheets on the bed were dirty (a lovely mark of what we suspect was dried up snot on the one double bed) in the other unit there were 2x splotches on the sheet that was either blood or hot chocolate, I prefer to think it was hot chocolate. There was only 1x sharp/steak knife, everything was a little bit broken, the oven didn't work, the stove plates; only some worked, the kitchen sink was dirty, the sink in the kitchen has no hot water, there is no freezer, our meat went bad because of this, there was no braai dish or salad bowl, sparse is an understatement. The shower in the one tent unit didn't have hot water, we then reported it to the owner/manager. Someone did come, we suspect that he solved the problem by swapping the empty gas cylinder with the one that was working from the tent next to it, because shortly afterward, we discovered that now the original faulty shower had hot water, but now the other unit that originally had hot water, doesn't have hot water anymore. I suggest they clean; a little a wipe down with handy andy will make the world of difference, change the sheets every once in a while and provide their paying guests with the bare essentials that one expects from a self-catering unit. (A working freezer would be great in the hot low-veld climate) Overall would NOT RECOMMEND

School reunion year 1976, 50 years. Thank you Wanda, the food was excellent.

Absolutely stunning. Definitely a place to go when you want to have a peace of mind and connect with nature.