Hillbilly Farm
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Anonymous Guest - Oct 2024
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Werner S - Jul 2024
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Back to basics.
Niko B - Jun 2024
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Ons sal weer daar gaan bly.
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We will stay there again.
Yes, the facilities were adequate, the location picturesque, and the staff very friendly and helpful.
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Greg L - Jun 2024
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Very nice place.
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Very nice place.
Fantasies place, the owners were very hospitable, Will want to visit there again.
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Ronald P - Apr 2024
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Fantastic time unforgettable.
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Fantastic time unforgettable.
Very pleasant and we appreciate the trust of the owners, will want to come again.
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Jacqueline H - Aug 2024
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See you next year. Earlier. Gonna catch the snow.
Michael P - Dec 2023
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An excellent stay for groups looking to have a good time.
Celeste-mellet G - Jul 2023
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An absolute must.
Rudi G - Apr 2023
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Baie vriendelike mense en altyd behulpsaam.
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Very friendly people and always helpful.
Value for money and everything you need is available. Nice place to visit for children and simply for the whole family.
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Thank you so much, Rudi, for the great review. See you next time. Kind regards, and have a hillbilly day. Steven & Tanith.
Shane D - Mar 2023
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An eclectic and chilled space.
Anonymous Guest - Mar 2023
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Rustic and relaxed.
Too close to main road regarding privacy and sound disturbance. But none the less we had a great time.
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Liezel D - Sep 2022
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Presies wat ons nodig gehad het !!
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Exactly what we needed!!
The place was perfect for what we wanted. The animals everywhere, but not in the road, were very fun and exciting for the girls 8 and 10 and us. We were hoping to see a new calf's birth. Everything we needed was there and the ruggedness was fun!! The view from the top of the mountain behind the house with sunset is beautiful and you only have to walk a little way up for very nice views of the fruit orchards with beautiful blossoms. The hot farm pool was the highlight. By the second night it was perfect. It takes a long time and a lot of wood to heat up, but it's worth it. Take your own wood. Overall a great family weekend with awesome memories x.
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Hillbilly Farm 's response
Thank you so much for taking the time to review us Liezel.
It is wonderful being able to share what we have with families who enjoy it so much.
Kind regards,
The Hillbillies
Melanie G - Jul 2022
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Thank you for hosting my son, he had a great time.
Hillbilly Farm 's response
Thank you so much for the review, Melanie. I think the boys were super chuffed with your choice of accommodation. We look forward to seeing them again. Kind regards, the Hillbillies
Simoné V - Jun 2022
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Rustige plaasatmosfeer.
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Quiet farm atmosphere.
The owners are real people-people. They are very welcoming. Accommodation is neat and well laid out. Fantastic service. A nice place!
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Hillbilly Farm 's response
Thank you so much for the review, Simoné. We look forward to seeing you all next year. Have a lekker weekend. Cheers, the Hillbillies.
Izaan S - Feb 2022
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Vriendelike, lekker en onspanne.
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Friendly, fun and relaxed.
It was very nice. We really enjoyed swimming with the cows.
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Kobus U - Apr 2022
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Regte plaas.
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Real farm.
If you like to break away from the busy city noise and want to live down to earth, come here. That's great, thank you.
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Hillbilly Farm 's response
Thank you Kobus. Keep well. Kind regards, Tanith and Steven.
Sarie J - Dec 2022
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Wat 'n skok toe ons daar aankom! Dit is vuil en deurmekaar. Foto's en hoe dit daar lyk is twee verskillende goed waarvan ons praat.
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What a shock when we got there! It is dirty and messy. Pictures and how it looks there are two different things we are talking about.
I would not recommend it to anyone. Workers' sleeping quarters are next to guests' sleeping quarters. Bathroom is a zinc building which is not private, everyone uses it including the workers. You sleep in a Wendy house that isn't even properly sealed. No carpet in the room. There is rubbish everywhere on the site. Their friends rate them, that's why it's a 5 star. The place is a zero star. Stay away from here! It is not safe and the whole day there is a visit with their friends and it is very noisy. Owners are also rude. Dogs run around among you and are as dirty as the place itself.
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Hillbilly Farm 's response
Aai Sarie. When you arrived I could see there would be problems - the bunk bed was going to be a challenge to begin with. I feel sorry for people who want to book online, but do not read the information that is available, which was also sent to you twice.
Even though the info on the site is correct, in our reply to your booking enquiry, we included “we are a working farm”. It also said the Roost “has a double bed and a bunkbed”, as well as mentioning “communal area”, and the “free-range farm animals”, “animal-lovers”, and the fully licenced farmstall. You confirmed your booking, and paid the deposit. I then emailed you directly, with all the same information included, and the check-in times etc. You replied to this, so I assumed we were all on the same page. But apparently not.
Firstly, you were here 5 hours before check-in time. I told you that we were still cleaning. There had been a lot of wind and rain (flooding nearby), so we were on the back foot... But we wanted to help you, with your trailer and stuff, so we let you come in early. Why you thought your trailer wasn't safe on our driveway, whilst you went touring, I have no idea...
Loud? You guys weren't even here for 10 minutes!! It was 9am Monday morning, and no one was here! Where did you come up with that story? Our farmstall is a quaint little place, far from the room. The farmstall is a place where neighbours, farmers and other visitors to our area, come to enjoy an ice cold beer and pizza. The people at the shop are customers, and yes – we are friendly. It is open 10am to 5pm except on Friday evenings it stays open later. You arrived on a Monday morning. "Rude" is for people who talk nonsense on social media.
You say our on-line photos differ to reality, but the Roost clearly has the photo of the double bed and bunk bed. And the photo of the outside shows exactly what it is...! The cows, chickens, ducks, dogs look the same (they are not dirty!). The shower is rustic - made of wood and corrugated iron sheets, but it has doors, no one will see you! Where does "the workers also use the bathrooms" come from? They were cleaning them when you arrived! It is like you made things up from some other nonsense review where the woman also just made up ugly stories. For R200 per person you are expecting champagne for the price of a beer...
When you all arrived back, a few hours after dumping your trailer here, your son thanked us, then apologized for the inconvenience, before loading up the trailer. He said you had met family in town, and had been invited to join them in Mossel Bay. He said not to worry about the refund (we had declined quite a few bookings for that period).
He was very sweet, and then all of a sudden (even though you had us on Whatsapp), we received a call from Lekkeslaap, stating that you wanted a refund for all 3 nights. You were only booked in for two!! After hearing the nonsense you told Lekkeslaap, and considering all the information sent to you, multiple times, was correct, we decided no refund - it being high season, and our cancellation policy is also very clear on the site. Your malice continued when you Whatsapped the next day, saying you would be returning and booking in at 6pm. Obviously we said that was fine, but when we tried to touch sides at 7pm, because you had not arrived – you had blocked us. You also declined to answer any of the booking platform's phone calls.
Ja – we live a simple life, but we offer people a chance to experience life on a working farm. Unique with its free-range animals – which are not dirty! We are not a hotel, nor a holiday resort. We market our rustic farm accommodation as something animal and nature lovers will enjoy. Please stay in the city, and security complexes. Farm life is not for you. Neither is our countryside hospitality! Your review boasts a lot of nonsense, and is actually slanderous!
I have been through all of our lekkeslaap reviews now, and not one of them is from a friend, or from anyone we had ever met before they booked and arrived here! Most of them are positive reviews. It's just a couple of negative ones, from people looking for cheap accommodation, and not reading any of the information sent.
Lize M - Sep 2022
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Absolute teleurstelling en vernedering.
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Absolute disappointment and humiliation.
Hillbilly Farm is a working farm stay, which offers no security for any tourist. 1. The changing rooms: farm workers share the bathroom and an open shower that ladies also use with no privacy and gas geysers hang and do not meet safety standards. 2. Farm workers look directly onto the open shower and sink without hot water. 3. All drains are open flowing which is unhygienic. 4. Toilets are inconveniently far, also without privacy for overnight visitors. 5. The 1 shabby dining table is directly next to the farm's work table, full of dust, unhygienic. 6. The braai facilities were dirty, rusty, unkempt and also unhygienic. 7. The bedroom was unsafe and the bed uncomfortable, too short with a weathered mattress and broken asbestos wall. 8. There is no hot water for washing dishes. 9. The chicken coops are right by the barbecue area and they walk between us. Our conclusion is that the web page immediately 1. Take down this place, because it is a blot on South African tourism. 2. We request that you refund our money immediately.
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Hillbilly Farm 's response
Hi Lize thank you very much for your feedback. We strive to make every guests stay a wonderful experience and thus take compliments and complaints to heart in an endeavour to improve. I hope your review serves the purpose of highlighting, to other potential guests, the dangers of guests not properly reading the write-up on the website and ignoring engaging with the hosts' communication prior to arrival. Below, "quoted", is the wording (copied and pasted) from the reply to your booking enquiry - after which you confirmed your stay.
"We are a working farm, and our animals are all free-range - part of what makes us unique. During your stay, you are sure to hear hens laying eggs, watch waddling ducks, and see baby calves suckling on their moms. Our animals roam freely on most of the property, and the communal area is shared with chickens, ducks, geese, and quite a few large dogs. Staying at Hillbilly Farm is an unforgettable experience for animal lovers. Our accommodation is rustic, and hillbilly, so outdoors-type people love it here. The Roost and the Bunker share the Inner Circle. There is a pit-braai, and communal cooking facilities in the Galley - equipped with a stovetop, microwave, toaster, fridge and cutlery etc. There is also an old wood stove in the lapa. The communal toilets and showers are about 5 metres away from the rooms."
I sent you two e-mails shortly after you booked, to make sure you were aware of the facilities, but unfortunately, you didn't reply. We like to make sure guests are arriving for the Hillbilly experience, as opposed to expecting the Hilton. We declined another booking for that night, for 4 adults in the Bunker, also in the communal area. A loss of income to us, to give you and your friend more privacy. That's the kind of consideration we try to offer. I believe the free shooters, free bag of wood (as the wood you had bought elsewhere was wet), our help to get your fire going, free ice, the free bottle of Jerepigo, and assisting you with towels, offering that you could check out at 1 pm instead of the usual 10 am, is further indicative of our hospitality. You accepted this with a smile on your face. If everything was as terrible as you have said in hindsight, then it is regretful that you didn't mention it immediately. If you had arrived and decided this was not for you, and chose to seek alternative accommodation, then we would have happily refunded you.
The majority of our reviews are very positive. What we generally advertise as an attraction, and part of the experience here on our rustic, working farm, for example interacting with the free-range animals, you have complained about, whereas those are some of the reasons people want to be here, and love it here. I feel I should add that all the showers are enclosed and have doors. The opening, for a wonderful view of the mountain, whilst showering, is above head height, at about 2 metres high.
Staying at Hillbilly Farm is a unique experience. It's about the outdoors, being amongst free-range farm animals, experiencing farm life on a real farm and enjoying a simple and rustic farm stay. We are really very sorry your stay was not to your liking, and we will continue to endeavour to improve what we can to make all our guests have a wonderful Hillbilly Farm experience.
June H - Sep 2021
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Lovely!
Hillbilly Farm 's response
Thanks for the compliments, June!
Have a fantastic long weekend!
Kind regards, the hillbillies Xx
Andre O - Aug 2021
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Lekker ontspanning.
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Nice relaxation.
Very nice place to visit and friendly hosts. Would go back anytime.
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Hillbilly Farm 's response
Thank you, Andre.
Our guests are 5 stars too.
Kind regards,
Steven and Tanith.
Seth V - Apr 2021
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Rustic, relaxing and awesome!
Hillbilly Farm 's response
Thank you Seth! We look forward to your next visit. Have a hillbilly day!
Lena D - Dec 2021
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Baie lekker en rustig.
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Very nice and peaceful.
Really enjoyed it, reception was poor and all facilities a bit primitive but otherwise it was very nice. The owner was very friendly and helpful and even the other guests were very friendly.
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Angela W - Mar 2021
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Imperfectly perfect
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Thank you for your lovely review Angela! We'll see you soon.
Heleneze V - Dec 2021
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'n Lekker plaas-ervaring.
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A nice farm experience.
The downside is the busy road next to the accommodation, the noise of cars was disturbing. Lots of flies were also troublesome.
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Mirrie V - Aug 2021
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Heerlik plat op die aarde - The Cow Shed.
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Delightfully down to earth - The Cow Shed.
Now it was something else, our little girl loves animals so she enjoyed her holes. The food was delicious and very nice play area for small children. The cottage is rustic but it comes with everything you need, if you are a down to earth person you will really enjoy it. We will definitely come back.
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Baie dankie vir die lekker review Mirrie. Sien julle weer Xx
Michael R - Apr 2021
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Interesting and rough.
Andrea V - Nov 2020
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Owners were extremely hospitable.
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Gemaklik en vriendelik.
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Comfortable and friendly.
Very rustic and comfortable place. Friendly owners and will stay there again.
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Willem V - Jun 2019
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Als wat mens nodig het en meer.
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All that one needs and more.
Tanith and Steven were wonderful hosts and we really enjoyed our stay.
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Hillbilly Farm 's response
Thank you for taking the time to leave an awesome rating and review, Willem. It was a pleasure meeting and hosting all of you.
Till next time.
Paula V - Dec 2019
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Pure plaas!
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Fresh from the farm!
Fresh from the farm! Staying in the cowshed was a wonderful experience. Kitchen, shower and toilet just above the cottage were convenient, clean, adequate and a big plus. The Nguni herd that sleeps snugly against the cottage at night and grazes in the area during the day was a great pleasure. Chickens, ducks and geese roam free during the day and do what feathers do. The dogs on the site are all friendly and welcome you like family. Information and rules are presented humorously. Cute paddock with interesting things. Been fun!
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Lian L - Sep 2019
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Great value for money staying somewhere different.
Hillbilly Farm 's response
Cheers Lian. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. The only thing better than living here is being able to share it with people who think it is as awesome as we do. All the best. Be sure to have a hillbilly day.
Christo V - Dec 2019
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Baie rustic, maar is akkuraat voorgestel.
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Very rustic, but is accurately presented.
Accommodation was as suggested and very friendly host. Wolseley road close to the Cowshed was a bit of a disturbance. Generally very nice for small children.
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Johan F - Mar 2019
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Baie interessante plek, maar baie lekker.
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Very interesting place, but very nice.
It's a very nice farm atmosphere. Would recommend it.
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Thank you, Johan, for your lovely review.
We look forward to seeing you again.
Japie O - Dec 2019
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Anders ervaring.
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Different experience.
It is a very different experience. Disagree that the price per night justifies it. Lots to do for kids and a farm experience that I really like. Small changes can add so much value to something impressive.
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Geraldine M - Mar 2018
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Fantasmagories.
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We loved having you, Geraldine. Thank you for the lovely review, and we look forward to your next visit.
Melanie N - Feb 2018
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Baie oulike en gemaklike verblyf.
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Very cute and comfortable accommodation.
Wonderful with all the animals. Almost stole one of the dogs!
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Jerome D - Jan 2018
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Excellent for city people to escape to calmness.
Emma H - Jan 2018
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Wonderful location for budget accommodation.
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Lekker vriendelike plaas-atmosfeer!
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Lovely, friendly farm atmosphere!
Very comfortable atmosphere, basic and quirky facilities and stunning surroundings! The chilli vodka shot was exceptional!
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Thanks for the ratings Sonja and for the lovely music.I hope we see you again.
Alexia P - Jun 2018
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Soos min ander plasies, is dit regtig Hillbilly, gesellig en met min strings-attached, baie lekker.
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Like few other places, it is really Hillbilly, cozy and with few strings attached, very nice.
Hillbilly is a bit different from most holiday farms, in that it is really cosy, and without many rules and expectations. We were there on a cold weekend, rain and all, and slept nice and warm in the wooden house that they built in their own style and rules. In the morning you look out over the chickens, geese and cattle walking around on the grass, and in the evening you can sit and visit your own braai place - although I suggest visiting with the owners in the bar-lapa, where they are open, honest and sociable around the bar and bar. Hillbilly is raw, real farm, and a much better option for people who prefer nature, rocky mountain walks and farm vibes, with outdoor showers and toilets that bring you even closer to nature and self-sustainable lifestyle. During the day, you can go and discover Worcester, Tulbagh and all the other nice places that are in the county. Hillbilly has a farm stall that sells meat, and pies and all kinds of snacks, as well as other goodies, no reason to bring a bag full of groceries, in my opinion.
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Thanks for the ratings Alexia. Hope we see you soon.
Landi K - Sep 2018
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Mooi plek, baie rustig.
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Pretty place, very peaceful.
We only used the place to sleep for work, so we were out the entire day.
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Herman V - Aug 2018
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Buitelewe.
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Outdoor life.
Very neat place for the outdoor person. Clean, neat, with challenges.
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James M - Dec 2017
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Fantasties!
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Fantastic!
If city life gets too much, then Hillbilly Farm is just the place to visit! Animals, mountains and nature at its best. The kids enjoyed it a lot. There are many farm animals and you become one with nature again. We would recommend it anytime.
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Yolandi F - Dec 2017
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Tanith en Steven was baie hulpvaardig en vriendelik en die kinders het dit baie geniet.
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Tanith and Steven were very helpful and friendly and the children really enjoyed it.
Nice place for kids and friends to go together. There is a lot to do on the farm and in the area. It was very convenient to buy food at the paddock. Rooms were neat and well equipped.
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Petrus V - Sep 2017
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Rustic, maar lekker.
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Rustic, but nice.
Hillbilly farm is a very unique accommodation destination, with geese, chickens, dogs, cattle and goats active all over the farm. If you love your luxuries then this might not be for you, but if you enjoy the farm and outdoor life you will really enjoy your stay here. Definitely worth a visit! PS: Ask for the Chilli Vodka.
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Thank you for the "lekker" review, Petrus. We hope we see you again. Cheers.
Janine M - Nov 2017
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Baie lekker gekuier.
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Had a great time.
I think I might not have expected much because the price was so reasonable, but together with a very comfortable stay, the owners also made us feel very at home. The location of the accommodation was also very easy to find and the road stall provided all we needed (and more). Thank you for everything Tanith and Steve.
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Thank you for your lovely review, Janine. It was such a pleasure having you here and I am glad you enjoyed it. We hope to see you back again one day!
Best wishes,
Tanith and Steven
Nicolette B - Aug 2017
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Dit was baie verrassend aangenaam.
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It was surprisingly pleasant.
This place is something else. Very convenient next to the road to Ceres. They really made a lot of effort to not make it a 5 star hotel. Even the toilets, showers, and kitchen is outside. There were animals to see and even a cock who woke us up at 05:00. For anyone who want something different I recommend this place.
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Zanne R - Dec 2017
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Was 'n fantastiese en unieke ervaring.
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Was a fantastic and unique experience.
Staying among the goats, ducks and chickens was an experience. Our room was beautiful and spacious. The outdoor shower and toilet had something nostalgic about it. I would definitely recommend Hillbilly Farm and will definitely stay there again!
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Wouter S - Dec 2017
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Pure plaas.
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Fresh from the farm.
Had a great time. Owners very friendly and helpful.
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- Free cancellation up to 1 week before your stay!
- Capacity: 14 people
- No children under 4
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Check-in: 14:00 to 19:00
Check-out: 10:00 - Address: Corner of R43 and Wolwekloof Road, Wolseley, 6830, Western Cape