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Cottage features include a fully equipped kitchen and a fireplace in the lounge. There is a private braai area behind the cottage. This cottage sleeps 4 – 6 people.

Jemima Puddle Duck Cottage
The Jemima Puddle Duck cottage is a double storey cottage and it is behind the Golden Mole cottage. It has 1 bedroom with 1 double bed and 2 single beds, a bathroom with a shower, fully equipped kitchen and a lounge with a fireplace.
The bedroom is a lofty room filled with sunshine and has spectacular views of “The Mother of the Mists” mountain. There is a braai area in front of the cottage. This cottage sleeps 2 – 4 people.

Summertime - Address: 12 Hill Street
This sandstone cottage is in an outstanding position with wonderful views of Clarens Mountain and the Rooiberge in the distance. It has 3 bedrooms, all en-suite. A large lounge with a fireplace and covered stoep with a braai area.
Fully equipped kitchen. It has a large garden and is in a secluded position and close to Clarens. It is about 5 minutes from Clarens Centre. Schaapplaats Farm hiking and Rock Art is free to visitors to Summertime.

Haystack House
Haystack cottage is 2km away from the main house. It has 1 double bedroom, bathroom with a shower, fully equipped kitchen, lounge with a fireplace and a braai area. This cottage has got a lovely view of Mount Horeb. Sleeps 2 people.

Ploughmans Place
Ploughmans cottage is the old farmhouse and it is 2km away from the main house. It has 1 double bedroom, 1 single bed in the lounge, bathroom with a bath, fully equipped kitchen, lounge with a fireplace and a braai area.
This cottage has got a lovely view of Mount Horeb and you might also be able to see the Zebra and Black Wildebeest grazing on the mountain.

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Attractions / Activities At and Nearby To Schaapplaats Farm Cottages

For the young at heart there are horse trails in the mountains and game viewing on horseback. Horse lovers, we breed Connemara ponies here, ponies that come from the green hills of Ireland. Christine is a qualified riding instructor who will teach you to enjoy your riding.
Visit the Boer war graves and the San paintings. Listen to the ground woodpeckers and the francolins. Bring with: Riding clothes, Binoculars, Mountain bikes, Hiking boots, Warm clothes and hats.

For the more adventurous there are walks on the high mountains of the farm where one may see the black eagles and lammergeyers, watch the black wildebeest and zebra play and photograph the blesbuck as they stream across the mountains.

Schaapplaats is very family orientated - the farm has a variety of ducks, geese, chickens, goats, cows, dogs, cats and horses just to mention a few. Some hiking trails are gentle enough for the kids to enjoy and there are rock pools for swimming in the summer.

The Twin Caves
The twin caves are linked caves overlooking a small stream on Schaapplaats farm. The southernmost cave has Iron Age walling in it but this cave has not yet been excavated. The northern cave was excavated by archaeologists from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Below this modern deposit very old Modern Stone Age tools were found. The African Middle Stone Age dates between 25 000 and 250 000 years ago and the Twin Cave tools could date to anywhere during this period.

Water seeping through the cave has destroyed any evidence of bone or charcoal that may once have been there. This means that it is not possible to say anything about the animals that were eaten in the cave or about the type of firewood that was brought to the site.
Twin Cave and Adullam Cave provide evidence that humans repeatedly occupied the Clarens area for hundreds of thousands of years. In the past it was undoubtedly as attractive for habitation as it is today.

From Johannesburg (about 3 hours to Clarens, and another 10 minutes Schaapplaats Cottages)
Take the N3 - Heidelberg / Durban road, directly after crossing the Vaal River (after the Engen One Stop before Villiers ), take the slip-way ( Villiers / Frankfort) to the left, which puts you onto the R26.
Turn right at the stop to cross the bridge (crossing the N3), follow the R26 to Frankfort. Just before Frankfort, turn right at the T-junction. Pass Frankfort, and cross the Wilge River.

About 300m further, watch for a sign board - Reitz / Tweeling, and turn left. Follow the R26, pass Tweeling and Reitz. Drive straight through Bethlehem on the Durban road - N5. About 5 km out of Bethlehem, turn right onto the Clarens / Golden Gate road (R712).
Travel for about 35 km to Clarens, pass Clarens. About 100m further, look out for a sign board - Fouriesburg (R711). Turn right. Travel for 1.3 km and turn left. After 2 kms the road is gravel. Ploughmans and Haystack cottage are 4 kms from the turn off and the house, Jemima and Golden Mole cottage are 6 kms from the turnoff.

From Durban (about 4 hours to Clarens, and another 10 minutes to Schaapplaats)
Follow the N3 from Durban to Harrismith, follow the N5 to Kestell, then to Bethlehem. Before Bethlehem, look out for the Clarens / Golden Gate (R712) turn-off. Turn left and travel for about 35 km to Clarens. Pass Clarens.
About 100m further, look out for a sign board - Fouriesburg (R711) turn right. Travel for 1.3 km and turn left. After 2 kms the road is gravel. Ploughmans and Haystack cottage are 4 kms from the turn off and the house, Jemima and Golden Mole cottage are 6 kms from the turnoff.

Alternatively:
Once in Harrismith, turn left onto the R712 to Qwa Qwa, pass Qwa Qwa, and pass Golden Gate. (This is a very scenic route). Travel for about 20 km to Clarens, just before Clarens, look out for a sign board - Fouriesburg (R711).
Turn left, travel for 1.3 km and turn left. After 2 kms the road is gravel. Ploughmans and Haystack cottage are 4 kms from the turn off and the house, Jemima and Golden Mole cottage are 6 kms from the turnoff. Another route from Durban is via Bergville, Winterton and Sterkfontein Dam.

From Bloemfontein (about 3 hours to Clarens, and another 10 minutes to Schaapplaats)
Follow the N8 to Ladybrand, pass Ladybrand and continue on the R26 . Pass Clocolan and Ficksburg, turn right at Fouriesburg onto the Clarens road (R711).
Continue on the Clarens road until you see a sign on the left saying "Clarens". Don't turn left there but continue to the first road to the right after that sign and turn right. After 2 kms the road is gravel.
Ploughmans and Haystack cottage are 4 kms from the turn off and the house, Jemima and Golden Mole cottage are 6 kms from the turnoff.

Alternatively
Follow the N1 to Winburg, turn right onto the N5 to Bethlehem. Drive straight through Bethlehem and turn right onto the Durban road - N5. About 5 km out of Bethlehem, turn right onto the Clarens / Golden Gate road (R712).
Travel for about 35 km to Clarens. Pass Clarens, about 100m further, look out for a sign board - Fouriesburg (R711). Turn right.
Continue on the Clarens road until you see a sign on the left saying "Clarens". Don't turn left there but continue to the first road to the right after that sign and turn right. After 2 kms the road is gravel.
Ploughmans and Haystack cottage are 4 kms from the turn off and the house, Jemima and Golden Mole cottage are 6 kms from the turnoff.

Directions to Summertime

From Bethlehem's Side:
5 km out of Bethlehem, turn right onto the Clarens / Golden Gate road (R712) and travel for about 35 km to Clarens. Turn right into Clarens and continue straight up the hill. At the t-juntion turn right. - Turn left at the the 1st street going left (just before the dirt road)
At the t-junction turn left again and turn right at the 1st street going right. Continue along that road until you see the Tina de Beer Gallery and turn right onto the dirt road.

Continue until the dirt road makes a turn to the left. Turn left there and continue straight on. Look out for a sign Summertime on the left side and turn left there. This turn is just before you get to a tarred road. After turning left, you will eventually see Summertime Cottage on the left side.

From Golden Gate's Side:
Continue from Golden Gate to Clarens, turn left into Clarens and continue up the Hill. At the t-junction turn right, turn left at the the 1st street going left (just before the dirt road). At the t-junction turn left again and turn right at the 1st street going right.
Continue along that road until you see the Tina de Beer Gallery and turn right onto the dirt road. Continue until the dirt road makes a turn to the left. Turn left there and continue straight on.
Look out for a sign Summertime on the left side and turn left there. This turn is just before you get to a tarred road. After turning left, you will eventually see Summertime Cottage on the left side.

From Fouriesburg's Side:
Continue from Fouriesburg to Clarens (R711), look out for a sign saying Clarens on your left. Turn left into Clarens and continue on that road and up the hill. At the t-junction turn left. This turn is just before you get the dirt road.
Look out for the Tina de Beer Gallery on the left and turn left onto the dirt road. (Don't pass the gallery). Continue until the dirt road makes a turn to the left. Turn left there and continue straight on.
Look out for a sign Summertime on the left side and turn left there. This turn is just before you get to a tarred road. After turning left, you will eventually see Summertime Cottage on the left side.

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