You will find Addo Dung Beetle Guest Farm resting on its own mountaintop near the heart of the Sundays River valley, the largest Citrus producing area in the Cape Province and overlooking the beautiful Zuurberg Mountains. Our five luxury chalets are found on a working citrus farm only 4 km away from the main gate of the Addo Elephant National Park. Although rain is prevalent in summer, we are a Malaria free area.
Accomodation
Chalets are elegantly decorated and equipped with air-conditioners with a heating option. All the bedside tables and headboards are made from a combination of local wood species found in the area, like Yellow Wood, Oak, Sneeze Wood, and Black Wood. The Sneeze Wood chandeliers found throughout the chalets and in the Lapa are made out of old fence posts that were in use a few years ago, and are termite prufe! Bathrooms are en suite and have indoor and outdoor showers to suit your needs. There are also procupine quills lamp shades found in the bathrooms and the lapa which were handmade by the owner.
Facilities in Chalets:
TV (SABC 1, 2, 3 & e-tv)
Air-conditioning (heating option)
En-suite bathroom
In & outdoor showers
Microwave
Bar fridge (mineral water and snack bars)
Coffee and tea
Room service on request
Activities in the area
In our unique area there is much to see and experience. We can reserve a table for you at one of the highly recommended restaurants near to us. Further we can arrange transport to and from the airport and various venues.
Our activities cater for both the adventure seeker and relaxer and a complete file of all the activities can be viewed at the reception area. We also have a list of tour packages available. For further assistance or queries, please do not hesitate to give us a call. Listed below are just a few activities you can enjoy in the area:
Facilities and Activities in the area:
Citrus Packhouse Tours
Trips to Addo Elephant National Park
Quads bike trips
4 x4 Safaris
Health Spa
Daniell Cheetah Breeding Camp
Elephant Back Safaris
Oceanarium trips to Port Elizabeth
Volkswagen car tour (from the old forgotten cars to the future )
Day trip packages to various Private Game Parks
Conservation Project:
The working citrus farm on the property is called "Miskruier" (Afrikaans for Dung Beetle), and it was deliberately named this by Mr. HHJ Potgieter, 12 years ago when he bought the property. He wanted to help save the Miskruier, a flightless dung beetle, from extinction. As well as building five chalets with a lapa overlooking the Zuurberg Mountains, he decided to build a 50 X 50 m enclosure for the protection of these dung beetles. 150 cubes of soft sand were offloaded into the enclosure to assist dung beetle burying activities. The conservation project's purpose was to breed Circellium bacchus dung beetles and reintroduce them back into nature, and also to create an awareness of conservation outside of a National Park. We started our Conservation project by introducing 11 dung beetles to the enclosure.
The Beetle is
22 47 mm long
amongst the largest dung beetles in Africa
flightless (no wings)
they favour elephant dung
Because of its once widespread but now localized distribution, this specific dung beetle is understood to be endangered. Both male and female beetles roll food balls, but only the female construct brood balls. The males always follow the female and they are never far behind . This behavior has not been documented in any other ball rolling species.
A guided visit to The Addo Dung Beetle Breeding Station on our premises will teach you more about this unique beetle and we will gladly share our efforts to conserve one of the little African rarities of our country.
Our guest farm now extends into 240 ha of succulent valley bush veld, one of the seven South African biomes. This land is also a game viewing area, where some of the dung beetles will be reintroduced. Species that occupied the land historically, like kudu, duiker, bush pigs, bush bucks etc, will also be introduced to this land. Addo Dung Beetle Guest Farm is an ideal tranquil setting for couples, parents who want to get-away, honeymooners and small groups of up to 10 people.
Facilities
• Addo Dung Beetle Breeding Station
• Game Viewing
• Great cuisine and drinks: enjoy our mouthwatering traditional buffet with us
• Mountain bikes for hire
• Hiking and Tree-trail (list of trees available at reception)
• Bird watching (bird list available at reception)
• Splash Pool
• Citrus Tours
• Curio Shop
• Bar Facilities and Dining Lapa
• Dining Lapa
• Jaccuzi
• Rock Pool
• Lounge
• Massage Room
• Gym
• Sundowner Deck
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