About Boschfontein Mountain Lodge

Boschfontein Mountain Lodge is a beautiful double storey sandstone lodge with stunning views of the Caledon River Valley and the Maluti Mountains, situated 18km from Ficksburg, on the Ficksburg – Fouriesburg road.

This family run self-catering lodge has four units and can accommodate up to 18 guests. Each comfortable unit has a ground floor bedroom with a queen-sized bed and an upstairs bedroom with either two or three 3/4 sized beds. Each unit has an en suite bathroom connected to the ground floor bedroom. There is a central, open plan living area which has a communal kitchen (fridge, freezer, two plate gas stove, pots, pans, cutlery and crockery), indoor braai, tables and benches. Above the open plan living area is a lounge with comfortable couches, perfect for reading books or playing board games. There is also an outdoor braai area next to the lodge

Boschfontein Farm is a working sheep, cattle and game farm. The game camp is home to a variety of plains game, namely springbuck, blesbuck, red hartebeest, waterbuck, eland, impala, zebra, black wildebeest, and ostrich.

We keep a few walking routes clear for hiking and trail running. The walk to the top of the mountain behind Boschfontein Mountain Lodge provides a bit of adventure and the views from the top of the mountain are spectacular!

Other activities on the farm (upon request) include game drives, fishing, target shooting, clay pigeon shooting, black powder shooting, a tour of the Pinedene Small Arms Museum and cherry liqueur tasting.

Our neighbouring farm, Sandstone Estates, is also a working farm and is home to a private collection of heritage items including steam trains, military vehicles, agricultural steam traction engines, buses, cars and ox wagons. We can assist you with booking a Sandstone Estates Walking Tour where you will be guided around their property and view their impressive collection. Sandstone Estates is well known for their Easter Steam and Cosmos Festival in April and their Cherry Steam Train Festival in November.

Also close to Boschfontein Mountain Lodge is Ionia Cherry Farm, host of the annual Cherry Crop Celebration in November. Ionia Cherry Farm sells fresh cherries and offers cherry picking during cherry season (October – December) and sells a variety of cherry products throughout the year. Their Cherry Crop Celebration is held on the third weekend in November and they organise cycle races, trail running, live music and an indoor Christmas market.

Boschfontein Mountain Lodge provides the perfect country escape for families and friends to meet up, enjoy nature and admire the beautiful countryside.

Accommodation

This family run self-catering lodge has four units and can accommodate up to 18 guests.  Each comfortable unit has an en suite bathroom (basin, shower and toilet) connected to the ground floor bedroom. Each unit has its own fireplace in the ground floor bedroom. The communal living areas include the kitchen, braai areas, bar, lounge and verandas.

The communal living areas and units are cleaned daily. Wood is provided for the fireplaces and the braai areas. Linen and towels are provided.

Unit 1: 1 x queen size bed in ground floor bedroom, 2 x ¾ beds in the upstairs bedroom

Unit 2: 1 x queen size bed in ground floor bedroom, 3 x ¾ beds upstairs in upstairs bedroom

Unit 3: 1 x queen size bed in ground floor bedroom, 3 x ¾ beds upstairs in upstairs bedroom

Unit 4: 1 x queen size bed in ground floor bedroom, 2 x ¾ beds in the upstairs bedroom.

Please note that there are fairly steep stairs leading from the ground floor rooms to the upstairs rooms. This should be taken into consideration when booking for elderly guests and families with young children.

Energy sources: solar power and gas geysers.

Boschfontein Mountain Lodge is completely off grid and uses a modest solar system. Solar power provides electricity to power the lights, medium sized fridge-freezer and the two plug points for charging cell phones. The two plug points are in the kitchen and outdoor braai area. There aren’t any plug points in the bedrooms. You will not find an oven, microwave, toaster, electric slow cooker, air fryer or hairdryer at the lodge as they use more electricity than what the solar system can support. We ask our guests not to connect electrical devices that use a lot of power.

The kitchen is equipped with a medium sized fridge and freezer, two plate gas stove, indoor braai, kettles for the gas stove, pots, pans, potjie pot, braai grids, cutlery and crockery.

There is a gravel road (about 3.5km) from the tar road to the lodge. Low clearance vehicles (e.g. VW Polo) may struggle to get to the lodge.

Activities

Boschfontein Farm

Boschfontein Farm is a working sheep, cattle and game farm. Activities on the farm (upon request) include:

• Walking trails (ranges from 2.5km – 20km)
• Fishing (black bass, carp, yellow fish). Own fishing equipment required.
• Game drives to view the eland, waterbuck, springbuck, impala, black wildebeest, zebra, blesbuck, ostriches and red hartebeest (Price on request).
• Gong shooting (Price on request)
• Clay pigeon shooting (Price on request)
• Black powder shooting for the antique gun enthusiasts. (Price on request)

Near Boschfontein Farm

• Pinedene Small Arms Museum tour and cherry liqueur tasting
• Ionia Cherry Farmstall (restaurant, gift shop, farmstall) and the Ionia Cherry Celebration (November)
• Walking tours (vintage farm machinery, tractors, military vehicles, steam trains) at Sandstone Heritage Trust
• Walking tours (lions, hyenas, wild dogs, serval, caracal) at Tempelhof Guest and Game Farm
• Horse riding
• Ficksburg Parkrun

Rates:

Minimum unit charge of R1000 per unit per night for the first 2 guests in the unit.
Additional guests in the unit are charged as follows:
Children 0 – 2 years: R200 per child per night (two cots available
Children 3 – 12 years: R400 per child per nigh
Guests 13 years and older: R500 per guest per night
Discount of 50% for third and fourth night of your stay.

Admin Fee

• R55.00 once off per reservation.