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DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS Cleopatra Farmhouse

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Highlights

  • Exquisite Food

    A stay at Cleopatra's is a truly unique experience. Dining here will live long in your memory.

  • Mountain Beauty

    A beautiful retreat with a majestic mountain setting quite literally on your doorstep.

  • Spectacular Walks and Hikes

    The Drakensberg area offers a wide range of lovely walks from mere rambles to serious hiking.

  • Pure Solitude

    This is one place that really does allow you to get away from everything and just relax.

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General Information

Cleopatra is a gourmet getaway tucked deep into the KwaZulu Natal's Drakensberg Mountains surrounded by the Giants Castle Nature Reserve.

In its awesome setting with splendid views of the mountains and running with crystal clear streams and waterfalls, Cleopatra is the ultimate in peace, tranquility and solitude. It is ideal for its intended purpose as a restful refuge with professional yet understated service and most of all a gourmet experience to remember.

Beautifully situated on the edge of a trout filled dam, alongside the Little Mooi River, the soaring mountains rise majestically from the bottom of the garden.

Having been one of the originators of the Country House movement in the 1980's, Richard and Mouse, the owners and managers, then travelled overseas working and absorbing the "foodie" world with a view to opening Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse - their intimate gourmet getaway.

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Our view

A beautiful hideaway in the Drakensberg Mountains with great food, great wine, great scenery.
  • Top meals from a world renowned chef
  • Ideal as a year round destination
  • Dramatic Drakensberg Mountain setting on your doorstep
  • Pioneer themed country style accommodation
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Price

From ZAR R1,495.00 per person Add to trip planner

Location

Cleopatra is located in KwaZulu Natal's Drakensberg Mountains surrounded by the Giants Castle Nature Reserve.

Rooms

The eleven rooms at Cleopatra are fast becoming world renowned for the innovative and creative decor. Each room has a theme and is filled with many articles pertaining to the colour scheme and theme. All rooms have a warm, snug bed with down duvets and pillows, fresh crisp, sweet smelling cotton sheets and mohair blankets. All have en suite bathrooms, TV, tea making facilities, heaters, fans and warm towels rails. All have spectacular views of the mountain rising from the bottom of the garden.

Activities

Walking, hiking, swimming in mountain streams, trout fishing, bird watching, horse riding and excursions to local bushman paintings are just some of the activities enjoyed on the farm and in the area and of course, the food!

Dining

A friendly dining room filled with interesting artifacts and a large crackling fireplace invites you to enjoy a world-class meal lovingly prepared by Richard Poynton (recently awarded a 5 star chef status). Passion and patience goes into the preparation of every dish with flavour paramount. Menus change daily and local, imported and homegrown ingredients are used at their peak and a stroll through the vegetable and herb gardens will attest to this. A place in the country becomes a natural magnet to people who want to savour the flavours of home grown vegetables, farm fresh dairy products and home cured hams. The passion and patience that go into the preparation of food are reflected in its tastes and textures.

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