Keerweder-A place of homecoming

Keerweder Our "home away from home” is situated in a quiet location in the town of Riebeek West with stunning views of the Riebeek Valley and with easy access to all the amenities of the valley. Our three luxury double rooms are set in a lush garden filled with the song of a variety of birds. All rooms are equipped with 100% cotton linen and towels and a coffee/tea station with homemade rusks. Each room has its separate private entrance and direct access to its own patio. The name “Keerweder” is derived from an old Afrikaans-Dutch word for “return” and refers to a place of hospitality to which one wants to return over and over again: a true place of many happy returns, of homecoming and healing. Our home away from home” is situated in a quiet location in the town of Riebeek West on the slope of Kasteelberg with stunning views of the Riebeek Valley and with easy access to all the amenities of the valley. Once you arrive here everything slows down and brings you in touch with the gentle flow of rural life. Our three luxury double rooms are set in a lush garden filled with the song of a variety of birds in the huge trees around the house. All rooms are equipped with 100% cotton linen and towels and a coffee/tea station with homemade rusks. One of the rooms is en suite and the other two roms share a bathroom. Free Wi-Fi is available in all areas. Ample secure parking is available on the premises. Access to a pool and braai area is available for all guests. Guests have access to a lush garden, safe parking, a pool, a washing machine, double oven with gas stove tops and a choice of 6 outside patios. I will sometimes not be available in person, but Diana will meet you and show you around. The Riebeek Valley is known for its wheat, wines, and more recently, olives. It is popular for tourism, outdoor activities, and arts and crafts. It boasts numerous restaurants, wedding venues and venues for wine and olive tasting. Riebeek West itself is an easy 75 km drive north-east from Cape Town and 5 km north of its twin town Riebeek Kasteel in the Swartland area of the Western Cape in South Africa. History of the area: The Riebeek Valley would have been known to indigenous Khoi people, but was first described by a party of Cape Dutch explorers under leadership of Pieter Cruythoff in 1661. The mountain, Riebeek's Kasteel Berg (Riebeek's Castle Mountain) was named after then Cape commander Jan van Riebeek and the settlements along the eastern slope of the mountain later derived their names from it. The first European settlers arrived in the area in the early 18th century. Riebeek West was established as a parish of the Dutch Reformed Church in 1858. Riebeek West was the birthplace of two successive South African Prime Ministers. General Jan Christiaan Smuts was born on the farm Bovenplaats, two km north of Riebeek West on 24 May 1870. Daniel François Malan was born on the farm Allesverloren, which borders the town on the southern side, on 22 May 1874. You will have free parking behind a closed gate. The house has a separate studio connected to the house with a completely separate entrance and private parking. There is a locked door that separate the house from the studio. The studio guests won't have access to the pool or braai area. The studio has its own braai and patio area. The house can however be opened up to accommodate a group of 8 people.