Whipstock Guest Farm

Name: Whipstock Guest Farm
Address: Whipstock Farm, McGregor, 6708, ZA
Telephone: +27620942829
Rating: 5

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Whipstock Guest Farm

Whipstock Guest Farm offers self-catering accommodation with meals by arrangement. Breakfast and dinner by prior arrangement.
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Whipstock Guest Farm offers 3 self-catering cottages and 3 others for bed and breakfast in a scenic mountain valley 8 km s above the village of McGregor. Historic buildings, walks and hikes and country quiet.

27/08/2024

Window detail from the old barn, Whipstock Farm

Window opening detail, the barn at Whipstock Guest Farm .

22/12/2023

22/12/2023

21/12/2023

Proposed label for this year's apple crop.

21/12/2023

Proposed label for this years apple crop.

09/12/2023

Whipstock Guest Farm

19/06/2023

Baby it's cold outside...

22/05/2023

Wild Coast Tour - Epilogue
The road to the Collywobbles vulture view site.
This road has been completely rebuilt with one of the main advantages that the views down into the Mbashe valley are unobstructed. The very steep road to the upper view site is currently closed and under reconstruction and paving.

Collywobbles provided outstanding vulture sightings with more than 50 birds airborne whilst we were there.

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21/05/2023

The last of the apples have been pressed 20 May 2023.

18/04/2023

Some oats for springtime cutting and baling has been sown.

30/03/2023

Whipstock Impressions. Photos by Kim Geffen.

21/03/2023

In 2015 my trail camera caught this image of a leopard down the river gorge at Whipstock Guest Farm . We call him The Ghost Leopard. He moves like a shadow at night going about his business, silently, stealthily, secretly. And I am glad he has come.

17/03/2023

Bush buck caught on camera down the river gorge, Whipstock Guest Farm

17/03/2023

Window detail, Whipstock Guest Farm

17/03/2023

A full day guided-hike to the epic Mnyameni Falls.

Includes:
1. Mnyameni Falls
2. Mzamba fossils
3. Petrified forest
4. Ancient caves
5. Cultural village
6. Traditional lunch
7. Guided hike
8. Return shuttle.

Please note 2,3 and 4 are tide dependent, there’s an alternate route via Mzamba bridge suitable for high tide.

The Mzamba fossils and Petrified Forest fossils date back 80 million years, you’d best explore this region with our local guide as not only do you need to know the ideal time of the tides but the guide knows exactly where the fossils are hidden in the sand. The Mzamba fossils include marine shells, bivalve shells, coiled ammonites, echinoids (or sea urchins) and, incredibly, a fossilized sea turtle and enormous clam shells.

Did you know this ocean was once a forest? Discover remains of these ancient trees from the Upper Cretaceous period, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. The reefs in which the forest is embedded stretch along the coast to a series of cliffs and overhang caves with plenty of history which you will find out more about on this tour.

We proceed to follow our guide to a village where lunch is served from a traditional Xhosa homestay. This is a taste of an authentic cultural experience as we eat at a local’s home.

We then make our way to the epic Mnyameni Falls which truly a Hidden Gem as it is almost impossible to reach the base without a guide. Arriving at the bottom of Mnyameni Falls, you are rewarded with a private pool with a beach vibe due it’s tropical sand.

Throughout the hike you will be learning about this history, medicinal plants, geology and culture of the region. Our local guide highlights the socio-economic and environmental issues the Wild Coast community encounter on a daily basis. This adventure is more than just a hike. It is a life changing adventure, educational and cultural experience.

Only six spots available . Please contact us on [email protected] to make a booking or send us your email to receive the full itinerary.

17/03/2023

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15/03/2023

The mountains, it's always the mountains.

15/03/2023

Window opening detail, the barn at Whipstock Guest Farm .

11/03/2023

The mountains in front of the farmhouse are forever changing as the light changes, as the weather changes, as the shadow changes. The first farmer in this valley who built this old farmstead must have had time to sit and watch and think and then decide, yes here, this is where I will build my house, my home.

09/03/2023

Aah... Whipstock Guest Farm

09/03/2023

My trusty old John Deere tractor. Old but in good shape

05/03/2023

"It is a rainy day Sunday..." The pool has disappeared as the river rushes by. I threw out 60 mm (2 1/2 inches) this morning and more has fallen since.

03/03/2023

25/02/2023

25/02/2023

Some blue water closer to shore... The kelp forests of False Bay are truly magical spaces...

24/02/2023

On a warm day at Whipstock the water beckons.

24/02/2023

The Point of Balance sculpture by Kurt Lossgott on the terrace of the Talking Bull Cafe at Whipstock, one hand open in a salute, one hand a balled fist; the muscalature well defined but the stomach hollowed out and the whole, pivoting on a rotating, single foot.

Address

Whipstock Farm
McGregor
6708

Telephone

+27620942829

Website

http://www.whipstock.co.za/

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"It is a rainy day Sunday..." The pool has disappeared as the river rushes by. I threw out 60 mm (2 1/2 inches) this morning and more has fallen since.

Down at the river on Whipstock Farm... campfire time tonight.

The fountain at the courtyard of The Talking Bull Cafe.

End of summer flow out of the mountains into the big dam. It is May and the first winter rains have not yet started. But the firewood is ready. And I am ready to make fires in the fireplace inside Hillside, my home on the hill.

The apples after being thru the grinder, are placed in the basket press to get the juice from the pieces. Lots of work but it is fun to do.

The apple juice is running as a golden liquid and the old basket press is working overtime. That is the grinder standing just to the right.

Mountain water stream at the campsites. There are more sites down the river gorge including a group function site for about 20 plus people in eight sites. There is a river with wading pools, a rock cliffside wall for climbing and large sheltering trees.This video is of the sites up at the big dam not the sites down the river gorge.

Look at the size of this tree down the river gorge at Whipstock It towers into the heavens.

Some of the giant trees down the river gorge at Whipstock

The old longcase clock in the guest lounge at Whipstock was made in 1789, the year of the French Revolution. It still keeps good time and tick tocks away marking life's precious moments and chiming the hours and marking the dates. Take a look at the wonderful engravings on the brass face: a man wearing ice skates of the time with funny upturned points like one of those strangely garbed Greek soldiers of old; flowers and swirls and then at the top the Griffin marking the twelve. I much prefer the sounds of an old clock to the modern, silent, electronic ones of today.