Baardskeerdersbos

13/11/2024

23/09/2024

Heritage day for me is honouring where we first lived...in rural environments close to nature...humankind did not evolve in cities...I am honouring all those who have chosen to remain, and, those who have moved, to rural areas! Happy Heritage Day! Agritourism Africa Agritourism Routes Agritourism Training Lloyd Le Page Dawn Taylor Duncan Masiwa Anthony Moore Sign up today for significant news....we only send out newsletters when we have mind-altering information to share :) www.agritourismafrica.com

03/08/2024

I love Wandile Sihlobo, he and Langelihle Simela has carried the Agritourism Africa torch from the beginning when I cornered him at an Agbiz (Agricultural Business Chamber) conference 8 years ago. At a time when despite my journalist skills (pre-school compared to Wandile) I kept on saying Agritourism is NOT confined to farm stays (why does the tourism industry insist on placing us in that box?!). AGRITOURISM is an ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE, WORKING WITH FARMERS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES!! Agritourism Africa Agritourism Routes Agritourism Training Lloyd Le Page David John Frost Hanlie Kroese Duncan Masiwa Nduhukire Isaac Gary Shearer Septi M Bukula Heather Mwiza Sibungo Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa Global Agritourism Network Oupa Pilane Lew Rood Les Aupiais Amanda Cloete Anthony Moore Jurie van der Walt Dawn Taylor Dawn Noemdoe Ivan Meyer Hirwa Fred Jerry Spooner Hannelie du Toit Paul Zille www.agritourismafrica.com. We are busy planning for several projects throughout Africa...watch this space!

26/07/2024

The day has arrived for all those athletes who have dedicated their lives to excelling at an Olympic Games. The Opening Ceremony is today in Paris 2024. Agritourism Africa Agritourism Training Agritourism Training Just to participate is an honour...wishing all the athletes well!

22/07/2024

So looking forward to going to celebrate with the Elim community - 200 years! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0bG374fJW2QENdEoGx4XtXidi5eCc3pU2Gh4QQYKWQJ2bnPSmxPrpVcj2XQbxJJCfl&id=100080418110476&sfnsn=scwspwa&mibextid=JOZb8W Agritourism Africa Agritourism Routes Amanda Cloete

200 years of heritage |
Elim is celebrating its bicentennial in August.

This Moravian missionary town is a member of the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area. Not least because of the incredible Elim Ferricrete Fynbos that occurs around the town, a vital part of the town’s rich heritage.

Don’t miss the celebrations that have been planned for 1-4 August 2024. Check out Elim Tourism to find out more.

13/07/2024

It is difficult to describe the impact the floods in the Western Cape have had on all communities, whether urban or rural...my heart goes out to rural communities who are isolated by the floods...dams have to release water when they reach capacity...I want to thank Gift of the Givers; the Western Cape Emergencies Services, Western Cape Farmers and Caring Individuals for helping in the rescue operations ... , and xx

30/06/2024

Whale season is here...I took this photograph when I went out with the Marine Dynamics boat crew...professional trained guides added to the most amazing experience with these magnificent gentle giants Agritourism Africa

23/06/2024

Happiness is visiting my Mum and Dad Dawn Taylor

01/06/2024

Thank you Brydon Havercroft & Innes for sharing with those of us ordinary mortals, your heavenly food every week!

30/05/2024

Well done Zimbabwe for recognising the importance of Agritourism in Africa, and particularly in Zimbabwe! Agritourism is the only way to achieve ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY in Rural Areas... Agritourism Africa Sifiso Tshabalala Septi M Bukula Les Aupiais Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa Duncan Masiwa Gamtoos Tourism Heather Mwiza Sibungo Oupa Pilane Love Stanford Anet Pienaar-Vosloo Jan Hutton

19/05/2024

When the mind is festering with trouble or the heart torn, we can find healing among the silence of mountains or fields, or listen to the simple, steadying rhythm of waves. The slowness and stillness gradually takes us over. Our breathing deepens and our hearts calm and our hungers relent. When serenity is restored, new perspectives open to us and difficulty can begin to seem like an invitation to new growth.

This invitation to friendship with nature does of course entail a willingness to be alone out there. Yet this aloneness is anything but lonely. Solitude gradually clarifies the heart until a true tranquility is reached. The irony is that at the heart of that aloneness you feel intimately connected with the world. Indeed, the beauty of nature is often the wisest balm for it gently relieves and releases the caged mind.

JOHN O'DONOHUE

Excerpt from his books, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (US) / Divine Beauty (Europe)
Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/store

County Kerry, Ireland
Photo: © Ann Cahill

14/05/2024

Agritourism is more than experiencing agricultural products, farm life and overnight stays in farm buildings. It represents a unique cultural and interactive experience, an asset for keeping rural areas vital and maintain agricultural practices and small structured cultural landscapes. Agritourism Africa Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa Miller Matola Heather Mwiza Sibungo David John Frost Les Aupiais Duncan Masiwa Agritourism Training Peter-Hain Kazapua www.agritourismafrica.com

12/05/2024

Agritourism Routes Agritourism Training Septi M Bukula Dawn Noemdoe Duncan Masiwa Pieter Silberbauer Pandurang Taware www.agritourismafrica.com Agritourism Africa

17/04/2024

Baardskeerdersbos is such a beautiful country village with many talented artists - add this to your diary!!

07/04/2024

I have been invited to attend the Tourism Investment forum at the Cape
Town International Convention Centre - great line-up of speakers! TIFA programme and sessions, please visit - www.tourisminvestmentforum.africa
Great initiative Miller Matola and your team! Agritourism Routes Agritourism Africa

The Tourism Investment Forum Africa (TIFA) offers destinations an ideal platform to support and contribute to their economic development and growth efforts by actively promoting investment and trade opportunities within their tourism and related sectors of their economies. TIFA seeks to promote tour...

03/04/2024

“On the farm I get in touch again with the realities of life – realities that help and stimulate me to keep my head in the bustling world out there where moral values so easily get drowned out by the siren call of materialism.”
Wh**ey Basson
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14/03/2024

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