Penny Farthing Country House Click on a photo to enlarge it. Description: Penny Farthing is a charming country house with luxurious en-suite bedrooms and is well known for its warm hospitality and excellent meals. Penny Farthing is situated on a 3 000 hectare cattle and game farm in the heart of the KwaZulu-Natal battlefields and is in close proximity to Rorke's Drift, Isandlwana and Blood River. The house is built on the original foundations of the colonial home founded by the Vermaak family in 1847. Present owners 5th generation. It is set in a large garden with a fish pond and swimming pool and is graced with an abundant bird life. Semi Finalist - 2001, 2002 & 2003 A.A. Travel Guide Awards. All five bedrooms have French doors which lead into the garden, and each is tastefully furnished with antique furniture and choice fabric to enhance the ambience. All beds are fitted with electric blankets for those cold winter's nights, and each room has an overhead electric fan to ease the summer heat. An authentic fort is converted to an interesting en suite bedroom. The comfortable lounge has a big fireplace, and wood fires in winter allow for very cozy conversations, while a small bar supplies the refreshments after a grueling day in the African sun. The 3 000 ha game and cattle farm ranges from 1 000m to 1 500m above sea level. The higher parts can get snow in winter and the lower part is Bushveld Savanna and is the home of most of the 14 species of antelope that can be found on the farm. The 200 bird species are spread over the total area and is a Bird Lovers paradise. Winter nights are cold and the days are crisp. Summers are warm to hot and seldom humid. There are two hiking trails. The Cannibal trail takes 5/6 hours walking time and the Black Eagle trail 4 hours. Both start at the main house and drop down to the lower part of the property. There are shorter rambles that take approximately one hour each. At the lower part there is a 8.5 ha dam which supplies water to the vegetable and feed production lands. It is also the haven of many water birds and is stocked with Florida Bass and Telapia fish. The are two rivers flowing through the property and many smaller dams. All these facilities are available for visitors to explore. A bit of history: The property was selected in 1838 during the first punitive expedition against the Zulu king Dingaan and settled in 1847 after the republic of Natalia became a British colony. Foy is the fifth generation on the property. The last battle to annihilate the cannibals tribes was fought on the property Circa 1829. There are Boer war gun sights and trenches on the property and a fort dating back to the period of the Zulu wars. Price Info: Rates from: Double: R400 pp sharing DBB.

Dundee, Natal Address: N11 and R33 North East of Dundee In-Room Facilities: None, or no information available On-Site Facilities: Farm Stay Close-By Facilities: Battlefields

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