Arabella Country Estate

Fynbos is the main vegetation type of the Cape Floral Kingdom – one of only six floral kingdoms in the world, and it’s the smallest and richest of the kingdoms. About three quarters of fynbos species are endemic to their area – in other words, they grow nowhere else in the world.
Fynbos grows in nutrient-poor soil, thereby creating entire ecosystems where many other vegetation types would not survive. Fynbos provides life for many animal and bird species, like the beautiful Cape sugarbird, (which is endemic to fynbos regions), and many types of very threatened butterfly species. Fynbos plants, like other plants, mark the beginning of the life-providing oxygen cycle.

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Not only is the Botriver lagoon, on whose shores Arabella Country Estate is situated, the largest and most beautiful natural lagoon in South Africa, it has also just been awarded Ramsar Status as a wetland of international importance!

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In the darkness of the early morning hours of 26 February 1852, on an isolated stretch of the notoriously dangerous southern Cape coast, an epic maritime drama unfolded as Her Majesty’s Transport Birkenhead was wrecked on an uncharted rock.

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Arabella Country Estate, one of SA’s leading lifestyle and golfing residential estates situated along the Bot River Lagoon in Kleinmond, is reaping the rewards of their long established water and environmental management plans despite the current drought conditions plaguing the country and the Western Cape in particular.

Arabella Country Estate uses water responsibly and sustainably Read More »

Klein River Cheese Farmstead is a celebration of cheese, picnics and family. We exist to unleash the inner artisan in every one of us.

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Experience award-winning spa indulgence, sauna and hydrotherapy healing, pool relaxing, as well as gym and tennis fitness in a Hermanus countryside destination surrounded by clear air, rich floral diversity and endless opportunities for holistic wellness.

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