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KINGFISHER COTTAGES & TWO DAM SUSTAINABLE TROUT FARM

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Offgrid
Accommodation

Our Kingfisher Cottages offer an eco-friendly escape into the Montagu mountains. You can choose from one renovated 150+ year-old stone cottage (1 bedroom) and three naturally built cottages (2 bedrooms) which were completed in 2019.

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Sustainable
Trout Products

Our trout are farmed on site and products are made fresh, with no added preservatives or harmful ingredients. Our traditional curing and smoking processes ensure that our select range of artisanal rainbow trout products are delicious and of the highest quality.

FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PIETERSFONTEIN CONSERVANCY

UNSPOILED NATURE EXPERIENCE

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Pietersfontein Conservancy

more than 10395 ha Land Protected

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18 Landowners

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34 Properties/Farms

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Focused on protecting and rehabilitating the diverse indigenous Fauna and Flora

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ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED

OFF-GRID ECO RETREAT

Our Farm

The journey on our family run farm, in the heart of the Klein Karoo, started in 2014. We, Vivian and Marco Harms, live on the farm with our two children, trusted employees Ganizani, Stanley and Precious and adventurous German Short-Haired Pointers, Savé and Annie.

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Our Ethos

We strive towards uncompromised sustainability in all fields of our farming and operational practices; from our Net Zero Carbon certification and accreditation, our focus on renewable energy, our water supply and utilisation, to our alien clearing projects and waste management practices.

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ARTISANAL TROUT DELICACIES

SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES

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Farm Activities

Activities on the farm include fishing and tours and tastings to day-visitors. Our overnight guests can enjoy beautiful hiking trails, mountain biking, trail running, swimming in rock pools, birding and spectacular sundowners and star gazing.

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