Hotel Description
It took 13 years for the Scotts to bring Abbotsbury to it's current level. As with all their achievements, Sue is low-key about the sheer hard work she and her husband Gordon invested and the unique skills she brings to the establishment. She is modest about her culinary expertise but every page of the guest book praises her delicious meals. The farm is clearly run as a tight ship, as evidenced by the immaculately maintained gardens and buildings. Gordon also had a taste for perfection; an old, unused road, which to my eye was a barely discernible mark on a nearby hill, is being painstakingly replanted so it no longer mars the view. The fresh air of the Karoo is sure to stimulate the appetite, and the fare at Abbotsbury did not disappoint me.As far as possible, Sue and her team try to produce all food on the farm itself, including the venison and lamb which is hung in a special cool room, as well as jams and preserves which are made from available seasonal fruit. Freshly baked muffins accompany a country-style breakfast so lavish it left me contemplating a pre-lunch nap! Even the complimentary rusks in the guest suites come from the kitchen
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Unit Amenities
- Guests stay either in a lovely old cottage, circa 1880; or a twin-bedded suite attached to the Scotts' own house; or the new luxury garden suite with its sweeping views of the garden and wild valley in the distance. None lack for character, with polished yellowwood floors, restored old furniture and photographic prints and artwork on the walls. Sue takes your supper orders when you book so as to have a fresh farm supply at the ready (springbok and Karoo lamb are specialities) and you are served in your own private dining room with solid silver cutlery and bone china.
4 Reasons to book your travel to Abbotsbury with My Travelution
As a Travelution member, you gain access to over 150 years of travel expertise. Our travel experts continuously travel the world and are waiting to share their personal tips and insider info with you. Imagine having your own Personal Travel Expert.
Our Service Oath includes: Travel at cost, Professionalism, Quality, Customer Centricity. With a curiosity for our trade and a constant thirst for knowledge we provide our members with the best service.
Combining the best travel technology with our travel expertise, we seek new opportunities to make leisure travel exclusively accessible to you.
We are so confident in our service oath that we guarantee you double the difference back in the unlikely event of you finding travel cheaper.
On/Off Site Amenities
- You can walk freely in this safe haven, with hiking paths up the valleys onto the mountains, or down to the hide where you can sit and watch some of the over 100 bird species identified by Gordon and Sue, especially the Black Eagles on their nest.
- Close by is the Historic town of Graaff Reinet with its Valley of Desolation, numerous well-known museums and art galleries, Nieu Bethesda and the famous Owl House, and the Cradock Mountain Zebra Park with the rare Mountain Zebra.
4 Reasons to book your travel to Abbotsbury with My Travelution
As a Travelution member, you gain access to over 150 years of travel expertise. Our travel experts continuously travel the world and are waiting to share their personal tips and insider info with you. Imagine having your own Personal Travel Expert.
Our Service Oath includes: Travel at cost, Professionalism, Quality, Customer Centricity. With a curiosity for our trade and a constant thirst for knowledge we provide our members with the best service.
Combining the best travel technology with our travel expertise, we seek new opportunities to make leisure travel exclusively accessible to you.
We are so confident in our service oath that we guarantee you double the difference back in the unlikely event of you finding travel cheaper.
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Like so many exceptional places in this part off the Karoo, it requires only an adventurous spirit to drive a short three-kilometres through the bush into a small, perfectly formed valley that the Scotts call home. Sue is there to greet you in her improbably lush and well-tended garden.
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