Indabushe Eco Lodge is one such gem. Dewald and Nelie really go all out to make you feel at home and comfortable, and Nelie prepares meals that will have you begging for more! The steak she prepared for us this past Saturday was a work of art! Oh my, I just started drooling.
Nestled between the surrounding mountains and hills, with a great view over a part of the valley from the homestead, you can just feel how your overworked, overstressed, hyperdrive city conditioned body starts unwinding the moment you step out of your car. The first thing you hear is water rushing over rocks in the stream right next to the house - it's exactly like a muscle relaxant, only better!Do you need this? Trust me - you do.
The farm offers a variety of activities to cater for everybody. Hiking trials in the mountains for the fitter nature lovers amongst us. Quad bike trials for the more laid back nature lovers. And if you are just a totally lazy nature lover - nothing wrong with that - you can simply relax and enjoy the scenery and birdsong and that soothing stream.
Quad bikes. Lets talk about quad bikes for a bit. Not being a regular quad biker, I have always felt a little bit out of place on one. Lucky for me, Dewald first takes you for a little training course before escorting you into the mountains. And it really helped me - I felt totally at ease afterwards! So I could just enjoy myself. Safety first is the motto here.
When I think quad bikes, I think ugly, beatle like machines, noisy, bumpy and uncomfortable.
But boy oh boy, certainly just about the most fun you can have on 4 wheels! The exception might be my carting days (wonderful times, when I actually managed to fit into a super fast go-cart) and occasions when I was lucky enough to take a Ferarri F360 and Porsche 911 Turbo for a spin around a race track. That was fun - and FAST!
At Indabushe the focus is not on speed - rather on enjoying the capabilities of the quad bike to the max. In the mountains, in 4x4 mode, with you hanging on for dear life. And the route we did was apparently the easiest one. I have a feeling Dewald was probably just being nice to me so he kept me off the difficult tracks, up to a full day long quad bike trek through the mountains. So if you like quadbiking in the bush - you really need to come and try this out.
So once again Schoemanskloof serves up a very nice surprise. Small wonder then that it is fast becoming one of my favourite spots. Great people, great accommodation, great food. Perfect.
Thanx to Dewald and Nelie for making our stay one to remember. Will we be back? You better believe that!
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