The new reception area and stone kitchen completed

Our new reception area and stone kitchen has been completed

 

We are proud to introduce you to our new reception area with its adjacent stone kitchen.

Built out of rock from the farm, each one handpicked, loaded on a trailer and driven to the lodge by Johan to complete yet another piece of the Tswalu dream puzzle.

 

We will serve small groups breakfast and dinner on request in our unique kitchen and Ian and Sara Meyer left for the UK, inspired by it, to build their own version of it at their home.  Sara is making sure that Ian spends his retirement to her benefit as well!

 

And, if you are willing to be patient, I will feature some of our culinary delights from here...

 

Here's hoping to welcome you soon!

 

 

 

The birth of Bokkie

The birth of our newest member on the farm inspired us to start a blog where we can tell readers about life on the farm. What started out as our usual afternoon feeding routine turned into a day of awe, when a baby springbuck was found lying in the grass. None of the ewes recognised her as their own and after an hour in the veld, waiting for one of them to acknowledge her as her offspring, we realised that we would have to take her home with us. Never an easy decision to take, we jumped into action, picked up the cold and hungry fondling, wrapped her in a towel, drove home and started feeding her.

We were lucky, she took to the bottle easily, gulping down the warm milk before settling on her bedding and fell fast asleep. She is quite at home already and thinks she is now aJack Russel, much like Maxi, her best friend and surrogate mom.

It is so special to wake up in the mornings, switch on the kettle, warm her milk and be greeted at the back door by her special sounds.  And, by golly, do not take too long, you hear the agitation in her voice!

We have decided to call her Nala and she is already a well loved member of the Tswalu family.