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About 1 ¾ hours drive from Cape Town, 20 km from Citrusdal village, the 100ha Grootfontein farm with its camp area is situated in the valley on the banks of the Oliphants river. The farm is a working Citrus, Buchu and Rooibos farm.

Camping accommodation

Got no tent. Can't camp? No longer the case, intrepid budget traveller. With the arrival of Wolfkop Camping Villages, the hassle and logistics of a camping weekend is now a thing of the past. In fact, if the blurb, "You only bring food and clothes," is anything to go by, any preconceived idea you have about camping - leaking tents, missing poles and pegs, hard ground and sand fleas - is in for a serious shake up.

To set the scene, what we have here is a 100ha citrus-buchu-rooibos farm located about 20km from Citrusdal, with the campsite located right on the banks of the Olifants River - so we're not talking dodge municipal setting. We're talking wide open spaces, green grass, gorgeous sunsets, languid days filled with swimming, braaing and getting to know your neighbours.

Each 'camping village' (maximum six spread along a 200m stretch) comprises a 9x9m Bedouin freeform marquee with an excellent outlook over the water, and one to three (depending on group size) canvas tents pitched underneath and equipped with blow-up mattresses, cotton percale bedding, blankets, towels and extra sleeping bags. Then, there's a fully equipped kitchen area (check list provided), braai grid and utensils, chairs, tables, electric light, cooler box, etc.

Furthermore, every village has its own power point and hammocks - lest you forget that camping is hard work. Ablutions (hot showers and flush toilets) are communal (sorry), so is the fridge for the frosties, freezer, ice machine (!) and microwave. Talk about roughing it in style.

Mountain bikes, canoes and tubes are all available for hire - but bring your own if you have. How this all translates into the real thing we're not sure as we haven't yet put Wolfkop to the test. Instead we surfed the cyber-ether and found the following: "This is definitely a luxury camping site, as they advertise! When they say, just bring your food and drinks they are right! The accommodation is comfortable and quite exclusive as the campsite is not packed at all compared to most other places." And this from a reviewer on Tripadvisor: "We had a great weekend camping and will definitely go back." So, get out of that comfort zone, give it a go, and let us know what you find.

notes

Please! No music - the atmosphere will be spoilt if everyone were allowed their own taste of music.

Weddings and Conferences

Wolfkop Camping Villages is tented accommodation with facilities to cater for wedding, conference or team building needs. A Marquee tent (20/30m with tables, chairs and dance floor) for up to 150 people to rent out is available on site.

A couple of the things we have to offer
• Beautiful venue (indoor or outdoor)
• Accommodation
• Organizers for decorations
• Marquee tents
• Sound equipment
• Dance floor
• Tables
• Chairs
• Food
• Hair
• Make-up
• Photographer

Planning a conference or teambuilding? We have what you need to get the best out of your team with venues that will put the creative juices back where they belong.

For Conferences
• Venue (indoor or outdoor)
• Tables
• Chairs
• Food
• TV
• White board
• Accommodation
• Team building with activities (canoes, mountain bikes hire with trails, swimming, horse riding, hiking trails, golf course, fishing spots) – you tell us your needs and we provide the lay out.

Coffee shop and Steak House

For your breakfast needs back in town (which can be added on the accommodation bill) we recommend the “Via The Grape Vine” coffee shop and for dinner we recommend “Die Sitrus” Steak House.

FAUNA AND FLoRA

We get a lot of feedback from visitors complimenting the abundance of early morning bird life. Over 100 bird species have been identified and include Fish Eagle, Secretary Birds, Herron, Sunbirds, Weaver Birds and early morning passage by V shaped flock of Egyptian Geese.

EXPERIENCES

Each village is pitched up and taken down after each visit and have been laid out to be independent from the other visitors for the perfect getaway. Visit us to unwind from city life and relax in your perfect spot to experience the unique setting of this camp spots tranquility and awesome silence from your own private camp village. Enjoy your breakfast outside while watching the kids swim or a drink in hand while watching the sun set. Then wait for the stars. Lanterns are provided, casting a warm and soft light to enjoy at the fireplace.

Activities

The list of activities include a hiking trail and mountain bike hiring, fishing for Bass and Clanwilliam yellow tail (catch and release!!!) at the river or canoe hire. In town there is a golf course, Quad bike and paintball hire that can be done. The 8km hiking trail is highly recommended and truly amazing (booking essential and extra fee). It snakes all along a mountain stream to a small water fall and includes mind boggling rock formations, scenes of fynbos and sandstone mountains. Fishing are done at the river on catch and release basis – please bring own fishing rods.

Village

Citrusdal (5km away) offers a lovely coffee shop, steak house, golf course, quad bikes and paintball activities. The village hosts four annual events which include a golf event, mountain bike event, canoe marathon and a 4x4 weekend. Citrusdal is also the perfect base to explore the West Coast with famous open air restaurants and crayfish festival. Elandsbay (50min from Citrusdal) is rated the best left hand point break (surfing) in Africa, and Rockland’s (45min from Citrusdal) is rated the second best rock climbing spot (bouldering) in the world!

Wolfkop Camp Accommodation, Citrusdal, Western Cape