What Dornkraal Retreat & the Area Offers You WHEN VISITING DOORNKRAAL COUNTRY RETREAT YOU WILL ARRIVE AS A STRANGER BUT DEPART AS A FRIEND. DOORNKRAAL ESTATE LIES IN THE HEART OF THE BUSHVELD IN THE HISTORIC GROOT MARICO AREA. THIS LOVELY FARM IS SITUATED NEXT TO THE GROOT MARICO RIVER, ONLY TWO HOURS DRIVE FROM GAUTENG. DOORNKRAAL COUNTRY RETREAT IS HOME TO 430 SPECIES OF BIRDS. BOASTS MORE THAN 200 INDIGENOUS TREES IN WHICH SEVERAL HIKING AND BIKING. MAMPOER, THE MAGICAL POTION FOR WHICH MARICO IS FAMOUS IS READILY AVAILABLE ON ANY NEIGHBOURING FARM. SHARE SOME "WURM SOUS" (70% ALC. VOL.) OR "DORINGDRAAD" (74% ALC. VOL.) WITH MASTER MARICO RAMBLE. RELAX AT ONE OF THE GARDEN COTTAGES NEXT TO THE SWIMMING POOL IN SUMMER MONTHS AND ENJOY GLANCING THROUGH A HERMAN CHARLES BOSMAN BOOK. WITHIN AN EASY 40KM TRIP YOU CAN GO FROM BUSHVELD COUNTRY TO HIGHVELD COUNTRY WITH ALL ITS VISTAS OF MOUNTAIN AND VALLEYS, FROM SCRUB THORN TO OPEN SAVANNAS. IN THE HIGHVELD AREA YOU WILL FIND AN UNIQUE INLAND SCUBA DIVING LOCATION, CLEAN CLEAR FOUNTAIN WATER WITH BREATHTAKING UNDERWATER SCENERY. DEPTH OF 16M AND DIAMETER OF 40M. DOORNKRAAL COUNTRY RETREAT IS IN THE DIRECT AREA OF THE GAME HUNTERS PARADISE, NOT ONLY WITH A GUN BUT ALSO WITH A CAMERA. DOORNKRAAL OFFERS A LUXURIOUS OUT OF AFRICA GUEST HOUSE, UPMARKET KINGFISHER, ZEBRA AND BUSHMAN GARDEN COTTAGES. THE HERMAN CHARLES BOSMAN FAMILY HOUSE & DOORNKRAAL 4 SEASONS HOUSE. COME AND EXPERIENCE REAL BUSHVELD HOSPITALITY (ALL GRADED 4 STAR). >>INFO ON ACCOMMODATION / >>INFO ON RATES THE GETAWAY TO BOTSWANA AND NAMIBIA - WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE MADIKWE GAME RESERVE AND PILANESBERG. HISTORY ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENS TO VISITORS TO THE MARICO DISTRICT. EITHER THE POET WITHIN THEM AWAKENS, OR THEY STAMMER IN FRUSTRATION AT THEIR INABILITY TO DESCRIBE THEIR EXPERIENCE TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS BACK HOME. THAT IS WHEN A BOOK BY HERMAN CHARLES BoSMAN COMES IN HANDY. HOWEVER, FROM THE WORD MARICO, ONE REALIZES THAT THE AREA HAS A MUCH DEEPER AND DARKER HISTORY THAN BOSMAN'S HUMOROUS DESCRIPTIONS OF BUSHVELD LIFE ON ISOLATED BOER FARMS. THE NAME MARICO ORIGINATES FROM THE BAHURUTSE WORDS MADI, MEANING BLOOD AND KWA MEANING THERE. marico THEREFORE MEANS THERE IS BLOOD. DOORNKRAAL
IS A MISCELLANEOUS FARM IN THE MARICO BUSHVELD WHERE TOBACCO, CHILI,
SEED SUNFLOWER, MEALIES, SOYABEANS AND WHEAT ARE BEING CULTIVATED.
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DAMS ON THE FARM SERVES EXCELLENT SPOTS FOR BIRD WATCHING AND FISHING.
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