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We’ve been honoured to host many beautiful weddings at Matjiesfontein. Our destination ticks all the boxes: from ceremony and reception to unique and luxurious accommodation as well as Karoo-style food and fine, local wine.

Look up. You just may be lucky enough to see a Black-Chested Snake Eagle carving across the sky.

This recipe comes straight from the heart of The Lord Milner’s kitchen.

“I was very lucky to meet Nelson Mandela before he passed away, and I just thought, ‘Why not do this?’ Izzard said. “I seem to be able to run, it helps raise some money, it might inspire someone else to get healthy, and it’s good for me. Maybe I can capture people’s imagination and make it work.”

Matjiesfontein is reputed to be the most haunted town in South Africa. The history of this Karoo oasis includes; fortification during The South African War (formerly known as The Anglo-Boer War) as headquarters of the Cape Command, refuge for Jamieson Raid reformers, and the venue of controversial war crimes hearings.
With such a colourful history, many stories abound of ghost sightings, though they are after all just stories—or are they?

There are no malevolent ghosts here. The ghosts of Matjiesfontein are said to be both playful, and even mischievous, or they are totally unconcerned with events around them