Perfect Hideaways: Stoney Cottage, Touwsberg Nature Reserve

Step into the Karoo and get in touch with nature. Settled in the Klein Karoo, next to the R62, Stoney Cottage is a little slice of heaven, surrounded by blissful nature with its free-roaming game and spectacular mountain ranges.

If you’re looking for an escape from the rat race, then this gorgeous home is a real escape to nature. Think packed slate walls, big wrap-around decks, with latte overhangs providing plenty of shade.

While away the hottest karoo afternoons in your favourite spot.

The interior of the cottage is a delightful surprise with big comfy couches, beautiful decoration, rugs, throws, comfy cushions reflecting the great style of the owners. What’s more is that this home is 100% off the grid. It uses solar power and gas and is subsequently, and pleasantly, unaffected by load shedding. But don’t let this stop you from lighting all the candles and lanterns to enjoy the huge star filled Karoo sky – take a bath outside! Heaven!!

The cottage is nestled deep into a private nature reserve off the famous R62. Expect to see buck, zebra and wildlife whilst walking or hiking round the reserve. To cool off there is a small rock pool plus river running next to the house or take a five minute drive to the lake in the heat of the summer. Take your binoculars, walking shoes, good food, wine, company and get away from the city in this perfect bush hideaway!

5 min drive to the lake for swimming, canoeing, fishing and boating – if you bring your own boat (no motor boats allowed).

Coffee Table Book:

Stoney Cottage is one of the hideaways featured in the Perfect Hideaways in South Africa coffee table book. This book celebrates hideaways, identifying precisely what it is that makes a holiday home ‘perfect’. From bush to beach, from city to wilderness, Perfect Hideaways in South Africa features a range of holiday homes that, by virtue of the peculiarities of their locations and distinguishing interiors, offer varieties of experiences.