Perfect Hideaways: Magnificently raw and tranquil, remote and beautiful.

Overlooking kilometres and kilometres of tranquil farmland that rise and fall over rich sandstone hilltops, a visit to The Herenberg in the Eastern Free State may feel a little like a visit to the land time forgotten.

For here, peace and tranquillity reign, the air is crisp and pacifying, the light embracive and titillating. It’s a place where you can go and tune out of the noise entirely. 

Part of the Perfect Hideaways collection, The Herenberg harnesses its contemporary farmhouse heels into the soil it occupies and opens its gregarious yet graceful soul out into the landscape. 

Spread across one level of living, dining, cooking and reclining spaces, this hideaway has been stylishly stitched together by its owner’s discernment for design. Vintage family heirlooms meet bespoke cabinetry and steelworks. European collectables, avant-garde pieces of art and lighting, Persian and Nguni rugs, a Gregor Jenkins steel dining table and accompanying Ghost chairs all make this home an elegant, flamboyant take on a farmhouse in the Free State.

With large, expansive windows opening up to magnificent views across the working farmlands, around the willow trees, the dam and the river, towards the Maloti Mountains and the horizon and beyond, here nature sets the pace from dawn to dusk. Reminding guests why they chose this unique property to begin with – to explore the land and to sit still. To chitter-chatter and nibble, sip and indulge, and to tune out and reflect. To bond, to reconnect. As if it’s the beginning of time, again.

The Herenberg is available to rent through Perfect Hideaways and can sleep a maximum of four guests

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