Schoone Oordt Country House
Hotel in Swellendam

Schoone Oordt Country House offers beautiful and elegant accommodation in Swellendam with a heartfelt passion for people, for food, for wine and for the environment.  Perfectly positioned between Cape Town and the Garden Route, she makes the perfect stopover, weekend break or romantic off-the-beaten track wedding venue. Her extensive grounds house eight magnificently crafted sumptuous rooms, private family cottage and a romantic and secluded honeymoon hideaway set in lush, a quaint, abundant gardens and sheltered by aged oak trees.  The emphasis here is on warmth, care, elegance, quality and love and we aspire to make this evident in every aspect of your time with us.  We do hope you feel as though you're visiting with the best of friends.There is something quite magical about Schoone Oordt Country House.  Our luxury country hotel offers romantic and intimate as well as family friendly accommodation in Swellendam, South Africa.  Do come and 'kuier' with us.

The emphasis here is on unpretentious unaffected luxury, elegance, quality, love and attention to detail and we aspire to make this evident in every aspect of your time with us. We do hope you feel as though you’re visiting with the best of friends. It gives an accurate idea of the property, the rooms, the guest areas, the pool and the gardens. We have done all three and have very much enjoyed your generous hospitality in your beautiful home and garden. We are so thrilled to showcase our newest contribution to Swellendam’s family accommodation. Months of planning, hard work (and all the other joys that come with construction) have paid off and have turned what was once just an empty shell into a beautiful and spacious family suite. As per usual, or by now it’s become somewhat of a Schoone Oordt tradition really, Richard took on the renovation of the empty storage space together with our resident handymen, Cuthbert and Charlie. Although there is something new on the breakfast menu every morning we like to deck out our buffet with a few regulars like fruits, breads and cereals. Although we now have Chef Obie at the head of things in the kitchen we still use Alison’s fabulous granola recipe. Still in its baby shoes the Silver Mountain Music Festival celebrates music and nature to the benefit of the community and conservation projects of the Grootvadersbosch Conservancy. The aim of the Grootvadersbosch Conservancy is the protection of the indigenous ecosystems of the Grootvadersbosch Valley. Their conservancy projects include alien clearing, fire management, trail building and environmental education to name a few. We’re very excited to finally introduce our not-so-new head chef, who is taking our Conservatory Restaurant to one of the best restaurants, Swellendam. This Bloemfontein native had big shoes to fill as Chef Wander’s successor but with his international experience and enthusiasm for food we knew he’d be up for the task. He remembers how he was always in awe of his brothers skillful cooking for their family even though it was with simple ingredients like potatoes, beef and pap.