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WELCOME

Room to spread out, a mountain at your back, and the kind of quiet you can actually hear. We’re a working Karoo guest farm on the escarpment of the Nuweveld Mountains, 80 km west of Beaufort West and 60 km north of Leeu-Gamka.

Everything here is self-catering, so you set your own pace: a slow coffee on the stoep, a walk into the veld, a braai as the sun drops, and a sky at night that most people forget still exists.

Our Story

Rooiheuwel is more than a farm — it is a life’s work, and a love story written into the land itself. High on the escarpment of the Nuweveld Mountains, where the Great Karoo opens wide and the night sky fills with more stars than you thought possible, Marge Vivier and her late husband, Flip, built this place together from little more than hard ground, patient hands and a shared dream. Theirs was the quiet, enduring kind of love — the kind measured not in words but in early mornings, long seasons and a lifetime of work done side by side. Flip has since passed, yet he remains present in every stone wall he laid and every path he walked, and the devotion they poured into this farm still lingers in its deep and gentle silence. Today it is Marge who welcomes you at the gate: warm and gracious, carrying their legacy forward with the same strength that helped build it. She opens Rooiheuwel to you so that you, too, might slow down, breathe deeply, and come to hear the steady heartbeat of the Karoo.

Ways to stay

Every unit is self-catering and fully equipped, so you can come as you are and cook, braai and unwind on your own time. From a whole farmhouse for a big group to a stone house tucked high against the mountain, there’s a place here for the way you like to travel.

Grootdroom

A mountain chalet on a dry riverbed, sleeping up to 14.

Boplaas

A comfortable farmhouse with a rock pool and braai.

Bloubos

This is our hunting house with all amenities. 

boplaas camping

Camp under the thorn trees. Power and ablution.

Elma's place

A lovely farmhouse for your families and friends.

arendsnes

High against the mountain, between two ravines.

Kliphuisie

A luxury stone house on the mountain reached by 4×4.

Things To Do

Every unit is self-catering and fully equipped, so you can come as you are and cook, braai and unwind on your own time. From a whole farmhouse for a big group to a stone house tucked high against the mountain, there’s a place here for the way you like to travel.

Hiking

Walk the Erdvark Hiking Trail, a short circular route or a multi-day hike.

4x4 routes

Roads take you deep into the mountains, including the road to Arendsnes.

Cycling

Bring your own bikes, or use us as your base for the Karoo’s gravel roads.

Birds & Game

Watch game across the farm, Karoo birdlife and an exotic bird collection. 

stargazing

No light pollution for miles. Bring a blanket and enjoy the Milky Way!

Horse riding

Enjoy the Karoo on horseback.  We also offer riding lessons.

"Take off your city shoes, embrace the vastness of the Karoo and experience the beauty of simplicity."