Self Catering Accommodation on the Piketberg Mountain
The following places offer self catering accommodation on the top of the piketberg mountain or the Piket-Bo-Berg.
Excelsior Farm (also offers horseriding)
Tamarak
Camping and Caravan facilities are also available on the Piketberg Mountain
Driving up the mountain in Piketberg is like entering a whole new world. A drive up the mountain offers a surprising and breathtaking view of the region’s large and intensive deciduous fruit and grain- growing farms. Follow the tarred road on the mountain bordered by an avenue of tall pine trees. This area is filled beautiful farms where proteas and export deciduous fruit are cultivated.
During the flower season from September to November the Piket-bo-berg offers a unique variation found only here, as well as all the other flowers (daisy's) that can be seen throughout the Namaqualand.
There are self-catering cottages, camping sites and guesthouses. The views across the mountains in either direction are breathtaking –across to the west coast shores or east over rolling farm lands and distant mountain ranges towards Ceres. A tar road leads out of the town up the Versveld pass and once on top continues for kilometers to the “end” of the mountain enclave.
A charming couple, Patrick and Karin Carter, own Excelsior Farm which offers accommodation in self-catering cottages. For the outdoor type, they also organize horseback trails which are becoming increasingly popular.
Further along from the Excelsior farm turn-off, on the tar road, is Piquet-Bo-Berg Tea Garden and Nursery owned by the Visser Family. Here you will find a picturesque tea garden set under trees, adjacent to a beautiful rock fishpond. At the nursery they cultivate more then 30 species of fuchsias which are in high demand, and are sold to large nurseries throughout Cape Town. The Vissers have also build an unusual mini-golf course and have developed a camping site. They specialize for visiting tour groups.
Tamarak is another self catering cottage on the mountain with scenic cycling and walking routes.