Accommodation should be about more than just a roof over your head, and our eco cabins seek to bring you so much more. Here, you will find a place where you can unwind from your stresses, build yourself back up through enrichment and explore what makes this unique region so special.
Just 73 minutes outside of Cape Town, our cabins await. Nestled in the heart of the mountain, this is the perfect getaway spot. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at what you can expect during your stay at our cabins, highlighting key activities and the benefits of being in nature.
The Eco Cabins Setup
Our cabins are simple in design, effective in nature. Barely over an hour outside of bustling Cape Town, near Worcester, sits a stretch of farmland that’s gone undeveloped for nearly a century. This is by intent, allowing nature to reclaim the space fully. It is here where we’ve built a series of eco-conscious cabins, each far apart enough from the others to offer a true sense of solitude and privacy.
Built using sustainable methods and natural materials, our cabins offer a luxurious residence amidst the beauty of nature. An expansive patio constructed to maximise the sweeping views of the surrounding mountains leads to an interior made up of a spacious living area, plush bedrooms, an en suite bathroom and a fully equipped kitchenette.
You’ll also have full access to electricity and warm water, supplied by an independent power system reliant on renewable solar energy. The cabins themselves vary in size, making them the perfect base of operations for solo adventures, romantic getaways and family travels.
Our Ethos At Eco Cabins
If we were to boil down our entire ethos to one word, it would be balance. Cabins tacked away against the mountainside, surrounded by nature and distant from the conveniences and chaos of the developed environment.
Yet, while offering an authentic outdoor experience, our eco cabins don’t demand that our guests give up all their comforts. On the contrary, we offer luxurious and laid-back lodging that ensures you can take in the full wonder of nature with ease and enjoyment.
Our goal, of course, is to provide our guests with a genuinely enjoyable experience that meets all their needs and exceeds all their expectations. However, we work to ensure that in striving to meet human needs, we don’t put nature at risk. Unsustainable tourism that seeks only to make a quick buck at the cost of the local environment and community isn’t just unethical, it’s bad business planning. To preserve both the sanctity of South Africa’s wild areas and our own future business success, we utilise sustainable practice whenever we can.
Relax In Luxury
Our eco cabins are made for slow, sunny mornings sprawled in bed, steadily leading to a scenic coffee on the patio. Shady afternoons spent hiding from the sun, reading books on the couches or preparing a midday feast in the kitchenette. Nights by the fire pit, watching the star-speckled sky and retreating to a cosy bed where the lullaby of cricked song soothes you to sleep.
While it’s up to you to live out these moments, we provide the tools to make them happen. That means a truly well-appointed space full of comfortable furniture, a clean and convenient bathroom, big cosy beds and a kitchen where you’ll find everything you need for a weekend getaway. The cherry on top would be the hot tub, which gives you the chance to end the day in a singularly decadent fashion.
Relax In Nature
One of the surest appeals of our eco cabins is their location; surrounded utterly by nature while still being a close enough distance from Cape Town to be easily accessible. Here, guests have a chance to let go of the stresses associated with city life and simply take in the serene nature.
As mentioned, our cabins sit on a plot of land left intentionally for nature to reclaim it. The naturally occurring fynbos quickly covered once-worked land, blanketing the area in a wild sprawl of perfumed brush. Step in closer, and what may appear from a distance as uniform reveals itself to be an astounding diversity of different plants, bearing dozens of different kinds of flowers. Of course, we cannot finish a description of the Cape landscape without a mention of the mountains, which dominate the horizon from almost every angle.
Casting shadows or catching light, our mountains are a key feature of the region, influencing not only the views but also the ecosystem and climate. Alongside deep valleys, snaking streams and silver waterfalls, these will be the features that make up your everyday life, not the outline of skyscrapers or mobs of crowds.
And you’ll be able to take it all in from the comfort of your own temporary home, proving that the intersection of comfort and nature need not come at the compromise from either side.
The Restorative Power of Silence
Silence is a profoundly underrated feature in our modern lives, and not just the literal kind. Of course, actual silence is one of the first things that comes to mind, and that itself is valuable. Living in the city, we grow accustomed to the constant noise of traffic, of shouting and crowds, of construction and a thousand other indistinguishable cacophonies. We learn to cut it out, but we take it in nonetheless, driving deep a subtle but sure stress that seems to follow us even to sleep.
Around our eco cabins, however, you’re free of all of that. The quiet can at first seem almost deafening, as ironic as it sounds. But accustomed to so much noise, peace can feel foreign. Spend some time really listening, though, and you’ll find that there is a soft kind of music to our nature.
The gentle hush of the wind and the low hum of insects are occasionally overpowered by the call of a songbird. Settle deeper into the quiet, and you’ll begin to hear the even softer details, like the scurrying of small animals in the underbrush, the flutter of birds’ wings and the distant bark of a baboon scout.
While these are all indeed sounds, they do not oppress and clamour in the way that manmade noise does, intriguing the ear rather than exhausting it. There are, of course, other kinds of silence. We’re all so used to being constantly available, on alert for any new notifications from our phones, calling us off to the next task. Time in nature is a great opportunity to detach from the digital network and enjoy a less demanding pace of life, where only the here and now exists.
Restoration Through Activity
Odd as it sounds, some of the most restorative things you can do involve physical activity. Light exercise is a great way to boost energy levels and mood, particularly if it takes place in nature. Our eco cabins offer you excellent access to these kinds of pick-me-ups through a number of groomed trails that thread the property and lead up the mountain.
Go out alone or grab some friends and start exploring, building up a light sweat as you work your way steadily through the fynbos. Your efforts will be rewarded with views of sweeping vistas and up-close contact with nature, something even the most swish gyms could not ever offer you. If wheels are more your style, you’re also free to make use of the many mountain biking trails in the area.
For those looking for something less intense, consider visiting the local wine farms like the Breedekloof Wine Valley or the Worcester Wine and Olive Route. Here, you can enjoy scenic views, good food, and exceptional wine.
Rediscover The Cape Floral Kingdom
In South Africa, we are incredibly lucky to have easy access to amazing nature, especially in proximity to major urban hubs like Cape Town. In many places around the world, nature is a distant thing to the average urban dweller, encountered and explored only on rare holidays and road trips. We, on the other hand, can reach some site of stunning natural beauty within fifteen to twenty minutes from most places in the city.
However, this very accessibility can at times be what holds us back. We remain content with the idea that ‘it’s just around the corner’ and that ‘it’s not going anywhere’, removing any kind of urgency to visit. You’d be surprised at how many locals fail to spend any meaningful time in nature, let alone learn about it.
Our eco cabins are the perfect place to disrupt that norm through total immersion. Use the opportunity to take in your wild surroundings utterly and look at the familiar with new eyes. The Cape Floral Kingdom is one of the most botanically diverse in the entire world, and serves as habitat to hundreds of elusive animals.
You owe it to your own sense of enrichment to learn about the world you live in, including not only the plant and animal life but the geology itself that forms the landscape. There’s no better place to start than to get up close and personal, spending a weekend away with no distractions between yourself and nature.
Rediscover Our Iconic Culture
The Cape is a metropolitan hub that draws from cultures worldwide. In a way, this is always how it’s been. From the very start, there was no single person who defined the culture of the region. Native Khoi and San mingled with nomadic Nguni peoples, followed later by European colonialists and their Southeast Asian slaves. Relations between these disparate groups weren’t always cordial, but, whether intentional or not, they did cooperate to slowly create a culture for the region.
This conglomerated set of traditions still lives today, in the form of language, history and cuisine. It is often on its clearest display in the rural regions outside of large cities like Cape Town, such as in the winelands that surround our eco cabins. Explore this rich agricultural region, and you’ll be rewarded with sights of old architecture and ways of life, a living art scene and iconic cuisine that makes the most of regional crops like grapes, wheat, olives and stone fruit, as well as excellent beef and mutton. In particular, you may enjoy the globally-acclaimed wines the region is so famous for.
Final Thoughts
In conclusion, our eco cabins are more than a simple weekend of accommodation. They’re an opportunity to relax, restore and rediscover. Take some time away from the city to unwind in luxury, enjoying our fully equipped and furnished cabins that offer you not only comfort, but total immersion in a beautiful natural landscape.
Leave behind the worries and demands of city life and the digital world, embracing instead a more serene and subtle kind of life. You’ll be able to replace the daily commute and hours in front of the laptop with hikes and bicycle rides, where you can get up close and personal with the Cape Floral Kingdom, learning through interaction. Don’t skip out on the opportunity to visit local communities to enjoy a taste of regional culture and cuisine. Get in touch and book your stay!