Camping on small operational wine farm. Each individual private site has its own power point, light, work surface and washing sink. There is a swimming pool and licensed bar, all overlooking the Oliphants River. We boast with our clean ablutions. Campsites are more suitable for campers and 4x4, caravans are not recommended. Chalets will be opening soon here as well. (Mar-13).

Follow sign posts of the N7 to Trawal then drive over the canal and turn right on the gravel road, follow for 2,4km to Highlanders Farm.

The rainy season is from June to September. This campsite can be reached by any vehicle type, foot or by flying in to the nearest airport, which is in Cape Town, approx 3 hours away. A shuttle service can be arranged. There are car rental services at the airport. Prebooking at this campsite is preferred, but not essential.

“Hi Guys. There is no need for us to explain this guy's comment. Do yourself a favour and have a look at our ratings and comments on trip advisor at Higlanders Campsite and lodge. That will explain itself. Thanks for your time.” - Marno Esterhuizen, 2017/04/23

“DO NOT GO THERE! I was there on May 2nd 2015 with Acacia Africa. First impression of this place was awesome, BUT appearances were deceiving! I've never been to a place where customers are bleed white so hard! The owner's big young biting dog, who is allowed to run around free, is the least problem at this place. 6 people of group had booked rooms (we normally slept in tents during the trip) for the night at Highlanders. Sparky, the owner had texted the price for the rooms to our tour guide, but when we arrived he wanted to charge double and when the ones who had upgraded related to the price in the message, he told them "You can go somewhere else, if you don't like it". In addition he only gave them 2 of the 3 rooms he had promised. So 2 of them had to sleep on the ground with mattressess, but they didn't get towels and still had to pay the full price. In the evening we all did a wine tasting. I've done several whine tastings before but never got to drink that much whine during one tasting, as one usually spits it out if there are many wines to taste. Afterwards I understood the reason for this. The "food" we were served after the tasting barely deserved the name. The "meat" in the mix of vegatables and gravy was almost pure bones, scraps one would normally throw away or give to a dog at best. But as most of the group were already drunk they didn't really notice or care anymore. The few who weren't drunk realized it and agreed with me. In my opion Sparky is a trickster, trying to get as much money as possible from his customers, while putting in as little effort and service as possible. The view of the landscape that you have from this place is beautiful but definitely not worth enduring such treatment.” - Alexander Herr, 2015/06/20

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