Zandrivier farm is located in the Karoo mountains between the N1 (Laingsburg) and the R62 (Ladismith). A scant 3.5 hour drive from Cape Town, the farm offers the silence of the Karoo, big African vistas, unending star-studded night skies and restoration for the soul.

Zandrivier is owned by Ben  Jewaskiewitz and his father, Charles. Freshly discovering this more remote Karoo area in 2007, Ben took over the farm from its lifelong owners and has continued to build on their heritage. The farm currently supports cattle, horses and sheep, and Ben has planted lucerne, onion and apple crops. With water scarce in the summer, Zandrivier has invested in building dams for irrigation. Most of the potable water on the farm comes from the local springs in the Swartberg mountain range.

Zandriver offers three private residences and the opportunity of either getting away from it all, or being part of farm life. Children are encouraged to interact with our animals, perhaps milk a cow, feed the donkeys, help shear a sheep, or watch a lambing in season.

Zandrivier is the third highest farm in the western Cape. With the highest peak in the Western Cape rising above the farm, Zandrivier is an excellent base camp and offers easy access for a quick peak-bagging expedition to Seweweekspoort, which, weather- and fitness-permitting, you can summit and return in a day. Zandrivier Farm is also an excellent locale for exploring the Klein Swartberg, or  for cyclists and bikers, a base for daily trips into remote areas and small Karoo towns.