Choose Sterrekopje for a small-scale Franschhoek farm stay where bathing rituals, garden-grown meals and the working landscape shape the day.
Sterrekopje is an 11-room farm retreat spread across 50 hectares in the Franschhoek mountain foothills, with gardens, farmland and guest sanctuaries set in and around historic Cape Dutch buildings. Its stay is organized around farm-to-table meals and a changing rhythm of restorative rituals and hands-on activities, rather than a conventional hotel routine. The original manor house now contains the bath house and herbal apothecary, making the farm’s heritage architecture part of its wellness offering.
Franschhoek, South Africa
A luxurious wine estate and spa nestled in the Franschhoek Valley, combining Cape Dutch architecture with contemporary design and world-class hospitality. The property features award-winning gardens, a Michelin-starred restaurant, and an exceptional wine collection from its own vineyard.
Waterpoort, South Africa
In Limpopo’s Soutpansberg Mountains, within the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve, Few & Far Luvhondo is a small lodge of six cliff suites set above the forest canopy. The suites have private decks and plunge pools, with views across the surrounding mountain landscape. Wildlife tracking, guided walks and conservation activities offer ways to experience the reserve beyond a conventional vehicle-based safari. The lodge describes itself as part of the Few & Far collection.
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Cadogan is a small hotel in Gardens, within Cape Town’s Kloof Street neighbourhood, where cafés, galleries, restaurants and independent shops are close by. It occupies a restored National Monument dating to the early 1800s and has 29 rooms and suites, plus a separate private villa. Its setting pairs a historic building and contemporary South African art with an urban base beneath Table Mountain; Upper Union Restaurant is part of the hotel.
Featherston, New Zealand
Above Palliser Bay in Wairarapa, Wharekauhau occupies a 3,000-acre working sheep station between coastal farmland and the Remutaka ranges. The estate pairs its farm heritage with a small collection of 16 Cottage Suites and a separate three-bedroom Foley Villa. Days can include walking or cycling the property, coastal exploration and dining in the lodge’s country-house Dining Room. It is a rural, spread-out stay, with cottages set across the estate rather than clustered as conventional hotel rooms.
Gardiner, United States
Wildflower Farms spreads across roughly 140 acres in Gardiner, where meadows, woodlands, orchards and a working farm sit beneath views of the Shawangunk Ridge. Its 65 freestanding cabins, cottages and suites give the resort a low-rise, dispersed feel rather than a single-hotel-block layout. Days can move between trails, farm activities, seasonal dining and Thistle spa; the landscape and changing seasons are central to the stay.
Te Awanga, New Zealand
On Hawke’s Bay’s windswept Cape Kidnappers peninsula, this countryside lodge sits within a 6,000-acre working sheep-and-beef farm. Suites and villas look across rolling pasture toward the Pacific, while the estate’s golf course follows a ridge-and-valley coastal landscape. The stay is shaped by rural pursuits such as shepherding and property tours, as well as the scenery; dining draws on seasonal produce from the lodge garden and local suppliers.
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