Troutways Private Retreat

We loved the stay on Hain's farm, and the log cabin was comfortable and had a great feel. Everything was well maintained and comfortable, and it provided a peaceful break on our road trip. The kids loved exploring the farm with Hain's dogs keeping them company. Highly recommended!

We spent a weekend in troutways as we were going to the cracks. It is a big house, nicely oriented towards the lake, big and with everything that you need. The braai area was big and we beds were confortable. You have magnificient view of the mountains. With no doubt, we will come back!

We arrived to clueless workman asking us which house we have booked. After unlocking the log cabin, he only put the fridge on, went to fetch the microwave, collected some firewood. The microwave still had dirty pap from before. The next morning couldn't make breakfast on the stove due to no gas bottle. No spare bottle so they had go fetch in town. So we had to opt for breakfast in town at stone circle. Lovely little gem. Arriving back to the farm we chose to hike up the mountain. Again worker cannot be found or any Information on where to go etc. I kept on phoning Hein, almost feeling like a pain. Anyway Hein was helpful from Pretoria. But the last straw was when eskom came to switch off the power the next morning due to late payment. No power or hot water that night. Very disappointing. Contacted Hein, but nothing could be done. Family very unhappy about last night stay. No further contact from Hein to find out if everything is ok. Anyway. Plus side. The property is tranquil and hiking up the mountain was lovely. Teaching the kids to fly fish was also fun. We had a very restful weekend.

When we showed up at 8 PM on a Friday to check in, they said that they do not have a booking for us for Friday. We initially moved the booking from Saturday to Friday and we received a reminder that those were the dates. When I called the owner - he said that I should follow up with Lekkerslaap. He did give us another place to sleep but it is nothing like what we booked. When I said I want a refund for not staying in the booked guinea fowl - a large 4 bedroom place compared to the 2 bedroom place - he said it's not his problem and he is doing us a favour.

Will recommend this place for a relaxed breakaway , trout fishing were also excellent dams well stocked. Staff were very friendly and helpful the views around with the mountains excellent and loved the cattle grazing around the dam and house in the evenings also love the idea to have our 3 doggies with us to experience this adventure.

We found Troutways to be a very relaxing stay. Unfortunately our fishing experience was not great as we saw no sign of any trout, only small tilapia. The setting was nice and quiet. Although we were told the resort is pet friendly we hadn't brought our dog with but maybe it was a good thing as we had a continuous visit from 5 dogs that live on the resort. Not sure how well our dog would have taken to that.

We were greeted with friendly service. We had a peaceful and relaxing family time during our visit at the farm. The Homestead Lodge was very spacious and the the friendly dogs during the day was an added bonus. Thank you for a wonderful stay.