Manley Wine Lodge Self-Catering Cottage  Verified Listing

Manley Wine Estate is a boutique wine farm and private cellar with bed and breakfast accommodation and self-catering family cottages. The farm is located in the beautiful countryside of the Tulbagh Valley in the Cape Winelands.

A short walk across the lawns from the thatch roof Manor House are seven large double bed and breakfast rooms which are arranged around a shaded courtyard adjacent to the pool. We also have two linked thatched roof family cottages which are nestled beside the dam at the end of the property. Each cottage can accommodate four persons and is ideal for small families.

Breakfast is included in the cost of your stay if you book one of our double luxury guest rooms, and is served every morning between 09:00 and 11:00 at the on-site eatery. Our cottages are completely self-catering and breakfast and housekeeping services are not included but can be added on at an additional fee.

All our rooms are equipped with a private en-suite bathroom, TV with guesthouse bouquet channels, air conditioning, tea and coffee facilities, mini-fridges, built-in safes, and WIFI internet access. Most of our rooms are equipped with their own fireplaces, making them especially cozy in winter, when we have been known to get snowfall on the mountains.

Tulbagh is the fourth oldest town in South Africa (after Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Swellendam) dating back to the early 1700s. Charming Church Street boasts the largest number of Cape Dutch, Edwardian and Victorian provincial heritage sites in one street in South Africa, all lovingly restored post the devastating earthquake of 1969.

Our valley of abundance was first discovered in 1658 by Pieter Potter, surveyor general to the first governor of the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck. Settled in 1699 by 14 farmers, the town itself only began to develop from 1743.

Before road engineers conquered the forbidding mountains at Paarl and Wellington, Tulbagh was in fact the trekker's last stop en route from the Cape of Good Hope before entering the country's wild and untamed interior to the north.

In the heady days following the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley in the 1860s, Tulbagh enjoyed a flowering of prosperity. Yet after the construction of Michel's Pass, and the advent of the railway effectively bypassing the town, it subsided into a rural backwater – which paradoxically preserved its historic character. While causing much structural damage, the earthquake of 1969 resulted in a national fundraising effort and a very successful restoration.

Boasting no less than five museums detailing its rich history, Tulbagh is also an attraction for those who wish to trace their ancestry buried in the graveyard of De Oude Kerk (museum church) - which is in the original form that it was first built.

The premises have a large outdoor swimming pool and a communal thatched Lapa with a large braai (barbecue) area.

Ceres Zipslide Adventures / info@ceresadventures.co.za
Mountain Bike Hire @ the Tulbagh Hotel / reservations@tulbaghhotel.co.za
Murludi Hiking Trail / murludi@mb-net.co.za
Tulbagh Horse Trails / tht@breede.co.za
Cycle Hire - Wine by Bike @ Vindoux / vindouxfarm@gmail.com
Hidden Cape Photographic Tours / ncphoto@mweb.co.za
Tulbagh Scenic Tractor Ride / reservations@oudekloofwineestate.co.za
Witzenberg Holdings Shuttle Service / danwillesept@live.co.za
Mountain View Trails / mountainviewtrailsinfo@gmail.com
Dave's Tours / tours@davesmith.co.za
Oakhurst Olive Farm / info@oakhurstolives.co.za
Crystal Cave / mandykriel@telkomsa.net
Vindoux Day Spa / vindoux.dayspa@gmail.com
Moniki Chocolatier / nikidewolfvankooij@gmail.com