Comfort and a warm welcome await you at Sherwood?s, a charming colonial country house. Echoing the area’s rich history of the Zeederberg Coach Trail from the 1800s, the property is nestled on a working avocado farm amidst the magnificent Agatha mountains and forests, 13 km above Tzaneen. We offer en-suite bedrooms with a homely atmosphere, ensuring peace and privacy. All rooms open onto the gardens, with deluxe and classic rooms featuring small sitting areas, cosy log fires, and private verandas. Our standard rooms are neatly decorated and comfortable. With our personalised attention, an unforgettable stay is assured. Our facilities include scenic views, day tours around the area, a swimming pool, mountain bikes, a beauty salon, and forest walks, with Kruger National Park just an hour away. Treat yourself to a beauty treatment with our Mountain Mobile Spa Retreat. We are a TGSCA 4-star country house with limited smoking areas.
In Room Facilities:
Standard Rooms: TV with satellite viewing, Wi-Fi internet access, tea and coffee making facility, private entrance to the garden, laundry facility, hairdryer, free standing or ceiling fan, safe facility either in room or at reception, guest toiletries and towels. Classic Rooms: These rooms have TV with satellite viewing, Wi-Fi internet access, tea and coffee making facility, private entrance to the garden, laundry facility, hairdryer, free standing or ceiling fan, safe facility either in room or at reception, guest toiletries and towels. They include a small sitting area, fireplace and private veranda leading onto the garden. Deluxe Rooms: These are our most spacious rooms TV with satellite viewing, Wi-Fi internet access, tea and coffee making facility, private entrance to the garden, laundry facility, hairdryer, free standing or ceiling fan, safe facility either in room or at reception, guest toiletries and towels. They include a small sitting area, fireplace and private veranda leading onto the garden.
Establishment Facilities:
Beautiful gardens with gazebo, cultured and indigenous forest around the dam. Swimming pool. Car ports at main parking area, security - electric fencing activated 24 hours, burglar proofing. Credit cards are welcome. International plugs may be requested at reception and there is also a safe facility at reception. Scenic walks on the property and in the surrounding area. Travelling beauty salon available-pre-bookings essential. Children are welcome - no babysitters are available, but we can provide a camping cot.
Described as an appealing subtropical garden town, Tzaneen is in fact the second largest town in the Mopani district in Limpopo that lies at the foot of the Wolkberg Mountains in the northern reaches of the Drakensberg range. These form an impressive backdrop to the town that is renowned for its abundant growth of just about everything subtropical - avocados, nuts, citrus fruits, mangoes, bananas and litchis, coffee, tea and cotton. Tzaneen also serves as a good spot from which to explore the rest of the region, with its position just below the Magoebaskloof. The special thing about Tzaneen is the constant change in scenery - lush vegetation, plantations, mountains and famous baobab trees. There is never a dull moment. The quaint little Tzaneen Museum is definitely worth a visit, on a day when you’re not out exploring the various nature reserves or the Tzaneen Dam (also a nature reserve), for its collection of ethnological artefacts like pottery, beadwork, weapons, the largest collection of pole carvings in the country. There is also a collection of royal drums from the Rain Queen, Modjadji - hereditary ruler of the Balobedu people of the area whose succession is matrilineal (the Queen’s eldest daughter is heir and males are not entitled to the throne) - whose residence is close to the Modjadji Nature Reserve. Just 17 kilometres from Tzaneen is the beautiful Duiwelskloof (devil’s gorge), renamed Modjadjiskloof in 2004 in the Rain Queen’s honour. Routes to visit nearby mountains such as Duiwelskloof and Magoebaskloof provided at our reception.
Things to do & see at Sherwood’s & surrounds: There are several short scenic walks from the country house, including a walk to a nearby garden, where you can spend a good few hours strolling and admiring the spectacular views through the formal garden which forms part of the ‘botanical route’ in the area. A ‘bird walk’ through cultured and indigenous forest around the dam at Sherwood’s. Birding enthusiasts will hopefully be able to see a large variety of birds including some rare species. Small game in the area includes bushpig, bushbuck, porcupine, meerkat, civet, spotted genet, vervet monkeys, a rare sighting of two Samango Monkeys and perhaps you may hear the bark of Charma Baboons close by. A lazy sunny afternoon spent swimming in pristine privacy. If you are feeling very energetic, why not mountain bike through the forestry - bring along your own mountain bikes to cycle among the avocado or macadamia plantations can be pre -arranged. For something adventurous, try the canopy tours adventure sports situated in the Magoebaskloof and Georges valley mountain. Enjoy walking among our magnificent avocado trees on our avocado farm. Places to visit in and around our Letaba area, including: - Historical & archaeological sites - Nature and wildlife - Sporting and leisure amenities - Roadside stalls and tea gardens - Cultural, lifestyle and Township Tours Examples: - Agatha Crocodile Ranch - Cheerio Gardens - Cheetah Project - Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre - Hans Merensky Nature Reserve - Tsonga Kraal Museum - Kruger National Park - Phalaborwa Gate 120 km - approximately 1 hour and 15 minute drive from Sherwood’s. An enjoyable day trip. - Khamai Reptile Park - Swadini - Karosswerkers - community women’s craft project - Wegraakbosch farm with locally produced organic cheeses and dairy - Tzaneen museum - Tours in German on request - Debegeni water falls on the Magoebaskloof Pass (another lovely spot for a picnic lunch) - Golf courses locally : Tzaneen Country Club (18 hole) - The picturesque town of Haenertsburg - Vervet Monkey Project Superb Craft Fair at Magoebaskloof Hotel with a wide range of woodwork, baskets, pottery, quilting, art, etc. Various activities and evening entertainment.
Walks on property and surrounding area
Swimming pool, Birdwatching
Pets allowed on request
Catering semi self catering , braai facility, restaurants nearby, breakfast packed, sit breakfast when available. Extra charge for breakfast
Car ports at main parking area
Check in time from 14h00 - 20:30 late arrival to be advised before arrival
Check out time 10h30
Security - electric fencing activated 24 hours, burglar proofing
3 sleeper bedroom with tea/coffee making facilities, Wi-Fi, TV with satellite channels, en-suite bathroom with shower only and entrance to the gardens. Additional cost for 3rd person.
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From Johannesburg / O.R. Tambo International Airport, take the N1 to Pretoria - 45 minutes. >From Pretoria on the N1 continue in the Polokwane direction - 3 hours to Polokwane. Just before Polokwane central, take the right turn-off - R71 to Tzaneen. Continue on the R71, pass the University of the North on your left and pass the ZCC Moria church & village on your right. Continue on towards Haenertsburg (stay on the R71 at all times) - 45 minutes. Pass Haenertsburg on your right, still continue on the R71 through the Magoebaskloof pass - 38 km. Arrive at a T-junction and turn right onto the R36. Continue on the R36 in the direction of Lydenburg/Tzaneen South, until you arrive at a three way stop - 10 km. Turn right at the three way stop onto Agatha mountain. Travel 11 km up the mountain to another T-junction. At the T-junction turn left, travel 2 km to Sherwood’s Country House where you will find our green gates on your left hand side - Please drive in. Sherwood’s Country House 28 Pigeonhole Old Coach Road Agatha Tzaneen
Children welcome.
