FARMSTAYS

Manyore Farmstays booking has started: Book on Airbnb for first time visitors or email info@manyorefarmstead.co.za if you would like more info. Access is outside farm working hours by self service (instructions to be received).

The farmhouse can only be rented as a unit. There are three bedrooms: 2 with queen bed and 1 with two single beds, in total for 6 persons.

If you are an NGO and would like to use Manyore Farmstead for “thinking time” and inspiration (biomimimicry), you may qualify for a discount as Manyore is also about opportunities for others to make this a better world. If you want to assist us in our journey to make Manyore Farmstead the thriving permaculture farm we envisage and you have special skills that can contribute, you may also contact us. Let us know!

Stays of minimum 2 nights.

The farmhouse includes:

Three bed rooms (see above) • Spacious lounge with room to dance and fireplace and retro solid wood furniture • Fully equipped kitchen (5 burner gas stove, electric oven, microwave, freezer and fridge) • 1 bath room with shower and toilet • 1 ensuite bathroom with bath and toilet • 1 separate toilet • Wifi • Alarm system • Egyptian cotton bedding and Basotho royal blankets • Two small desks • Use of washing machine & dishwasher during sunny hours • Use of books, board games and balls.

Art: Art inspires, like nature does: The lounge acts as a pop-up gallery with art works by Sidney Nyabeze. A price list is available. The bed rooms also all have original art works by African artists.

Climate mitigation and no load shedding trouble: Energy is mostly from solar – you can make your stay climate neutral, except for cooking. We have a solar water heater and solar panels for electricity generation. There is Eskom backup for those cold winter nights or a nice oven dish.

Cleaning: The cleaning happens after your stay or every 3 days, but we can arrange at request extra cleaning.

Farm produce: If there are veggies and/or fruits available, you can purchase them and even harvest if you want. When available, we leave a complementary ‘amuse’ to tease your taste buds.

Transport: All tar road to the farm, and a concrete supported track on the farm; small cars welcome. Public transport is possible up to 500 m from the farm gate. Good to know: The road to Rustenburg is giving some noise at the beginning of the evenings (in particular Friday evening) and in the early mornings but otherwise is hardly audible.

Caution: This is farm life: Beware of vervet monkeys and chicken waking you up or stealing your food!

OUR STORY

Washington Nyabeze and Marieke de Groen founded the company Manyore Farmstead in 2022. They longed for a place where nature could inspire, where kids could be more outdoors and adventurous, where climate adaptation was happening, where land would be regenerated for biodiversity and soil improvement, where people (including themselves) could be hands on instead of behind a computer. A place where opportunities could be created for others and people would feel that they are learning. A place not too far from Joburg, as work still needed to be done there. They decided to look for land to start that place and found it in Magaliesburg.

Our farm worker Jacob Molefi Nkomo has been there from the start and is a real Magaliesburger. He is teaching us and learning also and introducing us to other locals to get work done.

We make a step forward each time and have already made also many steps backward in the process. We are learning and enjoying it.

Our name comes from Manyore Mountain. This is the second highest mountain in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe where the Nyabezes lived peacefully with their clan more than a century ago. We learn most when the elders come to visit; they are the real African permaculture farmers!