We have decided to call our market garden – Galenia Greens, which is quite appropriate as we are seeing more and more green leaves...

September is springtime in South Africa when nature realises that it is time to wake up and be fruitful. But, of course before the fruit...

Our cooks Peggy and Phandile are well rested after their holidays and are now ready – as we say in South Africa- to ‘cook up a storm’. It...

During the closed season there is always plenty to keep us occupied both on the estate and in the Guest House. It is a good time to catch...

It was at the beginning of December when we were first warned of the possibilities of ‘loadshedding’ on receipt of a notification from...

There once was a happy donkey called Cesar who lived with his ‘jenny’ (lady donkey) called Rosalie in a beautiful paddock on the Galenia...

Following the demise of our jacuzzi, jacuzzi deck and jacuzzi lounge in February – in fact it was reduced to ashes!!! - we have taken...

Springtime is with us again. In spring it is difficult to say what kind of weather we will have – sometimes brilliant sunny days, at...

There is no better way to explain the progress on the reconstruction of Rooms 1 to 6 than to show pictures of the progress so far. We are...

Well things are certainly going in the right direction – upwards. Here are a few pictures to show the progress on the rebuilding of rooms...

As we prepare to close for the winter season – fortuitously planned between 16th May and 13th August – we can now start to reinstate...

For two weeks now, we have operating our ‘much reduced’ property, and whilst it seems strange it is nice to have guests staying on the...

We are now coming to terms with our unfortunate experience and beginning to think that it could have been a lot worse and we could have...

We are overwhelmed by all the messages of support we have received from both near and far – it is kind of everyone to give us your...

Words like ‘surreal’ ‘bizarre’ and ‘was it all a dream/nightmare’ spring to mind. The sun is shining and apart from the fact that we have...

Disaster strikes – a veldt fire which appears to have started in Montagu town this afternoon has raced along the Langeberg fynbos and...

It's that time of year again. As the sun shines and olives fatten up and begin to ripen our thoughts turn to how we are going to get them...

For those who keep an eye on what is happening in the Western Cape, you will be aware that there is a severe drought throughout most of...

One of the advantages of staying on a large estate like Galenia is the ability to walk out of your suite and enjoy the natural beauty of...

A recent innovation for our new season – beginning 14th August – will be an internal phone system. Whilst upgrading our internet...