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...

For the first time since the property was built all our rooms are now the same style and design, but it has taken a while to achieve...

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...

We have been waiting for a couple of years now for our olive grove to recover from its severe pruning followed by last years scorching...

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...

We have noticed, since we got into the Extra Virgin Olive Oil business, that our guests were a little reluctant to pack glass bottles of...

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

We are happy to say that our contractors are working well and our new rooms are beginning to look familiar again. All six rooms are now...

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...

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...

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...

On first sight it was the impressive Cape Dutch style main house and the accompanying cottages of the hospitality business that attracted...

Galenia – a new name on the South African hospitality scene – is a rebranding of the estate and four star, bed and breakfast guest lodge...