OUTSIDERS B&B

Cosy double rooms offer an en-suite shower with toilet and a private entrance. Cotton linen keeps you cool in summer and warm in winter. On crisp frosty nights, snuggle up in woolen duvets and mohair blankets. With luck, you may wake up to a gentle sprinkling of snow. Fresh towels, tea and coffee and heaters help you feel at home. Breakfast is served all day in the adjoining restaurant. Enjoy tea, coffee and juice; home-made bread, jams and cottage cheese; farm butter and cereals. Delicious bacon, eggs and Karoo wors are cooked to perfection in Nieu-Bethesda's largest frying pan. Light lunches and evening meals often feature local lamb and venison. With a bit of warning, we also create tasty vegetarian dinners. Visit Helen Martin's Owlhouse, made famous by Oscar winning playwrite, Athol  

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Fugard's ¿Road to Mecca¿. Gather a colourful perspective of village life on the entertaining donkey cart ride. Nieu-Bethesda has produced several world class paleontologists. Share their inspiration at the Kitching Fossil Exploration Center or take a guided tour of unique fossils and rock art on a neighbouring farm. Conquer the mighty Compassberg, at 2502m, the highest free standing peak in the Eastern Cape, or enjoy a variety of easier walks in the surrounding Sneeuberg mountains. Absent street lights and cloudless skies allow the Milky Way to dominate the night. Bird watching is excellent with many Karoo endemics and a seasonal accumulation of several thousand Blue Cranes at their wintering grounds around the derelict railway siding of Bethesda Road. or just sit back on your stoep and watch the dust settle through your sundowner ...