What’s Happening at Homtini:

For a Romantic Weekend Away, contact Meagan at Enquiries for more details on our list of Romantic Extras available- from Cheese Platters and bottles of red to extra firewood or a fireside massage, we can have it all ready and waiting for your arrival.

Knysna Tourism runs great specials all year round. See www.visitknysna.co.za for more details.

For our Honeymoon Packages, click here

KNYSNA AND SURROUNDS:

● Knysna will be hosting it’s first “Naturally Knysna” Festival from the 1st to the 3rd of November.

● Annual Beach Festival from the 1st to the 31st of December.

● The "Thank Goodness it’s Friday" Night Market will be reopening end of September.

● The Wilds Oats Farmers Market and Scarab Craft Market - Saturday Mornings – Delicious breakfasts and wonderful shopping.

● Also every Saturday Morning: The Slow Food Market, Timberlake, Wilderness and the Harkerville Market, Harkerville.

● Last Sunday of every month: Wilderness Craft Market.

● For our avid Birdwatchers and Nature Lovers, try a Moonlight Meander beach walk by the light of the moon with Mark and Judy Dixon,
044 883 1015

● Buffalo Bay Beach is such a lovely beach and only 20 km away so don’t forget your bat and ball and body boards. Or take some wood down and braai at the point !

● Try a Surfing Lesson with Carrin at Buffalo Bay, recommended for all ages and physiques. 083 310 3637

● Pick your own Strawberries at Redberry Farm near George or try the 4-in-1 Tour With Putt Putt at the Three Chameleons, Strawberry Picking at Redberry Strawberry Farm, Cheesemaking at Sliver Lily Cheese Farm and a tour of Utopia Game Farm.

● Visit Radical Raptors in Harkerville, on the way to Plett, for an amazing experience with birds of prey. Great for families of all ages. See www.radicalraptors.co.za for the wonderful work they do.

● This is a great time of the year for Canoeing. Contact Benny at 073 488 6341 and arrange canoe hire and even a picnic hamper for a different kind of day out.

ON THE FARM:

● We have had some lovely rain so the dams have water in them – great for kids and pets to enjoy mud and splashing!

● We have had a new Reception Office built so we will be welcoming you there from the 1st of July 2011, just follow the signs!

● For a wonderful guided walk through the Knysna Forest, contact Meagan Vermaas 073 363 6522

● Kids – don’t forget to bring your bikes – our farm roads are great for bike riding and your Gumboots for puddle jumping! Farm mud is the best mud!

● A reminder for those rainy days – we have put DVD machines in all our Cottages and have a small library of DVD’s at reception with a more current selection available at Portland Minimarket just down the road.