The Feather Palace, a red-roof mansion just off the R62, is part of a stylish working guest ranch owned by a gay couple from Durban.

This stylish Cape Dutch guesthouse has eight rooms and a swimming pool, on Prince Albert's main street.

A two-room inn opened in 2006 by a local farmer named Tinie Bekker. A soft-spoken fiftysomething Afrikaner whose ancestors were among the first Boe

Three hundred miles from Cape Town, this exclusive getaway (tennis superstar Roger Federer bought a private residence here) is set on a bluff above

Montague House, a handsome 1908 palace with a polished oak interior in the town center, has been transformed into a bistro.

This cult bar and roadside burger joint is owned by farmer Ronnie Price.

A recently opened Greek restaurant on the waterfront.

Lunch on a juicy ostrich burger under the guava trees of the alfresco Koggelmander restaurant.

Take a swim in the wild waves of this aptly named beach.

Sample a meaty Manzanilla olive at this thriving farm.

To sample the region's best Cabernets and Merlots, drive seven miles west to Tradouw Valley's vineyards.

Visit the winery, established in 1880, for a tasting of ruby and tawny ports.

Surrounded by wide expanses and the desert-like terrain of the Great Karoo, Bergwater Vineyards has been open since 1999 and is the only vineyard i