Journal & Guides
Six warm chapters from Anneli and Matthew about Kanaan, Hazyview, Kruger and the wonders of the Lowveld — and a growing set of practical guides for the week you are planning around your stay.
A vineyard in Argentina that did not work out. A birthday at the waterfall. An old man catching us snooping on land that turned out to be his. Anneli on how she and Matthew found Kanaan.
We took the keys in August 2025, read every review the farm had ever received, and started rebuilding Kanaan the slow, honest way — water, WiFi, the gate, the rooms, one thing at a time.
Africa is a place where your heart beats a little faster. An invitation to a warm family holiday based at Kanaan — Kruger, Sabie, Graskop and the wonders of the Lowveld.
What a stay at Kanaan actually feels like — the dust road in, the room you arrive to, the morning at the breakfast table, the long afternoon under the mango trees and the honest line about the kind of traveller the farm was built for.
A multi-day wedding weekend at Kanaan in Hazyview — rehearsal nights around the fire, a relaxed ceremony under the African sky, a Sunday morning no one is in a hurry to leave. Up to 150 guests on the farm.
A year of renovations later, Anneli on what is coming next — multi-day Kruger packages, the new wooden-house backpackers, affordable weddings, on-request meals, hiking and cycling trails, and a longer ecotourism vision for the wider farm.
While you wait for the next chapter
The story is even more wonderful to read after you have already spent a night under the African sky.
