Our Story
We bought a guest farm near Kruger. This is what happened next.
Anneli & Matthew. Owners since August 2025.
Chapter 1 · The Discovery
A tired old farm, and what nobody else saw.
We bought Kanaan in August 2025. From the road it looked like every other Lowveld farm that had drifted out of love — fences sagging, paint thin, the kind of place travellers pass without slowing down.
What we saw was different. Forty-year-old mango trees. Bushveld that stretched until it ran out of light. A river that ran cold in winter. And a position — 48minutes from Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport — that no amount of renovation can buy you if you don't already have it.
Video 01 — The Story (5 min) will live here once delivered.
Chapter 2 · The Promise
Every review we read. Every thing we changed.
Before we touched a single wall, we read every review the property had ever received. Taps. Breakfast. The gate. The WiFi. The small things that decide whether a stay feels generous or grudging.
We worked through them, one by one. We are still working through them. The farm we hand to guests today is not the farm we bought — and the farm a year from now will not be this one either.
Chapter 3 · The Land
48 minutes from Kruger. The geography does the heavy lifting.
You can fly into KMIA and be on the farm before lunch. The Phabeni and Numbi gates of the Kruger National Park sit 30–45 minutes away. The Sabie River is a short drive. The Panorama Route — God's Window, Bourke's Luck Potholes, Three Rondavels — is a day.
Chapter 4 · The Welcome
From R250 per person sharing, per night.
Well below the regional average. Real beds. Real people answering the phone. Honest pricing because that is the kind of place we wanted to build, not because we were trying to undercut someone else.
The lodge rooms have en-suite bathrooms and kitchenettes. The basic twin rooms have two single beds and an en-suite. The backpackers has 8 beds and a kitchen everyone shares. The camping is shaded by trees older than most of the people who pitch under them.
Breakfast and dinner are set menus on request — R60 for a continental spread, local Lowveld dishes and braai for dinner. Tell us the day before. We do not have a halaal option.
Chapter 5 · The Celebration
A weekend that ends on a Sunday.
We host weddings the way we like to host friends: slowly. A Friday rehearsal dinner under soft lights. A Saturday celebration. A Sunday breakfast where nobody is rushing anyone out the door. Up to 220+ guests when we open the camping ground.
Family reunions, school groups, corporate retreats — the same farm, sized to the gathering.
Chapter 6 · The Future
We are not done.
The vegetable garden goes in this season. The communal fire pit is being rebuilt before winter. The wedding lawn is being levelled. Come back in a year and you will notice.
— Anneli & Matthew
Plan your stay
Quiet nights, easy mornings, the Kruger on your doorstep.
Tell us your dates and group size. Anneli or Matthew will reply with availability and the right room or pitch for you.