About Us
Rest and unwind in the platteland!
Enjoy the comfort and space provided at Smithfield House when next breaking your journey. Feel at home and relax in a safe and secure environment in the Platteland. Set within a five-acre property the historic home offers the splendour of a bygone era with pressed steel ceilings and spacious rooms coupled with warm South African hospitality and service.
Individually decorated rooms provide guests with options to your budget. Undoubtedly the safest accommodation in town with state-of-the-art security enclosing the property, matched in the house as well. Your peace of mind is important to us. You can to sleep knowing you, your family and your belongings are safe and secure.
To allow guests flexibility and choice, meals are not included in the room rates, however, meals are served on request. The menu caters to all tastes and varies depending on the season.
To ensure your stay is not negatively impacted on by the lack of electricity, all rooms have gas geysers and water is pumped from a tank system. Each guest room is also provided with stand-by solar lighting.
The owner enjoys the outdoors and is a compulsive animal rescuer. the property offers an escape to a more slow-paced, gentle lifestyle. Travelers are invited to relax on the verandah, listen to the birds or at sunset watch goats playing.
The property is home to numerous rescued and tamed animals grazing freely in the garden. Interaction with the animals is encouraged, and is especially rewarding to children who do not get to experience animals up close normally.
Arrive as a guest and leave as a friend.
About Smithfield and its Surrounds
Established in 1848 Smithfield was established to serve the needs of farming community. With no railway passing through the town, it has remained a small trading centre catering to the needs of a community of approximately 7 000 permanent inhabitants. Located 130 kilometres from Bloemfontein on the N6 route to the Eastern Cape or as an alternative passing instead though Bethulie to rejoin the N1 at the Gariep dam, Smithfield is an ideal stopover location. Activities available to travelers include mountain biking, hiking, golfing and canoeing. And if it is star gazing you are after, the night skies are spectacular!