Aloe House was our accommodation in the pretty Karoo town Prince Albert
which we visited for the very enjoyable Kaleidoscope Music Festival Weekend
It is owned by Peter who came here from the Netherlands in 2008
He is very environmentally conscious and everything on the property is managed accordingly
Booking accommodation on line can be dangerous,
(one place we went to a couple of years ago was a scam and we were never refunded)
We use Booking.com and prefer when travelling overseas to use AirBnB
Lynne is rigorous in her search for just what we want,
comfort, not luxury, (minimum indoor space - more than 15 square metres for main room),
a good bathroom and, preferably, some outdoor space
and the first thing she now does is check the reviews. You learn a lot
Aloe House is varied accommodation in a very large property on the edge of Prince Albert
and we had booked the stand-alone cottage with its own parking
We had to miss the first day of the festival because of another event and drove up on Saturday morning
but stayed the extra (Sunday) night so we could have a peaceful night
before we drove back to Cape Town on Monday after breakfast
This house has three different apartments
Our car in the carport next to the cottage
This is where we were staying, a small stand alone cottage behind the big house, with a small kitchen diner,
equipped with with a small fridge, a microwave and a two ring counter top stove
one large room with a fireplace and the hotel sized bed in it, not ideal for Lynne who has chronic asthma
(We did light a fire one night as it was very cold, and did our best to prevent smoke from entering our atmosphere)
and a bathroom with a shower and plenty of hot water
The fire grate in this picture is the braai 'accommodation' on the small stoep, you need to bring braai grid and tools
The kitchen diner
Another view, looking out
The bedroom
The fireplace and sitting area
We were intrigued by this strange structure in a field in front of the cottage Peter told us that it was an old lucerne bailer, turned onto its end
The structure on the top is a roost for birds,
modelled on the bases made for storks to use when building their nests in his native Netherlands
There is an outdoor entertainment area behind the main house and the cottage which we didn't use
The long drive back to the edge of the property
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