Accommodation

Experience Easter & conquer the Blanco Trail Run at Blanco Guest Farm

Easter is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate the holiday than with a tranquil getaway to Blanco Guest Farm, just outside Tarkastad. With stunning views and comfortable accommodation, it’s the perfect destination for your Easter holiday.

Located in the Eastern Cape countryside, the farm offers a range of activities for visitors of all ages, making it an ideal destination for families, couples, and solo travellers alike.

In May, you will not want to miss the Blanco Trail Run. This unique event allows participants to explore the natural beauty of the Eastern Cape countryside while enjoying a peaceful getaway.

The run includes a variety of distances – a kiddies’ rumble, a 10km fun run and a challenging 21km ultra-trail run, ensuring that there is an option for runners of all levels.

Accommodation at Blanco Guest House

Blanco Guest Farm has a range of cosy and comfortable accommodation to choose from, ensuring that you have a peaceful and restful stay. The cottages and guesthouses are well-appointed and offer breath-taking views of the surrounding mountains and countryside.

Choose between the Blanco Guest Farm Country Cottages, Blanco Guest Farm Manor House and the Blanco Guest Farm Country House. The units come equipped with everything you need to make your stay comfortable, including a fully-equipped kitchen, comfortable beds and private outdoor seating areas.

See their rates HERE. See our other reviews of Blanco Guest House HERE.

Facilities at the farm

In terms of guest facilities, the guest farm has ample secure parking for vehicles; other guest facilities at the farm also include a conference venue.

Activities at the farm

At Blanco Guest Farm, there is no shortage of activities to keep you and your family entertained during your Easter break. Activities include tennis, squash, bowls, soccer, volleyball, and a 9-hole chip and putt golf course as well as horse riding, 4×4 trails and a selection of massages and spa treatments.

Blanco is actually a working farm and your kids can interact with farm animals such as cattle, horses, ducks, chickens and pigs. Their game camp is available for guests and comes stocked with springbok, kudu, impala, blesbok and black wildebeest. Birdwatchers will also be kept very busy with over 160 recorded species!

If you’re looking for a peaceful and rejuvenating Easter break, look no further than Blanco Guest Farm. With comfortable accommodation and, a range of outdoor activities, there is something for everyone. Book your stay today and experience the beauty and tranquillity of the South African countryside.

Blanco Guest Farm is located at Bedford Adeleide Road. Here is their location on Google Maps. For bookings, call +27 (0) 45 846 9163 | +27 (0) 68 260 1268; email info@blanco.co.za or visit them online at blancoguestfarm.co.za today. Follow them on Facebook HERE.

SHARE THIS ARTICLE

About us

Actually, Home Food and Travel offers a lot more than just reviews of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities. We also visit great destinations, receive advice from interior designers and stop to smell the roses and taste the coffee.

Our team of journalists are seasoned travels and love visiting the myriad of exciting places around South Africa. Whether it is off the beaten track or in the heart of the top attractions of the country, we’ll be there,

Home Food and Travel advice on finding the right accommodation

So what is the right accommodation? Well more often than not, it’s your travel budget that dictates the type of accommodation that you choose.

Expensive is not always better. Our team at Home Food and Travel will tell you that they have camped in areas with limited ablutions and had a wonderful holiday. They have also spent a night in a five star hotel only to be disappointed because their expectations exceeded the experience.

The reason for your travels will also affect your choice. A business trip requires different amenities to a beach holiday.

Our articles, reviews and experiences can certainly help you make your decision.

Restaurants with a good mix of service, food and ambiance

To my mind a great restaurant offers three things – excellent service, great food and a wonderful ambiance. Of these, service is the most important.

No matter that the food is delicious and the setting delightful, poor service can ruin the occasion. However, great service combined with mediocre meal and a plane jane restaurant can still be a pleasant night out.

We’ve eaten in restaurants that are really dirty but with incredible food and couldn’t help but give a rave review. We’ve also hardly noticed what we ate because the setting was just amazing.

However, the best restaurants come with the best of service, food and ambiance.

Spas are the ultimate relaxation aid

How do you know when you have had a great spa experience? The answer, of course, is when you doze off on the treatment table.

Well that’s our theory anyway. It also doesn’t take a grand location with enormous facilities for a spa to be really good

A small, personal spa that is owner run can result in the best massage you have ever experienced. However, the grand spas in five star hotels offer unsurpassed facilities in an environment that just makes the stress in your shoulders and neck melt away before you even finish checking in.

Adventure!

You don’t have to be an adrenaline junky to enjoy an exciting experience. In fact, what are commonly termed adventure activities usually have incredibly high safety standards and unblemished safety records.

Ziplining, bungy jumping and shark cage diving are all very safe. It’s just that our mind tells us we are craaazzzzyyyy to be doing this.

On the road to great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities

If you’re driving, be safe and make use of all the wonderful farm stalls that populate South Africa’s open roads.

If you overhear somebody asking a lot of questions or see someone taking photos of empty bedrooms chances are it’s one of our Home Food and Travel team members.

We’re out looking or those great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities.

See you on the road!