Whipstock Guest Farm

I really had a good stay at the farm. The owner were very accommodating, and the premises were well maintained.

My wife and I really enjoyed the couple of days we spent at Whipstock. We came away completely recharged and refreshed. Thanks Dennis and Gail for a lovely weekend. We'll be back!

We very much enjoyed our stay here. The cottage was tastefully decorated, cozy and had all the basics. Lovely setting and extras like lounge with music, billiards, games etc. Very nice, thank you. We will no doubt go again and maybe take some family and children with us.

Your website carries the title "Self catering". That's what we wanted last weekend. We were considerably inconvenienced when we realised that the unit we had asked for was not a self-catering unit. On speaking to the person on duty during our stay, she rightly told me that we had asked for the unit in whch we were accommodated. Your website is not clear on which units are B&B or self-catering. (It's not a train smash - except that we found not one single restaurant open or available to us in McGregor and had to travel to Robertson for a meal.) Suggestion: Let your website be more clear on exactly which units are which. However, it's a pleasant venue (no great shakes though) in a beautiful setting.

We travelled as a group of friend to the wacky wine weekend. Whipstock Farm was a last-minute booking and we were fortunate to get a place for the festival. The place is beautiful and charming, especially the main house. The photos on Safarinow.com doesn’t do it justice.

We almost froze to death during our stay there. It was one of the coldest www and we felt it to the bone. The fireplace in Longland Unit 1 smoked up the room. Even though we tried to contain the fire, we had no choice but to keep one door open, while it was cold and raining outside, to keep the smoke out. Just defeats the whole purpose of having a fireplace.

The Longland Unit 2 had a Queen Ann stove, which was just as useless for heat as the fireplace in Longland Unit 1 because it smoked up the room just as bad. I called ahead of arrival to check whether there was adequate heating in our units. I was assured there was a gas heater if needed, but only to discover on our arrival it had no gas. I’m glad I brought extra blankets from home since the bedding there was quite thin. My extra bedding almost saved us from experiencing the coldest, possibly miserable, weekend away.

I’m not sure how self-catering guest farms operate but these units did not have cleaning services, and our beds were made. We paid R300 pppn for the www, a bit overpriced for what we got. Perhaps if I spent the weekend in the summer time, I probably would have a different opinion of Whipstock. But I just can’t stand the cold!

Establishment's Response:

Longlands Unit 1 - due to the fire being burnt in front and not at the back as instructed, caused the room to fill with smoke. Longlands 2 - a gas heater was promised, and we got a spare bottle from the common room, but the gas heater was found to be faulty and we were unable to use it as planned.

Due to the Queen Anne stove not being used correctly it resulted in the flue cracking and emitting smoke into the room. Extra bedding is provided in all units and if more was needed, it would have been supplied on request.

On the website it is not advertised that the units are serviced. In the whole time that the guests were in residence not once did they complain or make any suggestions to there discomfort.