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Black Eagle Lodges Secluded self-catering stone mountain and farm cottages, with hot tubs, fireplaces and swimming dams. Revive your spirit. Nourish your soul.

Self-catering farm accommodation in the beautiful Overberg, hot tubs, swimming dams, very private, yet close to Hermanus and Botriver W**e routes

How often do you sit still long enough to let your imagination work?We ask this while you are reading our words on Insta...
08/10/2026

How often do you sit still long enough to let your imagination work?

We ask this while you are reading our words on Instagram or Facebook, which is not lost on us.

Technology sits at the centre of almost everything we do. We scroll while we wait. We search before we wonder. We reach for our phones the moment the world becomes quiet.

But when last did you sit somewhere beautiful and allow your thoughts to wander without directing them?

No answers to find. No content to consume. No next task demanding your attention.

Perhaps imagination does not disappear as we get older. Perhaps we simply stop giving it enough quiet space to speak.

At Black Eagle Lodges, there is room to sit still. On the veranda. Beside the fire. In the hot tub. Somewhere along a trail with nobody waiting for you to hurry back.
Put the phone down for a while.

Let your mind go somewhere on its own.

From gold to gold. The Overberg never really loses its glow.Golden canola fields slowly make way for golden wheat. Winte...
05/10/2026

From gold to gold. The Overberg never really loses its glow.

Golden canola fields slowly make way for golden wheat. Winter layers return to the cupboard, faces turn towards the sun and everything begins to feel a little lighter.

It is time to soak up the warmer days, nourish the soul and look on the bright side.
What better way to do it than with a stay at Black Eagle Lodges?

Book your October escape and experience the changing season for yourself.

Welcome, October.The apple trees are covered in blossoms. Colour is returning to the landscape. The air feels warmer and...
01/10/2026

Welcome, October.

The apple trees are covered in blossoms. Colour is returning to the landscape. The air feels warmer and the farm seems to be stretching towards the sun.

Everywhere we look, something is growing, opening or beginning again.

New leaves appear on branches that stood bare through winter. Wildflowers brighten the fields. The fynbos continues to surprise us, and the days linger a little longer before the light disappears.

The farm changes quietly, then suddenly you look around and realise that everything is alive.

Some seasons arrive loudly.

October arrives in bloom.

The luxury isn’t having no signal.It’s having signal and choosing not to use it.Our lives are run by technology. We work...
29/09/2026

The luxury isn’t having no signal.

It’s having signal and choosing not to use it.

Our lives are run by technology. We work from our phones. We communicate through them. We photograph everything. We scroll, reply, check, refresh and somehow convince ourselves that we need to be available all the time.

And yes, realistically, most of us probably could not function without it.

A few weekends ago, I had the luxury of spending some time at The Lodge at Black Eagle Lodges.

The signal was there. The WiFi was there. My phone worked perfectly.

And yet, even as a social media manager, I found myself wanting less and less to do with it.

The phone went onto silent. The emails could wait. The messages could wait. Social media could definitely wait.

And do you know what happened while I was disconnected? Life carried on.

Nothing fell apart. Nothing happened that could not wait until Monday. Everything was still there when I eventually picked my phone up again.

Meanwhile, I was actually where I was.

Looking at the view. Spending time with the people around me. Sitting outside. Breathing a little deeper. Letting the weekend feel like a weekend.

Perhaps switching off does not mean travelling somewhere without reception.

Perhaps it means going somewhere beautiful enough that you finally choose not to check.

Everything will still be there when you get home.

We think The Villa’s hot tub deserves a new name.Meet the Pincushion Bath.Surrounded by fynbos, the first pincushions ar...
24/09/2026

We think The Villa’s hot tub deserves a new name.

Meet the Pincushion Bath.

Surrounded by fynbos, the first pincushions are already beginning to open. By mid September, they should be in full bloom, while the everlastings are already putting on their own beautiful spring display.

Soon, a soak here will come with warm water, cool spring air and pincushions blooming all around you.

Spring arrives slowly at Black Eagle Lodges. First one flower. Then another. And before you know it, the landscape is alive with colour again.

If you are planning a September stay, The Villa and its Pincushion Bath are waiting.
Book your stay directly with us.

Before Black Eagle Lodges became a place guests could escape to, The Cottage was simply home.James built The Cottage as ...
21/09/2026

Before Black Eagle Lodges became a place guests could escape to, The Cottage was simply home.

James built The Cottage as his first house on the farm. Then Lucy moved in and, very soon after, the twins arrived. It became their first family home, filled with early memories, changing seasons and the constant soundtrack of the farm’s special birdlife.

As the family grew, it was not long before James and Lucy swapped houses with his parents. The Cottage remained a deeply loved part of their story.

Eventually came the thought: perhaps this is too beautiful not to share.

And that is really where the story of Black Eagle Lodges began.

Today, The Cottage still carries that feeling of home. A place to arrive, put your bags down and very quickly settle into the slower rhythm of farm life.

Mornings without an alarm. Coffee that somehow lasts an hour. Garden birds moving around the Cottage and mountain birds calling across the landscape. A walk because the weather is too beautiful to stay inside. An afternoon with nowhere you need to be.

There is something lovely about knowing that Black Eagle Lodges was never created simply because someone wanted to build accommodation.

It grew from a home and a piece of the Overberg that was already deeply loved.

And now you get to experience a little piece of it too.

There is something so beautiful about the quiet at Black Eagle Lodges.But it is not silence.During the day, it is the bi...
19/09/2026

There is something so beautiful about the quiet at Black Eagle Lodges.

But it is not silence.

During the day, it is the birds, the wind moving across the farm and the occasional moo drifting in from somewhere in the distance.

At night, the sound changes completely.

The insects come alive. The darkness settles in. The farm finds its own rhythm and suddenly you realise just how different quiet can feel when it is filled with nature instead of traffic, notifications and background noise.

It is the kind of quiet that makes you notice things again.

The kind that slows you down without asking.

The kind that reminds you how much noise you have become used to.

And perhaps that is part of what makes Black Eagle Lodges feel so different.

You are not escaping sound.

You are simply listening to a better kind of it.

15/09/2026

Someone’s cancellation could be your very good news.

The Lodge was booked for this coming weekend, but a last minute cancellation means 18 to 20 September has suddenly opened up.

And if you have been craving a weekend that looks a little more like this, we would not think about it for too long.

Drive out. Put the bags down. Slow everything right down.

Walk around the farm. Sit beside the water. Light the fire. Pour something good. Get into the hot tub as the sun starts dropping behind the mountains.

No complicated plans required.

Just two nights at The Lodge and a whole lot of space to switch off.

LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY 18 to 20 September
Send us a message to book directly.

selfcatering

LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY. A VERY GOOD REASON TO CHANGE YOUR WEEKEND PLANS.The Cottage is available this weekend, and we ...
10/09/2026

LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY. A VERY GOOD REASON TO CHANGE YOUR WEEKEND PLANS.

The Cottage is available this weekend, and we have dropped the rate to just R2 200 per night for two guests.

Book a two night stay and save R1 400.

Two nights of quiet farm living, slow mornings, beautiful Overberg views, long walks and a wood fired hot tub waiting for you at the end of the day.

THE DETAILS:

R2 200 per night for two guests
Two night stay
Save R1 400
This weekend only
Direct bookings only

There is only one Cottage and only one weekend available. Email us at [email protected] to secure it.

Who would you bring with you? Tag them below before somebody else books your weekend.

The 24 hours you didn’t know you needed.It starts slowly. Sunrise over the dam, coffee in hand and a book opened in the ...
10/09/2026

The 24 hours you didn’t know you needed.

It starts slowly. Sunrise over the dam, coffee in hand and a book opened in the fresh morning air before the day has properly begun. Somewhere in between another page and another sip, the first wood gets added to the hot tub because you already know exactly where you want to end the day.

There is time for a little fishing before the sun comes out properly and convinces you to swap the book for your walking shoes. One of the trails, no rush, no schedule and absolutely nowhere else you need to be.

By the time you make your way back to The Lodge, lunch tastes better than it usually does. The afternoon slips by with more reading, another coffee indoors and maybe another round of fishing simply because you can.

Then evening arrives.

Dinner is made, the temperature drops and the hot tub is finally ready. You sit there in the warm water with the cool air around you and that wide Black Eagle sky overhead, completely content to let the day end exactly as slowly as it started.

And then, at about 8pm, bed sounds like the best idea in the world.

Not because the day exhausted you, but because sometimes going to bed ridiculously early after a day spent doing exactly what feeds your soul is precisely what you needed.

No rushing. No overplanning. No pressure to make the most of every second.

Just 24 hours at Black Eagle Lodges and the quiet realisation that perhaps rest does not always mean doing nothing.

Sometimes it means finally having the time to do the things that make you feel like yourself again.

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Kempsrivier
Caledon
7230

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+27828537838

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