Have just returned from 2 wonderful weeks in South Africa - our first visit but not our last!
We stayed 2 nights at De Opstal, arriving late in the afternoon after a long drive. Staff were most welcoming and our excellent room and the beautiful gardens ensured a restful and relaxing stay. Being located outside Outshoorn we opted to eat at the hotel restaurant on our first night, and following an excellent experience ate there on our second night too.
The gardens are beautiful and provide a fabulous backdrop to first class accomodation. Our room was huge, with a fabulous luxury bathroom and verandah to enjoy the evenings.
I would not hesitate in recommending De Opstal to others.

This B&B is located 10km outside of Oudtshoorn but this didn't matter as we stayed one night only. We didn't eat in the restaurant as we wanted to go into town but breakfast was a bit basic.
It was clean and tidy and satisfied us for the night we were there.
Best thing about the stay was the Ostrich Farm where we fed and rode on the Ostriches, plus a visit to Cango Wildlife Centre where I went into the cage with two white lion cubs - absolutely fantastic!

This is a great place to stay .. the room was large and the bathroom devine! I almost wish we'd been there in winter so we could have lit the fire and holed up!!
But it was summer and it was lovely to sit on the porch and just drink it all in!!

the downside for me was the restaurant, it's obviously designed to cater for many residents but on the night we stayed there were only 2 tables which didn't provide atmosphere. the food was good though.

I think it would be a lovely venue for a wedding too!

We stayed for 2 nights here 19/20 December 2007. The weather was very hot and it was lovely to arrive early one afternoon and be greeted by a very efficient Monique who looked after us and showed us to our rooms.

We are a family of four with 2 sons aged 17 & 14 and so we had two double rooms alongside one another. The rooms were very spacious and clean with fridges on the very large terraces. The furniture in the bedrooms was rustic which we had expected from previous reviews with fresh flowers in the rooms.

The grounds and pool were lovely, with ostriches in the adjoining field. The birds flying around were lovely, as they were in many places that we stayed.

The location is about 15/20 minutes from the Cango Caves and about 10 minutes from the town. We did not eat dinner at De Opstal as we did not fancy the ostrich orientated menu. Breakfast was very good though. We ate at Jemimas in town which was excellent, though services was not brilliant as they were very busy in the run up to Christmas. We would certainly recommend De Opstal and would happily stay here again.