“Where mountains cradle wild, living silence”
An extraordinary off-grid farm for sale in the Robertson Valley – De Hoek is a fynbos-rich mountain property surrounded by a waterfall, wilderness and pure tranquility in the heart of the Cape Winelands.
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A hidden valley of wonder
Tucked deep into a secluded cul-de-sac of the Robertson Valley, this Western Cape farm for sale feels like stepping into another world. At De Hoek, the mountains rise close and protective, and the land breathes with wild beauty. Proteas blaze across the slopes, fynbos perfumes the air and crystal-clear streams feed two flowing boreholes – a rare gift of abundance in an untouched mountain wilderness.
Just two and a half hours from Cape Town, yet a lifetime away from the rush, this off-grid farm offers pure seclusion, extraordinary views and the deep quiet that only nature can provide.
A retreat born from instinct
When the architect owner first set foot on De Hoek (once a protea farm), she knew instantly – this was it. A place that spoke not through words but through feeling. Together with her husband, she saw the potential for something more than just a home: a soulful retreat shaped by its surroundings, grounded in beauty, simplicity and sustainability.
Her approved architectural plans for a contemporary barn-style home honour the contours of the land – designed to frame the extraordinary views of the Riviersonderend mountains and the shifting mountain light. No other structures disturb the 510 hectares of pristine fynbos, leaving the canvas entirely yours to imagine.
Nature’s masterpiece
This fynbos property for sale is alive with texture and tone – protea forests, wildflowers and rocky ridges glowing with colour. The plant and wildlife diversity of this natural landscape is extraordinary. The two-day, 24-kilometre Boesmanskloof hiking trail that crosses the Baviaans River and the Riviersonderend Nature Reserve trail meanders through the land, used infrequently by fellow nature-lovers, so solitude remains uninterrupted. Follow the trail upward, and you’ll find yourself gazing across valleys, cliffs and rivers, the sound of the massive waterfall next door echoing through the stillness.
De Hoek borders official conservation areas and sits near working cattle farms. With two strong boreholes fed by pure mountain water, it’s perfectly poised for off-grid living or a small-scale regenerative retreat deep in the countryside.
Pure potential
Whether envisioned as a private hideaway, an eco-lodge or a family compound of mountain cottages, this countryside farm for sale offers a special sense of scale and possibility. If you long to create an eco-hideaway steeped in nature, you can apply to extend permission from the standard two dwellings to up to seven. Or the land could be placed under conservation stewardship to protect its fragile ecosystems – a living legacy for future generations.
Moments from Robertson’s vineyards yet worlds away in spirit, De Hoek is the kind of place that finds you, then quietly keeps you. More than a mountain property for sale in the Cape Winelands, this is an invitation to belong to the land. To live simply, slowly and in harmony with nature’s rhythms. For families, close friends or conservation-minded investors, it’s a rare chance to create something enduring – a mountain sanctuary where every sunrise feels like a beginning.
Written by Sally Rutherford
What are the property details?
- Property size: 510 hectares
- Two registered, flowing boreholes (gravity-fed)
- Approved architectural plans for a home
- Rights for 2 primary dwelling; up to 7 dwellings possible
- Borders conservation land
- Pristine mountain terrain
- Rich protea and fynbos vegetation
- Full off-grid potential
- Waterfall views
