Cloudskraal · Nieuwoudtville · since c.1770

From cloud to life.

Rooibos, wine and four places to stay on the Bokkeveld Plateau. Discover the farm, or speak to Alex about supply for your business.

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The sandstone krans at sunset, looking west over the Knersvlakte far below — The sunset viewpoint on the krans, looking west over the Knersvlakte.

The Garsland Cottage in the early morning, at the end of the farm track

StayFour places to stay on a working farm820 m up, on the edge of the Knersvlakte. The Homestead, Suite and Cottage on Garsland; the Stone Cottage above the dam. For two to six guests.Check dates

A bottle of Nieu Sauvignon Blanc standing among pink and white wildflowers

WineNieu Sauvignon BlancThe first wine of the Nieuwoudtville Wine of Origin. Enquire about the available vintage.The wine

A track between tall green rows of rooibos bushes under a pale evening sky

RooibosRooibos from Cloudskraal Farms4 trade grades, from export fines to rooibos sticks.Rooibos for trade

The farm

Clouds on the mountain, rooibos on the sand, vines by the dam

Cloudskraal sits on the Bokkeveld escarpment where the fynbos, the Hantam Karoo and the Knersvlakte meet. Rooibos is cut by hand and sweated on the tea court; the only vineyard in the Nieuwoudtville Wine of Origin grows beside the dam that irrigates it; a Dohne Merino flock grazes the lands that rest under oats and lupins between plantings.

The farm Visiting and directions

Aerial view of planted blocks and a dam, with cloud turning to mist along the top of the mountain — Early morning as the clouds become mist at the top of the mountain.

The Nel family among winter trees and yellow flowers: Enya, Japie, Frances, Angelique and Alex Nel, left to right — The Nel family, left to right: Enya, Japie, Frances, Angelique and Alex Nel.

The people

Of the land and for the land

The Nel family have farmed this corner of the plateau since around 1770. The work is done by people with names, photographed on ordinary days: preparing the next rooibos planting, cooking roosterkoek on the coals in flower season, walking the winter vines.

Our story Farm life

Jan Martin standing in front of a green tractor in a field of yellow flowers — Jan Martin, preparing the soil for the next rooibos planting.

Four people cooking roosterkoek over an open fire in front of green hills — Roosterkoek on the coals, a community gathering in spring.

Field note · July 2026

Field note: Preparing the next planting

10 and 11 July 2026. Jan Martin prepared the soil for the next rooibos planting with the land in flower, and on the escarpment edge the small plants were out between the quartz stones.

A record of particular days from Alex's photographs, not a calendar of what happens on the farm every season.

More field notes

Small red-leaved plants growing between white quartz pebbles

Jan Martin, preparing the soil for the next rooibos planting. · Small plants between quartz stones on the edge of the escarpment.

Trade

Talk directly to Alex.

Wine, rooibos or grapes for your business. Tell us the requirement and we confirm the available lot, the specification and a written quotation. Cloudskraal Farms supplies; Tiquimani handles exports.

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Alex Nel · alex@cloudskraal.co.za

A nube ad vitam. From cloud to life.

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