Beverley Country Cottages

Wide verandas here face straight across the Dargle Valley to Nhlosane Mountain, and most evenings end with a wood fire lit against the Midlands chill. Beverley sits on a working farm above the valley, four self-catering cottages and two bed-and-breakfast rooms gathered around a stone homestead built in 1913. Nguni cattle graze the paddocks below. The Stables Cottage sleeps six across three en-suite bedrooms around a shared lounge and fireplace. The Thatched House, once the farm's own home, is the largest: double-storeyed, three en-suites, an upstairs television lounge, and a deck facing south-east down the valley. Dairy Cottage suits two couples, with twin en-suites and a private lawn; Hayloft Cottage is a one-bedroom hideaway for two, its bedroom open to the fire. Kitchens come fully equipped, linen and towels included, and firewood delivered daily. It is a working landscape, not a themed one. You can watch the herd from the veranda or walk up Nhlosane on a clear morning. The East Wing rooms, in the original homestead, take breakfast on the stone veranda or by the fire in cooler weather. Beverley sits on Route 3 of the Midlands Meander, close to Nottingham Road and Lions River, roughly 27 kilometres from Howick. A tennis court and farm walks round out the days between.