Hanna's Farm Guesthouse

Piet Retief Bed and Breakfast (Dinner on request)

Hanna's Farm Guesthouse is an ideal stop-over for holiday-makers and travellers on the N2 between Gauteng and the North-coast or Mocambique. Come & experience the warm atmosphere and personal care from your hosts on this established and successful mixed farming concern within a German farming community. Relax in one of our 3 tastefully decorated en-suite bedrooms, each with DSTV, honesty bar and fascilities for coffee & tea. Alternatively laze in our spacious lounge with DSTV and connecting dining and breakfast area. Step out of your room and enter a lush garden with lots of bird life, swimming pool and children's play area. Enjoy the spectacular view of hills lining the horison and cattles grazing on green pastures.

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Pecan Nursery Piet Retief

PECAN PRO NURSERY

Pecan Pro Nursery is a wholesale pecan nursery, selling directly to the grower for over 15 years.
Owner Heiko Meier and his wife Agatha ensure that customers get the best quality and service.

Pawnee, Choctow, Ukulinga, Shoshoni and Western are our speciality. We also produce Cape Fear, Navaho, Elliott, Desirable and others to order.

We at Pecan Pro Nursery are known for our well developed root systems. Multiple tap roots with lots of feeder roots ensure a high percentage survival of tress with transplant.
We take orders now for collection in August.

Feel free to contact the owner Heiko Meier for any advice regarding cultivar selection, orchard layout or pecans in general.

Heiko Meier
Phone no: 017 821 0990
Fax no: 017 821 0998
Cell: 082 553 7831
Address: P.O. Box 22, Commondale 2385

KLIPWAL GOLD MINE, PIET RETIEF

Piet Retief has its own gold mine.  The Klipwal Mine is located approximately 60 kilometres outside Piet Retief. Reported recent (1981 to 2003) historical production from the Klipwal Mine is 170,000 ounces at a recovered gold grade of approximately 4.4 grams per tonne. 174,000 tons milled at a average reported head grade of 6.3 g/t. 

As teenagers we used to drive the long dirt road down to the mine to swim in the Pongola River and enjoy the mines club facility.

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More about Piet Retief

Wheretoholiday: the small town of Piet Retief is situated on the Assegai River in the extreme South East of Mpumalanga. Weary travelers heading from Gauteng to the coast would be well-advised to rest in one of the many well-maintained guesthouses in the area. Piet Retief is the last major town before reaching the Elephant Coast, so it is also a good place to stock up on last minute items.

It is situated in the center of huge timber plantations and was originally established in 1883 on the farms Osloop and Geluk. The town gets its name from the voortrekker Piet Retief who was killed by the Zulu King Dingane in 1838, and whose descendants were the founders of the original village. Settlers of many nationalities, many of them Scots and Germans, found Piet Retief to be a charming village and an attractive farming area. The surrounding area abounded with indigenous hardwoods, including yellowwood and other valuable timbers, and these were initially cut up into planks and sent to the Transvaal Republic.

There was large scale planting of wattle between 1900 and 1910, and after the advent of the railways in 1911, forestry and woodworking soon became important industries in Piet Retief, and timber was transported from the area to the whole of South Africa and exported overseas. Piet Retief has developed into an important center for the timber industry with over 75000 ha of forest. Scottish and German influence can still be seen in the area, and German is still the first language of many families.

Spur Steak Ranches Piet Retief

Piet Retief has its own Spur! If you are running late enjoy a scrumptious steak at Tuscarora Spur Phone: 017-8262903 Ermelo Road, N2, Piet Retief before heading further through town and further on the N2 to Hanna's Guest House. 

Contact Hanna on 017 821 0764. www.hannas.co.za. Many of the local farmers a descendants of 19th century German immigrants. This is probably why the Piet Retief Spur is one of the few Spurs Eisbein on its menu.

Piet Retief Accommodation

Piet Retief is the ideal half-way stop for travellers travelling from:

• Johannesburg to Sodwana / Kosi / St Lucia / Ponta d'Oro
• Johannesburg to Mkuze / Itala / Hluhluwe & Pinda Game Reserves
• Bethlehem to Zululand
• Durban to the Kruger National Park