Build a Castle in beautiful natural Bushveld, Mokopane, South Africa

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  2025 

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  • Descrição

    Descrição

    A Castle in the Bushveld of South Africa. It is a crazy dream.
    If you are a Builder, Architect or Engineer with a passion for building, please come and joint the crazy dream:


    While many people are building quick castle illusions, we could not settle for that. It had to be real heavy stone and concrete. Real craftsmen/ women are rare and expensive, so most every brick was laid under direct supervision of Marie, my mom. (a pre-primary school teacher once, artist, potter, cattle farmer, nature lover, and now a builder through apprenticeship.

    Today I have been an Architect for 20 years, but when this project was dreamed up I was a boy. Marie has always been the carrier of the dream, and started building one fine day in 2003. Today the building stands 75% done, and we have been helped by people from around the world. People that have crept deep into our hearts, starting long ago with Jean and the loveliest people you will ever meet.

    I assist with technical guidance and construction knowledge from 1000 miles away, in Windhoek, Namibia. Marie works with Eunice and Ray, two 'unskilled labourers' but masters at life and people's skills - who have both become quite skilled over the years. She is sometimes assisted by her evenly passionate brother Daan, and long time farmer friend Jannie, who can make and fix anything..

    If you are an Architect, Engineer, or Artisan who can add you knowledge in a directly practical way, the physical results of this project will award you, as it does us.

    You will not find a better guide to the beauty of the Nature of the Bushveld than Marie. She has a passion for anything the mind can see or the hand can touch: art, craft, nature, education, and upliftment of people.

    We are situated right in the heart of the Bushveld, Limpopo Province. Close to a village called Sterkrivier and a town called Mokopane. It is only 3 hours drive from Johannesburg (O.R Thambo) International Airport. Leon, my dad works in Johannesburg and being a couch surfer host and philosopher you will likely be well exposed to South Africa before you reach the farm. Logistically, having and 'ally' in the city makes opportunities for arrival and other local experiences good. While you are in the area you will most likely make a visit to the world renowned Kruger National Park, Soweto and the Apartheid Museum.

    Thank you to all Marie's new 'children' and life-long friends. It has been a joy.



    Last month Marie had to slow down building. If you can, please help.

  • Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

    Construção/faça você mesmo
  • Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

    This is a living experience in a truly South African 'Bushveld' natural setting. Game farming (basic conservation) is the main business in the area.
    In terms of hands-on artisan building experience, our photo library paints and accurate picture.

  • Ajuda

    Ajuda

    Skilled hands at a wide range of construction tasks. Architectural, Engineering and Construction qualifications and experience. The building work is mostly masonry and stone masonry. Skilled work in carpentry, and steel. Steel bending and blacksmith work.

  • Idiomas

    Afrikaans: Fluente
    Inglês: Fluente

  • Acomodação

    Acomodação

    Farm quality buildings with separate room, kitchen, bathroom, lounge and outside area. You have direct access to the most beautiful nature and wildlife. You have electricity, a washing machine and most basic amenities. Internet is reasonably good for Africa.

  • Algo mais...

    Algo mais...

    The farm is an exceptionally beautiful piece of natural wilderness in the Waterberg region of Limpopo province, South Africa. Green in the summer rain season, with rust read rocks lining the river below. Hiking, bird watching, discovering natural game, swimming in the river or tubing in the rainy season. Spending time surrounded by Nature. The regional town is a half an hour away, and the city, Pretoria, two and a half hours. This is the heart of what is called the Bushveld, it is the prime game conservation farming and hunting region of South Africa.

    Our internet is half decent, but being a born farmer, you will easier get hold of Marie on Whatsapp. However, be sure to initiate all contacts through Workaway.

  • Mais alguns detalhes

    Mais alguns detalhes

    • Acesso à internet

    • Acesso à internet limitado

      Acesso à internet limitado

    • Temos mascotes

    • Somos fumantes

    • Pode hospedar famílias

  • Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

    Mais de 2

Nº de ref. de anfitrião: 823158427599

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Fotos

A imagem retrata o interior de um prédio em construção, com paredes e tetos de tijolos expostos, com um poste de metal central e uma sala cheia de materiais de madeira ao fundo.
A imagem mostra três mulheres reunidas em torno de uma mesa com uma variedade de alimentos, incluindo sushi, sopa e outros pratos, em um ambiente de jantar aconchegante.
A imagem mostra um grupo de seis pessoas reunidas em torno de uma mesa, desfrutando de uma refeição em um ambiente rústico ao ar livre, com uma parede de pedra e uma chaminé ao fundo.
A imagem mostra um prédio abandonado com uma varanda parcialmente construída e andaimes, cercado por árvores e arbustos em um ambiente rural.
A imagem mostra um muro de pedra com arcos, apresentando uma estrutura de pedra proeminente com um céu azul e nuvens brancas ao fundo.
A imagem mostra um grande edifício de pedra em construção, com várias janelas e arcos, com um pátio de terra na frente e um céu azul claro acima.
A imagem retrata uma paisagem serena com um castelo no topo de uma colina, cercado por uma vegetação exuberante, com um corpo de água tranquilo em primeiro plano.

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