Family Retreat

KarooRest - Family Retreat

Time to heal individually and as a family. Time to rest. Time to play. With an option of a Digital Detox. 

Parents with young children often feel that it is not possible to take the time off for their own healing and personal growth.  The Family Retreat is our answer to this challenge.

This is a family holiday with a difference.   You may choose to join one of the family retreats scheduled during the year, where you will join one or two other families for an intentional experience of connection and restoration.  Or you may choose to come in a time that is convenient for you.

For these scheduled retreats we will aim to invite families with similar aged children to join, so that children can enjoy lots of unstructured free play in a safe environment  as well as fun workshops and practical skills development, while their parents rest or take part in one on one or group sessions.  

The sessions for adults could include sessions with individuals, couples on their own or any combination of adults that are interested in exploring and deepening their self awareness and breaking patterns that no longer serve.  Paula facilitates these sessions to support participants to release, reintegrate and renew.

We will offer a fun group activity like an  Amazing Race, where smaller groups will compete against each other in a fun and adventurous activity around the farm.   If time allows, families might be invited on a group outing or hike for those who are able and interested.   We will have an evening of music making or storytelling around the fire and or star gazing, depending on the season and weather.

These retreats will be desgined in collaboration with the families attending. 

We offer fully catered retreats where families will eat together around a big table.   Meals are nourshing and wholesome with local ingredients including our grassfed beef.  There is space for two families in a cottage each and, if necessary, a third using the caravans.

If the scheduled times do not suit your family or you would prefer not to share with another family we can design the retreat to suit your needs at a time that is convenient and available.

These retreats are suitable for families in transition, families recovering from loss or finding a new rhythm or simply families who have prioritised building and strengthening their relationships.

We will custom design it with your family in mind.

Bursaries are available for all offerings.

The invitation is to think about what you earn and what the workshop is worth to you and place yourself on the scale.

The idea is that it should pinch enough that you value the investment and respect the service, but not punch so hard that you can’t recover.

If you pay higher up the scale it allows us to make our retreats accessible to a more diverse community.

KarooRest - Family Retreat

Family Retreat

Cost will be determined by the number of people, catering choices and the design of the retreat.

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Getting to The Rest
We are half way between Cape Town and Johannesberg (about 8 hours in either direction) half an hour off the N9 highway. We are an hour from Graaff-Reinet and 25 minutes from Nieu Bethesda.

To Drive: Email us for directions and check on the current state of the road and how your car will fare on the dirt roads.

Carpool to workshops: Join the event on the Facebook page and see who is keen to carpool. Email us to put you in touch with other drivers coming from your area.

Bus: Both Intercape and Translux stop in Graaff-Reinet. We will arrange to pick you up from the bus station and bring you to the farm directly or via a guest house (buses usually arrive at awkward times in the late or early hours.)
Email us to arrange this.

Fly: Catch a flight to Port Elizabeth and hire car to drive to the farm (this is a four hour drive).
Co-ordinate with other workshop participants who want to do the same. Email us for directions.

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