A luxury working farm where magnificent gardens, exceptional food, award-winning wines and authentic Cape Dutch heritage create one of the most immersive experiences in the Cape Winelands.
Dating back to 1692, Babylonstoren blends centuries of agricultural heritage with contemporary luxury. At its heart lies one of the world’s most beautiful productive gardens — a five-hectare living tapestry that supplies the restaurants, inspires the spa, and shapes every guest experience.
Property Fact File
- Setting
- Historic Cape Dutch working farm at the foot of Simonsberg Mountain, Simondium
- Distance from Cape Town
- Approximately 60 minutes by road
- Established
- 1692
- Accommodation
- Farm Hotel, Garden Cottages, one- and two-bedroom suites, the Manor House, the Farmhouse, and Fynbos Cottages
- Dining
- Babel Restaurant for farm-to-fork tasting menus; the Greenhouse Restaurant; a bakery, coffee roastery, gelato room and wine tasting room
The Garden
- A five-hectare cultivated garden with more than 300 edible and medicinal plant varieties
- Fruit orchards, vegetable gardens, citrus and berry collections
- A succulent house, cycad collection and bee gardens
- Daily guided garden tours
Estate Experiences
- Wine tastings and cellar tours, and olive oil tastings
- Bread baking and morning harvests with the gardeners
- Cycling through the estate and rowing on the farm dam
- The Garden Spa, drawing on botanical ingredients grown on the estate
Babylonstoren is a living, breathing farm where history, nature, craftsmanship and hospitality combine to create one of South Africa’s most iconic Winelands experiences.
