If you value your valuables and safety do not reserve here. We rented the penthouse, yes the penthouse, and on the first night we were burglarized between 2:30 and 6:00 am while we were in the residence sleep. We lost over $15,000 in belongings. We were then told by the police who arrived ninety minutes after alerted, that there have been seven buglaries in the immediate area within the past three weeks. The penthouse is a five minute walk away from the main complex and although there is an employee that sleeps on the premises, there are no outside front lights, no security cameras, no watchman.
We were disappointed that not one person from management came to see us and the only people that cared were the reception people. Interesting, one of the detectives mentioned that there has been a spike in crime over the past several years. On our first night we also enjoyed a three hour power outage.
I guess the folks at The Farmhouse were not alerted as to the crime in the area. We left after one night of a five-night stay and I plan never to visit South Africa again. Between this city and Cape Town I have never felt less safe.