CHANDELIER GAME LODGE
Games in Oudtshoorn

Please see that you spot the two giants in front of our restaurant, as well as on the Chandelier logo.) The flowers were hanging upside down while the kudu bull was browsing on the leaves of the plant. The sun raised through the bright red flowers and they glittered as if they were on fire. Chandelier Game Lodge & Ostrich Show Farm is located between the lush green Garden Route and the wide-open spaces of the Klein (Little) Karoo, with the Outeniqua- and Swartberg mountain ranges as backdrop. If you are looking for an oasis to get away from it all, Chandelier is the place to be. At Chandelier, the Ferreira family has created something special, in a malaria free environment, for those who yearn to spend some quality time close to nature. We are now bottle feeding them until they are big enough to release back into nature. You are welcome to share this memorable experience of feeding and touching our gentle giant babies, SHORTY & SHEILA. We had to rely greatly on the memories of these people.) They never had any children, but Marthinus played a leading roll in the ostrich feather industry in South Africa. (Evidence of the feather boom can be seen in the ostrich feather palace, behind the Kings Mask Restaurant on Chandelier, as well as the remarkable stone wall that encloses the buildings on Chandelier.) What makes it very remarkable is that Welsch was almost completely blind and could only determine between light and dark. Marthinus, and his successors, bought the neighbouring farms, leaving the farm as it is with 23 title deeds and almost 3500 ha. At one stage the price for a pound of white ostrich feathers was higher than the price of a pound of gold. On Frischgewaagd, nobody was allowed inside the stone wall, without invitation. Marthinus fell ill in 1935 in a hospital in Cape Town. They told the dieing Marthinus that Sarah was pregnant with his child and he changed his will before he died. When it become clear that Sharah lied, the three sons of Marthinus brother were furious, since they were suppose to inherit Frischgewaagd after they had to work day and night for Marthinus. The story goes that, to calm them down, Sarah promised the land to the three gentlemen after her death, but never kept her promise. According to the Kellers, the Ferreira family was the first real buyers of Frischgewaagd. They claim that the land has been stolen from the Keller family twice. Their greatest assist is the fact that they love and respect the Klein Karoo for what it is. We have started to live our dream on Chandelier, even though we have never stopped dreaming.