Tangaroa, The Strawberry Farm

A working strawberry farm on the R560 at Skeerpoort with pick your own strawberries and flowers, picnics by the dams, a country restaurant, a spa and three guest rooms.

Pick your ownOrganic strawberries in season, sunflowers and dahlias the rest of the year

Picnic by the damsShady spots, a jungle gym and a labyrinth to walk

The spaMassages and treatments seven days a week by booking

Stay overThree guest rooms, two with a private spa bath

our story

We are Tangaroa, The Strawberry Farm, at the foot of the Magaliesberg near the Hartbeespoort Dam. The farm is 9.4 hectares that was a sheep farm going back to 1881. We bought it in 1999 to get out of the city and planted 500 strawberry plants, and the patch kept growing from there.

We grow our strawberries organically. In season you can come and pick and eat as many as you like in the fields, and anything you take home is weighed at the rate on the day. Out of strawberry season there is sunflower, dahlia and zinnia picking on weekends.

Bring a picnic and spend the day by the dams, or order a basket from us ahead of time. There are shady spots, a jungle gym for the children and a labyrinth to walk with a view of the Witwatersberg.

The restaurant is open all year for breakfasts and light lunches, and for our strawberry milkshakes, waffles and cheesecake. The spa is open seven days a week by prior booking, and there are three guest rooms if you want to stay over.

GOOD TO KNOW

Main points

Where

S46 on the R560 at Skeerpoort, past Laerskool Skeerpoort and about a kilometre beyond van Gaalen's Cheese Farm. There is no street number, so use the GPS on this page.

Strawberry picking

Weekends in season, roughly late September to early December. Entrance is R100 for adults and R70 for children under 10, which covers picking and eating in the fields and the picnic areas. Strawberries you take home are weighed and charged at the rate on the day.

Flower picking

Sunflowers, dahlias and zinnias on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 to 14:00. Entrance R50 a person, which includes two zinnia blooms.

Booking

No need to book for weekend picking unless you want a picnic basket from us. The spa is by prior booking only.

The restaurant

Open all year for breakfasts and light lunches, strawberry milkshakes, waffles and our cheesecake.

The spa

Hot stone and Swedish massage, facial relaxation, Indian head massage, back and neck massage, and hand and foot therapy. Full day, half day and a Spa and Stay package.

The guest house

Three rooms. Two have a private spa bath and queen extra length beds, and one has a king extra length bed that converts to two singles. All have a TV and a tea and coffee station.

No pets

Please leave dogs at home. Our farm animals do not enjoy the company.

WHAT WE DO