{"id":29,"date":"2016-05-30T17:26:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T17:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2022-11-04T08:44:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T08:44:23","slug":"balloch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/?page_id=29","title":{"rendered":"Balloch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"supsystic-slider-wrapper-4_63606\" class=\"supsystic-slider-wrapper\"> <div class=\"slider-sharing-top\"><\/div> <div id=\"supsystic-slider-4_63606\" class=\"supsystic-slider supsystic-slider-bx\" data-type=\"bx\" data-settings=\"{&quot;general&quot;:{&quot;mode&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;moveSlides&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;auto&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;,&quot;slideshowControls&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;rows&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;captions&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;captionsByMouseover&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;easing&quot;:&quot;linear&quot;},&quot;touch&quot;:{&quot;touchEnabled&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;oneToOne&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;swipeThreshold&quot;:&quot;55&quot;},&quot;pager&quot;:{&quot;pagerEnabled&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;pagerType&quot;:&quot;full&quot;},&quot;properties&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:&quot;720&quot;,&quot;widthType&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;350&quot;,&quot;videoAutoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;position&quot;:&quot;center&quot;},&quot;caption&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;,&quot;font-size&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;text-align&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;font-family&quot;:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,&quot;font-type&quot;:&quot;standard&quot;,&quot;background-color-hex&quot;:&quot;#ffffff&quot;,&quot;background-color&quot;:&quot;rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)&quot;,&quot;background-opacity&quot;:&quot;1.0&quot;,&quot;inTop&quot;:&quot;false&quot;},&quot;socialSharing&quot;:{&quot;status&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;,&quot;pluginInstalled&quot;:false,&quot;projectsList&quot;:[],&quot;html&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;__veditor__&quot;:{&quot;.bx-caption&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;,&quot;font-size&quot;:&quot;14px&quot;,&quot;text-align&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;font-family&quot;:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,&quot;background-color&quot;:&quot;rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)&quot;,&quot;font-type&quot;:&quot;standard&quot;}}}\" data-thumbs=\"thumbnails-4\" style=\"visibility: hidden; 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margin: 0 !important;\"> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-Cave4-Pure-Adventures-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch Cave4 - Pure Adventures\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-Cave3-Pure-Adventures-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch Cave3 - Pure Adventures\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-Cave2-Pure-Adventures-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch Cave2 - Pure Adventures\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-Cave-Pure-Adventures-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch Cave - Pure Adventures\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-at-night-Pure-Adventures-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch At Night - Pure Adventures\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-road-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch - Road\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-scenery-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch - Scenery\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"7\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-herding-cattle-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch - Herding Cattle\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"8\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-Dam-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch - Dam\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"9\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Balloch-garden-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch - Garden\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/balloch6-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch6\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/balloch5-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch5\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"12\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/balloch3-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch3\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"13\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/balloch4-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch4\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/balloch2-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch2\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <li> <img decoding=\"async\" data-index=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/wartrail.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/balloch1-180x116.jpg\" alt=\"Balloch1\" title=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"\" \/> <\/li> <\/ul> <div class=\"slider-sharing-bottom\"><\/div> <\/div>Deep in the Witteberg mountians lies our farm &#8216;Balloch&#8217; where we encourage you to come and enjoy our &#8216;hidden valley&#8217; amongst some of the most spectacular scenery you will ever experience. Come and share our sensational sandstone cliffs and formations with us. Also come and enjoy our host of magnificent mature trees. Autumn is amazing for photography.<\/p>\n<p>We offer holiday accommodation in our self catering \u201cWillowstream Cottage\u201d which sleeps 4 to 6 people and also camping at our very special sites. One site is in a large overhang which we call &#8216;the cave&#8217; and under which you can park and pitch tents or erect campers totally under cover.<\/p>\n<p>Extensive lawns surround the cave. The other site is at the river on spacious lawns, under trees and alongside a beautiful river swimming pool. Each camp site is very large and can accommodate many vehicles and campers and tents but is hired out to one group only at a time. So group size can be from 2 people to many and your group will not share the site with others.<\/p>\n<p>Your hosts are Margy and Graham Frost.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and pictures please see www.ballochcottages.co.za<br \/>\ncontact details:<br \/>\nfrost@balloch .co.za<br \/>\n076 885 8749<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep in the Witteberg mountians lies our farm &#8216;Balloch&#8217; where we encourage you to come and enjoy our &#8216;hidden valley&#8217; amongst some of the most spectacular scenery you will ever experience. Come and share our sensational sandstone cliffs and formations with us. 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