About Great Local Escapes
Built for people who need to disappear for a while
Great Local Escapes lists remote farm cottages, forest cabins and off-grid hideaways across South Africa, built for people who want to work, write and think somewhere quiet.
Curated, not crowdsourced
Every listing is checked for the basics that matter to remote work: a real internet connection, a place to sit and type, and enough quiet to think.
No platform fees for hosts
Property owners keep what they earn. Great Local Escapes is a shopfront, not a booking engine skimming a cut.
South Africa's quiet corners
Karoo villages, forest valleys, wheat-farm cottages and mountain towns — the places too small for the big listing sites to bother with.
Ready to find your spot?
Browse the current listings, or get in touch if you're looking for something specific.