Who is the Antbear
Guest House
All of us here at the Antbear Guest House
share a passionate love for the Drakensberg
Mountains and enjoy sharing our hospitality
with with our guests. We feel that we are more
than just an accommodation establishment but
rather a Drakensberg experience where we can
offer you something special from the heart.
Andrew, Conny and Phumlani
 Andrew used
to be involved with computers and ran a small
IT consultant business in
Germany. That was many years ago but that has
kept us in good standing especially with things
like web sites. Andrew moved back to South
Africa in 2000 and has looked for a slower
pace of life and a more rural way of living.
That resulted in the creation of the Antbear
Guest House. Andrew now has time to spend onnew
ventures. He is currently publishing a coffee
table book about the Drakensberg and has just
learned to fly a microlight. Spend some time
with him and talk about the many places in
the world he has been from Antartica to the
Sudan
Conny has made here home
in South Africa. She married Andrew in 1996
and was the inspiring drive to come here and
start a guest house. Conny grew tired of her
stressful life in Cologne has found here place
creating our own little paradise. She has established
an organic vegitable garden, learned to ride
and train horses, has created masterpieces
with alternative building styles and is the
glue that holds the Antbear together. It had
always been a dream of hers to look after animals
and here at the Antbear she has fulfilled them
completly
Phumlani is the newest addition
to the Antbear team. Phumlani grew
up in the Drakensberg region and is alos passionate
about our mountains. He can talk for hours
about rock art sites that few other know about
and is a great host. He has lead an interesting
life so far which include living at a budhist
retreat center, producing music and movies
and working for TV current affairs. He is a
descendent of the famous Langalilabele after
who the pass at Giants Castle has been named.
Thoko, Lindi, Nomusa, Paulus and Bheki
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Thoko has been a part of our Antbear family
since the very beginning. Without Thoko something
wuld be missing from the Antbear. She helps
out where ever it is nessesary from wecoming
you to our guest House to making sure the garden
is not being neglected or that the rasberries
are being cooked into jam. She has recently
together with conny started to learn to spinn
wool, knit and weave as we slowly start our
new home weavng venture.
Paulus is the main man as far as getting the
building things done. But there is much more
to him than creating caves, alternative structureand
artistic plasterwork. He is an arch bishop
to the local area for the Zulu Apostolic Church.
So when he is not to busy with
his Godly things he earns an income here.
Without him things here would not work as well.
Inja, Flecki, Sheeba & Lea
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We have 4 dogs who are as important
a part of the Antbear as anyone else. They
keep us entertained and are very welcoming.
Although they are mostly not at the guest house
the do come over from time to time and say
hello.
Greywing, Rain & Star
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Horses are something Conny became interested
in when she got here. Greywing was her first
and together they both learned to ride. We
now have 9 horses and offer horse trails on
the property. The views are lovely and we offer
a very safe environment for beginners to experience
horse trails. Alison guides the trails and
she is a proffessional horse riding instructer
so you could not be in better hands. Ane we
have all the safety gear too.
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