Saam Mountain

Eensaamheid farm, meaning ‘place of solitude’, is home to South Africa’s oldest registered building. Built in 1688 from stone mined on the farm and beams scavenged from ships wrecked off the Cape, it has now being lovingly restored to its original understated beauty as the home of SAAM Mountain Vineyards. Situated at the foot of the Perdeberg Mountain the farm commands beautiful views across the vineyards and provides a calm retreat to relax.

South Africa has a very unique natural habitat and at SAAM we are very aware of the importance of conservation for the future of our land. We are very proud that in addition to our 3,000ha of vineyards we have 1,000ha which are made up of wetlands, sand, mountains areas with fynbos and very special protected bulb species. Our farmers are active members of South Africa’s Biodiversity Programme, protecting their land and its flora.

Our f...

Back in 1972, Melchior Briers Louw from Eensaamheid and his family discovered that they had Geometric Tortoises on their land, but were concerned to learn that they were near extinction and had been put on the UN 'Red List'.

As these tiny creatures are only found in a very small area in South Africa's Western Cape, Melchior took the decision to put aside a specific area on his farm for the tortoises to live and thus created the first Provin...