{"id":374,"date":"2017-02-28T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T12:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/?p=374"},"modified":"2018-04-11T11:41:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T11:41:41","slug":"secret-swimming-pools-of-stanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/secret-swimming-pools-of-stanford\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret swimming pools of Stanford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cool, liquid, floating relief from the heat of summer comes in many forms in Stanford. These glorious pools are tucked away at guest houses, self-catering cottages, and on farms. Don’t forget Stanford’s very own Klein River, perfect for cooling off. Go on, take the plunge!<\/p>\n

Jump in at Stanford Valley Guest Farm<\/p><\/div>\n

White Water Farm has a magnificent pool that brings the Indian Ocean islands to Stanford, and it also has a great dam, perfect for bomb drops!\u00a0http:\/\/www.stanfordinfo.co.za\/item\/white-water-farm\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aquamarine pool at White Water Farm<\/p><\/div>\n

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Top dam at White Water Farm<\/p><\/div>\n

Stanford River Lodge has a pool with a view, and private access to the Klein River.\u00a0http:\/\/www.stanfordinfo.co.za\/item\/stanford-river-lodge-bb\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stanford River Lodge<\/p><\/div>\n

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Private access to the beautiful Klein River from Stanford River Lodge<\/p><\/div>\n

Phillipskop Mountain Reserve is open to day visitors and overnighters. Fancy a dip in a natural lily pond or at the bottom of a waterfall?\u00a0https:\/\/www.phillipskop.co.za\/activities\/swimming\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Phillipskop: \u00a0Nerine Pool<\/p><\/div>\n

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Swimming in the Lily Pond, Phillipskop<\/p><\/div>\n

For a top-notch farm dam, Stanford Valley Guest Farm boasts one of the best.\u00a0http:\/\/www.stanfordinfo.co.za\/item\/stanford-valley-guest-farm\/<\/p>\n

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Perfect farm life at Stanford Valley Guest Farm<\/p><\/div>\n

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Let your troubles float away at Stanford Valley Guest Farm<\/p><\/div>\n

And within the village, many holiday cottages will delight you beautiful swimming pools like this one at The Country Cottage.\u00a0http:\/\/www.stanfordinfo.co.za\/item\/the-country-cottage\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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8 metre pool at The Country Cottage<\/p><\/div>\n

The Little Farm House has a dam perfect for a dip.\u00a0http:\/\/www.stanfordinfo.co.za\/item\/a-little-farmhouse\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Children playing at the Little Farm House<\/p><\/div>\n

And Stanford boasts the Klein River, a cool, winding ribbon of water that flows from its source in the mountains outside Caledon, just 5km as the crow flies to its mouth on the outskirts of Hermanus. The Klein River is fun for swimmers and paddlers who need to cool off on lazy, late\u00a0summer afternoons.<\/p>\n

Klein River at the bottom of King Street<\/p><\/div>\n

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By Phil Murray<\/p>\n

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Cool, liquid, floating relief from the heat of summer comes in many forms in Stanford. These glorious pools are tucked away at guest houses, self-catering cottages, and on farms. Don’t forget Stanford’s very own Klein River, perfect for cooling off. Go on, take the plunge! White Water Farm has a magnificent pool that brings the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3,9,1],"tags":[65,4,42,41,117,118,101,119,97,76,99],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}