Ku De Ta B&B

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Welcome to KU DE TA, White River, a B&B/Guesthouse in the heart of the South African sub tropical lowveld.

Alma Mullin, a forester, and the first woman in the world to do a lumberjacks course in Europe, built the original mansion in the early 1990s. I bought the property when she decided to go to a retirement village, and after extensive renovations and adding on about another 300 square meters of building, KU DE TA White River started trading Nov 2005.

We have 7 en suite rooms, all with own outside entrances, most with private, outside courtyards, some with additional outside showers and some with large farm style verandas ideally suited to the Lowveld climate. All bedrooms are individually decorated with solid, bold, Indonesian Teak furniture along minimalist lines to add to the feeling of peace, serenity and tranquility. The koi pond meanders all around the house, in and out of the courtyards, reflects a feeling of calm delight.

The spacious lounge with its over sized daybeds is ideal for lazy, relaxing afternoons. We serve a full South African breakfast in the dining room, where all the windows and doors can be stacked away to open the entire space to the front garden. Dinner on request, please book a day in advance.

The lush subtropical garden with it’s rolling lawn, majestic Royal palms, large dappled shade trees, orchids, epiphytic ferns, colourful shrubs and rare plant collectors plants is a cool escape.

We’re in the country town of White River, amongst all the splendours of the lowveld. Blyde River Canyon, Kruger Park, Historical Barberton and Pilgrims Rest. The Crocodile Gorge or en route to Maputo, or one of the many private Game lodges. Interesting craft shopping at Casterbridge, and dining at some of the finest restaurants.

I often get asked what the meaning of KU DE TA is, and how I got to the name.

This is the one we all know: coup d’état : a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group.

I have no intentions of doing any of that.

There are several others: coup de foudre “love at first sight” and coup de grâce “finishing/final blow”

But this is the one I based it on. It is phonetically written from the French “coup de theater” : Dramatically sudden, sensational action or turn of events. A theatrical trick or gesture, something staged for dramatic effect. When I saw the translation I realized this is where I am in my life right now. So the name was apt.