Truly the most beautiful we’ve seen in recent years Last updated: 2 October 2024 The silent star of an effective corporate retreat is the venue. Bertha Retreat, on the majestic grounds of Boschendal, is one of the most beautiful. It’s a reinvigorating stay and conference venue with a peaceful babbling stream, natural pool and cottages.
And because the retreat practices “radical hospitality”, you help the community and grassroot organisations access the space too. Bertha Retreat is incredibly picturesque. Image: Bertha Retreat WINELANDS CORPORATE RETREAT A stream runs through this leafy green property, which is centred around a colourful sign that points you towards the cottages, conference facilities, meeting rooms, and food garden.
Bertha Retreat is one of the flagship spaces for Bertha Spaces, a programme of global human rights organisation Bertha Foundation. That means everything, including the earthy aesthetic of the building and the decor, is grounded in the philosophy of social justice. Organisations and companies are allowed to pay what is in their means.
By paying the standard rate, you help others access the space at significantly reduced rates. Or even for free: students from the surrounding suburbs of Pniel, Meerlust, Kylemore and Languedoc use the community house’s classroom, library, Apple computers and sports field. One of Bertha Retreat’s tenets is radical hospitality.
Image: Bertha Retreat BOLD & BRIGHT COTTAGES The three cottages (two with five be.