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Vows Under Two-Hundred-Year-Old Oaks

A Franschhoek wine farm for your wedding: the ceremony on the Oak Lawn, dinner in the 1898 cellar, and the cottages for the morning after.

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Four Spaces, One Farm

From a Table of Forty to a Lawn of One Hundred and Eighty

Use one space or move through all of them as the day goes on. Nobody drives anywhere: the lawn, the cellar and the restaurant are a short walk apart.

The Oak Lawn at Swaelkloof, old oak trees over green grass with the mountains behind

180guests for the ceremony

The Oak Lawn

You say your vows in the shade of the old oaks, with the vines falling away behind you and the Franschhoek mountains closing the view. Late afternoon, the light comes in low and gold through the branches.

Ceremony, sundowners, long tables in summer

A long candlelit table laid for dinner between oak barrels in the Old Cellar

120guests seated for dinner

The Old Cellar

The 1898 stone cellar, laid as one long table between the barrels and lit by candles. The swallows nest under the eaves outside, and the thick walls keep it cool on a February night.

Dinner, speeches, dancing until late

Die Swael's stone dining room with a long wooden table, candles and the fire lit

70guests seated

Die Swael

Our restaurant, closed to the public and taken over for your day. Chef Sipho Mthembu cooks in the room, the fire is lit in winter, and the terrace doors open onto the vines in summer.

Small weddings, rehearsal dinners, the morning-after lunch

The Boardroom, a stone room beside the cellar with a long table and tall windows

24seated, 60 for a function

The Boardroom

A quiet stone room beside the cellar for corporate lunches, strategy days and year-end functions. Work in the morning, walk the vines at noon and sit down to lunch at Die Swael.

Conferences, team days, year-end functions

The Day, Hour by Hour

Oysters at Four, Lanterns in the Vines by Nine

  • A double bass and guitar trio playing to guests on the lawn under the oaks
    The band under the oaks
  • A glass of pale pink Cap Classique
    Cap Classique after the vows
  • A platter of fresh oysters on ice with the mountains behind
    Oysters on the terrace
  • A newly married couple’s hands with their rings on the long table at dusk
    Rings on the long table at dusk
  • Lanterns lighting a row of vines under a full moon
    Lanterns in the vines
  • A long white table laid for lunch at the edge of the vineyard
    The long table at the edge of the vines
  • Swallows on the cellar roof above their mud nest
    The swallows the farm is named for
  • Long rows of vines running towards the mountains at sunset
    The vines at sunset, before dinner
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Wedding Packages

Three Sizes, One Farm Carrying the Day

Every package has the Oak Lawn for the ceremony, Chef Sipho’s menu, our own wines poured all day and one coordinator from the first call to the last table. What changes is the room and the size.

Long tables laid in a stone room with a fire at the far end

Up to 40 Guests

Intimate

From R48 000

  • Ceremony on the Oak Lawn
  • Dinner at Die Swael or one long cellar table
  • Chef Sipho’s four-course menu
  • Cap Classique on arrival, estate wines with dinner
  • Swallow’s Nest for the couple
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A long table under an oak, laid with white linen, wine and bread, mountains beyond
Most chosen

Up to 100 Guests

Classic

From R128 000

  • Ceremony on the Oak Lawn
  • Canapés and sundowners on the lawn
  • Dinner in the Old Cellar, three courses
  • Estate wines through the day, Swaelnes with dessert
  • Two cottages for the couple and family
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A very long table set on the lawn under the oaks at sunset

Up to 160 Guests

Grand

From R195 000

  • The farm to yourselves for the day
  • Ceremony and sundowners on the Oak Lawn
  • Dinner in the Old Cellar, with long tables outside
  • A sharing feast and the full estate wine list
  • All three cottages for two nights
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Prices are from rates and we quote each wedding on your date, your guest count and your menu. Corporate lunches, team days and conferences for up to 60 are quoted the same way. You can read the Die Swael menu and our wines before the tasting menu is written.

Planning

How the Year Runs

Most couples book about a year out. Four meetings sit between the first call and the morning of the wedding.

  1. FirstThe First Call

    Your date, your guest count and the rough shape of the day, so we can tell you what the farm can hold.

  2. ThenThe Site Visit

    Walk the Oak Lawn and the Old Cellar with the coordinator and stand where the ceremony would be.

  3. NearerThe Tasting Menu

    Sit down with Chef Sipho’s menu and our wines, and choose what your guests will be given.

  4. LastThe Final Walk-Through

    Timings, tables, suppliers and the cottage keys, settled before the week of the wedding.

A long table laid with white linen among the autumn vines, the mountains behind

A Wedding Here

  • “We married on the Oak Lawn in March with ninety of our people, then walked up through the vines to the Old Cellar as the light went. Our coordinator ran the day so quietly we forgot there was a plan. Six months on, friends still message us about the lamb.”

    Lerato and MichaelJohannesburg, married March 2026

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Tell Us About Your Date

The date, the guest count and which package is closest is all we need to start.

  1. We reply within a working dayWith whether your date is open and a first quote for your guest count.
  2. You come and walk the farmA site visit with the coordinator, then lunch at Die Swael if you have time.
  3. We hold the date for youFor fourteen days while you decide, with no deposit asked until you are sure.

Planning a year-end, team day or conference for up to 60? Use the same form and choose a function.

The Oak Lawn under the old oaks, late afternoon
The Oak Lawn, late afternoon

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