# Emoyeni Mooinooi, South Africa · Selected: clears the published selection standard. - Page: https://mindreachgetaways.com/za/north-west/wellness-retreat/emoyeni - Book direct: https://emoyeni.org.za/ - Map pin: https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=-25.794993,27.55606 ## Our read Emoyeni is worth the journey because Mervyn still leads the sits in the hall on a Magaliesberg farm that also holds a stupa and a hill-top labyrinth, not because a country hotel added a treatment list. ## Come here for - Travellers who will leave Johannesburg for a sit in the hall, the stupa, and the labyrinth, not a Magaliesberg spa weekend - People who can live with rustic rooms, shared bathrooms in some houses, vegetarian meals, and a timetable of morning and evening practice - Guests who want a self-directed Open Weekend or a named teacher-led retreat, and who will write retreat@emoyeni.org.za to ask which dates fit ## Skip it if - You want a spa hotel, a pool programme, or luxury rooms. The photographs on the accommodation page show simple twin beds, mosquito nets, and shared bathrooms in the Lodge and the House. - You want a meat-forward kitchen or an unstructured hotel weekend. The centre prints vegetarian meals and a timetable of morning and evening practice. ## The place Emoyeni sits on the northern slopes of the Magaliesberg, close to Mooinooi in North West, on the farm the about-us page names Rooi Ivoor, later renamed, in the Buffelshoek Conservancy. The same page names Mervyn Croft as founder in 2000, and still the person who guides the centre. retreat@emoyeni.org.za sits in that page footer. The Zulu name is printed as Place of the Spirit. The homepage puts the centre 100 km from Johannesburg, 85 km from Pretoria, and 70 km from Lanseria. It is a registered nonprofit. The ethos page names Buddhist principles, mindfulness, and non-harming, and welcomes Buddhist and non-Buddhist guests who want to practise. What-we-offer names morning and evening sits in the meditation hall, usually led by Mervyn, with chairs, benches, cushions and blankets, and no prior experience required. Movement is printed as Yoga and Chi Kung. A hill-top stone labyrinth is named for walking meditation. Meals are ovo-lacto vegetarian, with mountain-spring water. The library collects books on Buddhism, mindfulness and non-dual inquiry. Walks include the grounds, longer Magaliesberg trails, and, when offered, the labyrinth and the Python Pond. Accommodation holds up to 18 guests: the Bungalow, Cottages, rooms in the House, the Lodge, and Aloe House, a rammed-earth solar house 200 m from the centre with its own labyrinth and two twin ensuite rooms. Open Weekend self-directed stays print a Standard and a Generous rate. Book by writing retreat@emoyeni.org.za. Reserve with the hotel. MindReach does not take the booking. ## What it is like - Mervyn still leads the sits: About-us names Mervyn Croft as founder in 2000, still guiding the centre. What-we-offer names him as the usual leader of morning and evening sits. - The stupa on the slope: About-us prints that a stupa and a meditation hall were built on the renovated farm in the Buffelshoek Conservancy. - The hill-top labyrinth: The homepage and what-we-offer name a hill-top stone path for walking meditation, with guided walks that may include the Python Pond. - Aloe House: A rammed-earth, solar-powered house 200 m from the centre, with its own labyrinth and two twin ensuite rooms. - A printed rate, not a guess: Open Weekend two-night self-directed stays print Standard and Generous rates on the accommodation page. Ask retreat@emoyeni.org.za which retreat is next. ## Ways to stay - Open Weekend, ensuite · Standard R2,840 per person. Generous R3,500. Confirm dates with retreat@emoyeni.org.za. · https://emoyeni.org.za/ - Open Weekend, shared bathroom · Standard R2,360 per person. Generous R2,940. Confirm dates with retreat@emoyeni.org.za. · https://emoyeni.org.za/ - Aloe House · Ask which rate applies. The accommodation page prints Aloe House as part of the 18-guest mix. · https://emoyeni.org.za/ - Teacher-led retreat · Printed per retreat on the upcoming-retreats page. Ask retreat@emoyeni.org.za. · https://emoyeni.org.za/ ## Getting there A65 Buffelshoek Farm, Mooinooi, North West, 0325. The homepage prints 100 km from Johannesburg, 85 km from Pretoria, and 70 km from Lanseria. Email retreat@emoyeni.org.za. Phone +27 82 308 1533. Book on emoyeni.org.za. ## Questions **Who runs Emoyeni?** Mervyn Croft is named on the official about-us page as founder in 2000, still guiding the centre. retreat@emoyeni.org.za sits in that page footer. **What kind of stay is it?** A Magaliesberg meditation retreat: sits in the hall, Yoga and Chi Kung, a labyrinth, vegetarian meals, rustic rooms for up to 18 people. Not a spa hotel. **What rooms are printed?** The Bungalow, Cottages, rooms in the House, the Lodge, and Aloe House. Some rooms are ensuite. The Lodge and the House print shared bathrooms. **Is there a public rate?** Yes, for Open Weekend self-directed stays of two nights. The accommodation page prints Standard ensuite R2,840 per person and shared-bathroom R2,360, with a Generous rate beside each. Teacher-led retreats print their own figures. Confirm the next dates with retreat@emoyeni.org.za. **How do I arrive?** The homepage prints 100 km from Johannesburg, 85 km from Pretoria, and 70 km from Lanseria. Address: A65 Buffelshoek Farm, Mooinooi, North West, 0325. **Where do I book?** emoyeni.org.za or retreat@emoyeni.org.za. MindReach does not take the reservation. ## How far to trust this Written from what the property publishes. Not yet checked by hand. Confirm on their site before you book. MindReach Getaways does not take the booking. You book with the property.