For over 250 000 years ago, people had been visiting this place for different reasons.

Early Stone Age transcended into Middle and then to Later Stone Age. The indigenous tribes, and their use for the waters which became known as ‘de Goras’ or the natural spring created a sense of place, mystery and spiritual presence. Colonial settlers moved in, changing the landscape, and the history, while the characters played out the drama of the typical Eastern Capebushveld or “fynbos veld”. There was love, sorrow, and tragedy here, but above all, the peace and guardianship lived on, and never changed.
 
After the war, things changed. The farm was handed down, and the Gorah was at last left to ruin. In sadness a few people got together to rise above the rubble and finally incorporate the old farm into the expanding Addo Elephant National Park. But Gorah was saved again, its guardianship capturing the men who saw its real potential – and from the ruins rose among the most beautiful camps yet created in South Africa.