80Km West of Port Elizabeth and in the heart of the Gamtoos valley, is the breath taking Rautenbach family farm, Vensterhoek, situated between Hankey and Patensie.   The naming of the area comes from the erosion hole that was formed in a nearby mountain creating a “window” or “venster” in Afrikaans.

The Rautenbach’s are the fifth generation to farm on Vensterhoek. In 2006 Stephan joined his father, Charl, and later in 2016 younger brother, Mauritz, also joined the business.

Vensterhoek consists of 1140 hectors consisting of about 140 hectares of citrus and 1000 hectors of game field (veld).

Currently the family cultivates a variety of citrus and covers the complete spectrum from the early Satsuma to late Nadorcott Mandarins, Lemons, Navel Oranges and even Grapefruit are farmed sustainably.  The veld area has been fenced for the breeding and hunting of game and includes species such as Kudu, Blue Wildebeest, Impala, Waterbuck etc.

The business has grown from strength to strength and acquired two additional farms Gonnakop in Patensie and Krantzplaas in Kabeljousrivier. Gonnakop is an extension of the business’ focused on various cultivars of citrus production. Krantzplaas has been developed for Game, Soft Citrus and Avocado production.

Rooikrans Agri Business believes in diversity and consistency in quality.  The products are exported by WP Fresh Distributors to the far and middle east, UK , Europe, Africa, Canada and Russia.

The mission of the family is to run their farm with integrity and honesty, caring and development of the workers and produce a truly high quality product.