Experience this ideal Karoo farm that embraces an area of 8712 hectares, located between Laingsburg and the quaint little town of Prince Albert. Only 23 km of good quality gravel road leads visitors to the homestead. The anticipation starts when one crosses the grid to enter the farm, taking the slow drive through the Karoo landscape towards the mountains. This farm lies at the foot of the Witteberge and expands towards the vast Karoo. This majestic land is currently a game and nature reserve, consisting of two title deeds. It is well-developed, with the current owner having implemented immaculate developments, investing in good infrastructure, resulting in this farm arguably having the best house in the area!
This farm offers a diverse typographical outlay of mountains, undulating hills, plateaus, valleys, flat land, and dry riverbeds which traverse the farm, with some of the rivers flowing strongly after normal rainfall in the mountains. This supports the diversity of vegetation, with patches of grassland, shrubs, bushes with denser riverine thicket, and tall trees along the banks of the dry rivers. Due to this balanced habitat, there is also a perfect balance in terms of a diversity of naturally available food for both browsers and grazers.
Accommodation is a 420-sq metre double storey house, perched on a hill, with spectacular vistas that change hourly due to the topography and shifts in sunlight. The house offers spacious entertainment areas close to the well-positioned sparkling swimming pool. Two fully equipped, self-catering chalets with expansive views from every window and covered verandas, offer additional accommodation. These wonderfully warm and inviting chalets charms one from the very first moment.
All the buildings are in mint condition.
The farm offers overwhelming beauty, freedom to roam, complete peace, an ideal spot from which to view the stars, and it is a photographers dream with wide open spaces and the incredible light of the unpolluted Karoo.
The farm has a rich ecosystem where game species roam free. One can enjoy the prolific natural scenery in an untamed wilderness and feel at one with the serene surroundings. It is a place where tranquillity soothes the soul. One hundred and twenty-five bird species have been identified, and a variety of game such as Oryx, Springbuck and Kudu roams the entire area. Klipspringers, tortoises, hares, and other small mammals enjoy the undisturbed habitat. The farms internal roads and tracks provide easy walking and mountain bike trails, and there is a clearly marked hiking trail across one of the hills, offering a magnificent 360-degree view, as well as inspiration for sunrise and sunset photography.
This farm offers various opportunities, mainly due to the topography and the pristine natural grazing. It is viable either as a private nature reserve where game roams free, or as a sheep farming operation. The entire perimeter is secured by sturdy jackal-proof fencing with netting, except for the 1,055-hectare mountainous area. There are 21 inner camps, and all the inner fencing is good quality netting. All fencing is in good repair due to proper maintenance. There are five sets of sheep handling facilities as well as a shearing shed. Fifty-one water troughs receive adequate drinking water from 21 solar systems and four windmills, from where the water is stored in 21 x 5,000 litre water tanks strategically located around the farm. Pastures covering approximately ten hectares are under irrigation.
The ambience, topography, diverse wildlife, and vegetation make for the total acreage to easily be converted into an idyllic nature and game farm. The inner fencing and netting can be lifted and used with other material to have a proper perimeter game fence erected.
Here in the Karoo, one can breathe again!
For sale at R18,000,000.00 (VAT excluded).
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