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Property Details
- 4 bedrooms
- Land Area: 2000m2
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Property Description
Die Groot Karoo - Steytlerville
The town of Steytlerville is situated in the Groot karoo, between Willomore and Kirkwood on the R329. An hour and a half’s drive from Port Elizabeth, the town is approximately 120 years old, and has managed to retain it’s original charm. It is one of the gateways to the Addo Elephant Park, and the Baviaanskloof mountains. The town still has the wide main road for the donkey and cart to turn around, with stoeps to view the passers by. It is also the centre of the mohair and wool industry.
The climate consists of cool winters, hot summers anda low rainfall. It is the area famous for the Cape Folded Mountains, and set between the Baviaans Mountains and the Groot Rivier. It is an extremely healthy locality with benefits of being practically germ free, and beautiful clean, fresh water flowing straight from the Baviaans mountains. The air is unpolluted, and the area offers absolute peace and tranquillity.
The town has 2 Hotels, numerous B&B’s, a delicatessen, a bottle store, a café’, and numerous churches (20!) including the largest NG Kerk in S.A.
Activities available locally are off-roading, 4x4 and bike cycling, hiking, birding and, of course, camping.The Baviaanskloof Wilderness area is a World Heritage Site, it is the only place in Africa with 7 of the 8 botanical biomes i.e. types of vegetation, eg; tropical-desert.
The Addo Elephant Park is a short drive away, and the Cape folded mountains offer game lodges (with hunting, if required), clear skies for stargazing and plenty of opportunity for rest, relaxation or just sleeping!
The Kudu Cafe is in the centre of the town on the main street, the main house has 4 bedrooms, large front and back stoeps with a shop attached to it on the right and a huge garage/workshop in the back yard. It's almost completely renovated, just needs bathrooms. The ground is half an acre and the house is approx. 300sqm. The house is about 100 years old.
The price is R500,000.
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