- Somerset East Historic Farm with Game/Guest Lodge Potential
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Eastern Cape,
Cacadu,
Somerset East
- R30 000 000
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- Web Reference: D1.2.2 AGSDP D4593
Improvements:
There are currently three homesteads on the farm. The main homestead is a sandstone building built in 1846 and is approximately 450sqm in size. It has a spectacular view over the Bosberg mountain ranges and can easily be converted into a five star guest lodge.
The second homestead was built in 1964, and consists of three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a big farm-size kitchen, a scullery, a diningroom, TV room and entertainment room with a wooden deck (approximately 40 sqm), swimming pool, outside rooms consisting out of an office building, storerooms, two flats with en-suites, and garaging for two vehicles. The views from this homestead are spectacular - looking over the Bosberg muntain range.
The third homestead is a three bedroom cottage which needs refurbishment.
The farm also has historical value as one of Voortrekker Piet Retief's East Border homesteads is on a portion of the farm.
There are seven staff cottages on the property. There are also six sheds, a meat room with a cold room and biltong room.
Vegetation:
80% of the property is Savannah grassland with valley bush. Most of the grass species that grow on the farm are top quality climax grasses like finger grass, sweet grass and red grass. The farms grass coverage is exceptional and you will not find better in the Smaldeel area of the Eastern Cape.
The bush consists of trees such as thorn trees, spekboom, pruimboom, white stinkwood, olienhoud and valleybush. The lower section of the farm +/- 400 ha consists of acacia Karoo mixed with Savannah grass, thorn trees and pruimboom.
The higher section of the farm +/-250ha consists of sour red grass with an exceptionally high carrying capacity. The farm is rated by many as one of the best farming properties in Southern Africa and is one of the best farms in the Smaldeel, if not the best. This part of the Smaldeel is also the only agricultural property in South Africa that carries a Triple A rating from the Department of Land Affairs, which is its highest value rating.
What makes this property even more valuable is the fact that there are no red water and/or heart water carrying disease ticks on the property. The property would be an ideal game farm, specifically for more exotic game, and would be an ideal breeding farm due to the fact that the natural tick on the farm does not carry heart water and red water.
Currently the farm is fenced with 1,4m fence but quotations obtained to have it fenced with 2,4m game fence (17 strand) amounted to R1,4 Million. If a prospective purchaser wants to have the farm fenced in this could be done within four weeks.
Water:
Most camps have more than one trough. The farm is serviced by a permanent water pipeline from the Fish River, as well as various boreholes. There are currently fifteen cement reservoirs on the farm and nine ground dams. The property also has four fountains.
Game:
Game currently on the farm are the following:
+/- 140 kudu
+/- 300 reedbok
+/- 50 bushbuck
+/- 40 bushpig
+/- 180 springbok
+/- 40 blesbok
A large variety of smaller game like steenbok and duiker.
Due to the farm's vegetation, a prospective purchaser would be able to run most of the game species that are found in South Africa, including elephant. -
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