CALVINIA: Scenic Karoo livestock and game enterprise of note

Situated a mere 64 km from town, in the midst of some of Calvinia’s best livestock farms, this exciting and excellent farming enterprise of 3,107-hectares is now for sale. Due to the large mountain slopes and apron veldt, the actual size of the grazable acreage is closer to 5,000 hectares. The farm consists of 6 adjacent title deeds.

Very few Karoo farms come close to the tranquillity and scenic setting of this farm. This pristine region welcomes experienced, true livestock and/or game farmers. All the required infrastructure for a stock and game farm is already in place.

This farm offers a diverse typographical outlay of mountains, undulating hills, plateaus, valleys, flat land and dry rivers beds which transverse the farm, with some of the rivers flowing strongly after normal rainfall in the mountains. This supports the diversity of vegetation with patches of grass, shrubs, bushes with denser riverine thicket and tall trees along the banks of the dry rivers. Due to this balanced habitat system, there is a perfect balance in terms of a diversity of naturally available food for both browsers and grazers.

Some high-lying areas are comparable to real fynbos habitat, while the fauna and flora are typical of this type of topography and natural vegetation. With large areas covered in typical Karoo shrubs and quality grasses, this farming enterprise is perfect for the production of quality livestock or game.

The natural vegetation is supplemented by oats planted on the 82 hectares of arable land during winter. Due to large volumes of shrub and dry grass material being available during the dry periods, only additional energy supplements are needed to keep the livestock in good condition. On the plains, the vegetation consists mainly of indigenous, short shrubby succulent plants.

There is a rich ecosystem where game species roam free while you can enjoy the prolific natural scenes in an untamed wilderness, and you feel at one with the serene surroundings. Here, you’ll find that tranquillity feeds the soul.

Driving or hiking through this exclusive game farm offers an exceptional safari experience. Exciting game drives in an open vehicle allow unobstructed views of the plains game. Game thrives here and game breeding exceeds all expectations in this disease-free area.

In addition to the plains game, this game farm has an exceptional nocturnal life, the sounds of which add to the peaceful atmosphere.

During the past 18 years the farm has been operated within a conservative management system and therefore it is sub-divided into 8 inner camps, all supplied with ample fresh water from several windmills and pumps powered by solar energy. The lucerne, vegetables and fruit garden are watered from a large concrete dam.

When the camp layout and infrastructure were planned, the diverse veldt types, the topography and variety of vegetation were all considered. Most of the perimeter fencing is jackal-proof, packed with stones at the bottom, and i...

Property Reference #: CL440

Agent Details:
Jannie Fourie
Agrisell PTY Ltd
9A Kerk Street
Piketberg
7320