Description

: This nature reserve is set in the Witteberg mountain range of the EFS and covers an area of 540 ha held under one title deed, comprising mountain-top terrain and two valleys. Breathtaking views in every direction, over the reserve and beyond and including the Maluti mountains of Lesotho.
Special features are:

Seasonal waterfall, dropping into deep wooded gorge.

Two large dams, which never loose their water level, stocked with yellowfish and are shelter to abundant bird life.

Seasonal streams.

Abundant sandstone cliffs two of which include “ Hole in the wall” features.

Very large field of flowering watsonias in season, in addition to those which occur in patches throughout the reserve.

Currently it forms part of a larger nature reserve of 1415 ha in total on which warthog, zebra, black wildebeest and at least eleven antelope species freely roam. Of the antelope in particular, the 540 ha reserve is home to or mainly frequented by the following antelope: Steen buck. Duiker. Southern Reedbuck. Mountain Reedbuck. Springbuck. Bles buck. Eland. Red Hartebeest. Grey Rhebuck. Gems buck. Impala.

Biologically it lies in a major ecological transitional zone resulting in a great diversity of habitats and rare plant and animal communities with an affinity for rocky places, water courses and mixed vegetation, e.g. baboon, caracal, serval, jackal, fox, otter, mongoose, dassie, porcupine and many others.

Bird species associated with high mountains such as grey-wing francolin, ground woodpecker, stone chat, rock thrush, orange breasted rock jumper, rock kestrel, malachite and greater doublecollered sunbirds, bald ibis, gymnogene, black eagle and so on.

Vegetation, inter alia, includes protea, various rhus, ouhout, kiepersol, wild olive, wild stinkwood, fynbos watsonia, erica, vingerpol, agapanthus, red hot pokers, aloe, boophane, gladiolias, brunsvigia and rooigras.

Vehicle access is through neighbouring farms, one to the top of the mountain and another to the valley. Various borehole possibilities, subject to drilling. Nearest Eskom point to the reserve boundary at this valley is some 300 metres away.

Ownership of the antelope, zebra, wildebeest and warthog will remain with the Seller unless otherwise negotiated in the event of a sale.


Hectares - Total: 540
Dams: 2

Features

Suitable For Game Tourism

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