Property Details

The private lodge consists of a big main house sleeping 6 to 8 people and two identical chalets, each with open plan kitchenette, dining area, lounge, and patio. Each chalet has two en-suite bedrooms. This lodge can house 14 to 16 people in total sharing. Rim flow swimming pool with safety net, sun deck and sun loungers. Boma braai area and patios – Making it ideal for a group of Directors or shared ownership consortium or large family getaway or retired pensioners. Main house: Three en-suite bedrooms, all with sliding doors that open to the garden and pool or some overlooking the natural bush. Main house has a guest toilet with glass door leading to pool area. Fully equipped open plan kitchen, big double door fridge freezer / Alba gas stove with gas oven, dishwasher, and microwave oven as well as all cutlery and crockery. The house has two lounges with a lovely built-in stone built fireplace for winter. Open plan kitchen is a scullery with dry yard equipped with a washing machine and lock-up pantry. The main house also has a private study or could serve as a fourth bedroom. The big sliding doors open onto a big patio with built-in braai on the Northern side overlooking the pool, and a beautiful rock koppie (Hill). On the Southern side another big patio with serving hatch for the boma braai area surrounded by big established indigenous trees. Next to the double undercover garages/carports is a play/ TV room equipped with TV decoder antenna and facility with aerial for Wi Fi and Internet. CHALETS: Two separate self-contained chalets, each with two en-suite bedrooms and open plan lounge with a fireplace and kitchenette (Fully equipped) privately situated, each with own patio and undercover built-in braais. (70m2 each). Caretaker or staff one bedroom flat with bathroom & kitchenette with its own private entrance. The property is to be sold “voetstoots” with all furniture, bedding, and content. Only personal family artefacts will be removed. The property is situated 6km on tar road from the main entrance on the R516 (manned 24/7 by Security) which makes it very safe and private. Tar roads all the way to the lodge with 2 track concrete road for the last 400 metres. EXCLUSIVE Secluded and private high quality Bushveld lodge. The buildings are mostly clad in natural rock and blend in with their surroundings. Full traversing rights of game reserve ideal for road and mountain bike cycling, walking and game drives. Property size: 50m x 50m. (Situated in and surrounded by Zwartkloof Private Game Reserve 2100ha). Game species include Buffalo, Leopard, Giraffe, Sable, Zebra, Nyala, Blue Wildebeest, Roan Antelope, Kudu, Bushbuck, Klipspringer, Impala and many other plains game species. Birding paradise. Buildings total size is 450M2. GREEN DESIGN: The house was built with the idea of being as “green” as possible with low maintenance. The main house and cottages have solar equipped geysers but with electric backup for rainy days. Gas stove installed plus 3 x 2500l rainwater tanks to collect rain water equipped with a pressure pump. The main Zwartkloof water supply for the dwellings is equipped with a water softener /purifier. As well as a generator for power outages. Beautiful low maintenance garden with daisy lawn- ever green (No lawnmowers) has well-established natural big trees, aloes, cycads, pelindaba rock and railway sleepers. Lots of interesting artefacts. Riverine area in front of property with small non Perennial River that flows in rainy seasons. Main Pool area fenced off to protect the lovely garden from wild animals. Zwartkloof Private Game Reserve Overview Zwartkloof Private Game Reserve is situated 13 km west of Bela-Bela (Warmbaths) on the R516 leading to Mabalingwe and only 90 minutes from Pretoria. The Zwartkloof Private Game Reserve Homeowners association side of the farm is 2031 ha in extent. The total farm including Zwartkloof Adventures is more the 3000 ha. This peaceful & authentic development is the ideal place to work from home or retire and live in harmony with nature. Tar roads to each stand sets this development apart from other private game reserves of similar size. All stands have spectacular views of the mountains and bushveld. The developer considered personal privacy, visual disturbance and minimum noise pollution as key priorities when positioning the stands. The size of the stands, 2500 square meters, have been deliberately chosen to limit the impact on the natural environment. To add to the quality of the development, all buildings conform to contemporary architectural guidelines. This, however, still allow for personal preferences regarding the design. Apart from a gatehouse with facilities for guards we also have a communal complex housing the administrative office, swimming pool, play area, picnic spots and tennis court. All the above will ensure a highly accessible, low-density, ecologically sensitive development of exceptional quality. Homeowners gain secure access through state of the art RFID and number plate recognition systems. Game species include blue wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, bushbuck, baboon, duiker, giraffe, mountain reedbuck, impala, klipspringer, kudu, leopard, nyala, roan antelope, sable antelope, steenbok, waterbuck, warthog, and leopard. Game drives available with Zwartkloof Adventures to view rhino, lion, tiger, leopard, wild dog, hyena, caracal, and other predators.