7 Bedroom Game Farm or Lodge for Sale in Marken

Description

Marken - 1610 ha Game Lodge and Hunting Farm Farm: Hunting and Eco Game Farm, ideal for the natural breeding of Buffalo, Sable, Wildebeest and Nyala on a open farm. Size: 1610 hectares or 3979.0606 acres consisting of one title deeds. Location: Located in the vicinity of Marken, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Water: To add to the diversity of the farm a large earth dam accommodates the crocodile and serve as additional water supply for the game on the farm. Two equipped boreholes tested at 17 000 litres per hour supply the houses and water troughs with clean water, purified by nature and ready for human consumption. A third borehole is not equipped. Water is pumped to a concrete water reservoir on higher elevation which gravity feeds to all waterholes over the entire farm. A large seasonal waterhole with an estimated capacity of approximately 20 million litres. The water on this property exceeds the normal expectations of any game and hunting farm. A very small patch of crop could be planted to help sustaining the need for additional feed in the winter season. 4 waterholes with bow hunting hides. HDPE Pipelines installed to all waterholes - 13 000 meter (13 km) of new 40mm x 10bar installation. Rainfall: 500 - 550mm annually. (Above average rainfall) Typographic: This breath-taking Hunting and Game Farm with Savanah Bushveld forms part of the well-known “Koedoes Rante” (20% small mountains & koppies) which hosts ancient Baobab Tree’s and a forest of Marula trees and consists of a mixture of flat area, mountainous areas, overlooking the flat areas of undisturbed bushveld. This mixture of typography creates a diversity of habitats throughout the farm which creates an ideal eco system to a large variety of game species. Elevations vary from 1025 – 1150 meter above sea level. Roads: The farm roads give good access to all sections of the farm. The farm has several kilometres of roads plus plenty of additional easily accessible game trails to explore the farm by foot. Fencing: This farm is fully game fenced with a 2.4 m fence. Hunting Permits: Approvals from multiple authorities include the following: P3 permit for keeping plains and Big Game. Threatened or Protected Species Permit for keeping Rhino, Tsessebe, Western Roan. (TOPS) Permit for keeping Buffalo. Permit to keep Hippopotamus. Cites permit to keep Nile Crocodile. Developments: Safari Lodge: Thatch roof clinker brick building with tile floors. Finishes are of high quality and in an excellent condition. The building offers: Dining room, lounge and tv room. Walk in saferoom (Mortar and brick) Veranda with bar area, open dining area, lounge with a breath-taking view that overlooks the lush green garden and sparkling swimming pool, Large Rhodesian Teakwood bar. Kitchen and food storeroom. Washing / ironing room. Male / female guest bathrooms. Open fire boma. Chalets: 7 x Well equipped and decorated air-conditioned thatched chalets En-suite bathrooms Paved areas to chalets and main lodge. Thatch – open car parking. Other Developments: Cold room, slaughter facilities, and spice storeroom. Sheds: Shed 1 – Spacious workshop with 3 general internal storerooms. Shed 2 – Large space used for the storing and mixing of maize and Luzern. Shed 3 – Large open space used for vehicles, tractors and equipment storage. Staff housing – 4 rooms with bathroom facilities, Electricity: Three phase Eskom power. Eskom (440/230 Volt) to the lodge by means of an underground cable from Eskom. Solar installation 12,5 Kw 3 phase with 15 Kw battery power. Game counts: Buffalo ± 40 Giraffe ± 25 Eland ± 35 Kudu ± 40 Waterbuck ± 12 Blue Wildebeest ± 65 Orix ± 20 Zebra ± 40 Impala ± 200 Nyala ± 10 The Seller and/or Estate Agency do not guarantee these numbers. The game count will have no effect on the Purchase Price. Free roaming Game: Multiple species of free roaming game including, Mountain Reedbuck, Klipspringer, Bushbuck, Warthog, Bush pig, Jackal, Aardvark, Porcupine, Steenbok, Duiker, Chacma baboon, Vervet monkeys, Bush baby, Scrub hare, Rock rabbit (dassie), Mongoose, Squirrel, Leopard tortoise, Caracal, African wild cat, Genet, Brown Hyena, Aardwolf, Brown hyena, Leopard est., est. Vegetation: Mainly a red sandy loam Sandveld with sour veldt grazing mixed with a variety of sweeter veldt. Deep fertile soil. The vegetation on the farm comprises mainly of mixed Marula, Combretum, and Acasia Bushveld. A huge Boabab, estimated at around 1500 years ads to the unique tree vegetation, adding Camel Thorn, Leadwood some estimated older than around 1000 years, Wild Figs, Red Bushwillows, and Marula trees at a count one can only dream about. A large selection of indigenous flora such as: Dominant Tree Species Plains and Savannahs: Marula Sclerocarya birrea Burkea / Wild Seringa Burkea Africana Black Monkey-Orange Strychnos madagascariens Silver Cluster-Leaf Terminalia sericea Sickle Bush Dichrostachys cinerea African weeping Wattle Peltophorum africanum African Olive Olea europaea Sweet-thorn Acacia Acacia karroo Wild Pear Dombeya rotundifolia Large-fruited bushwillow Combretum Zeyheri Bushveld Resin Tree Ozoroa paniculosa Live-long Lannea Lannea discolor Peeling-bark Ochna Ochna pulchra Monkey Thorn Acacia Galpinii Red Thorn Acacia Gerrardii Black monkey thorn Acacia Burkei Common hook thorn Acacia Caffra White pear Apodytes Dimidiate Baobab Tree Adansonia Digitata Red ivory Berchemia Zeyheri Rocky & mountainous areas: Velvet Bushwillow Combretum molle Weeping Faurea Faurea saligna Horn-pod Tree Diplorhynchus condylocarpon Milkplum Englerophytum magalismontanum Red Bushwillow Combretum apiculatum Paperbark Albizia Albizia tanganyicensis Live-long Lannea Lannea discolor Peeling-bark Ochna Ochna pulchra Monkey Thorn Acacia Galpinii Red Thorn Acacia Gerrardii Black monkey thorn Acacia Burkei Common hook thorn Acacia Caffra White pear Apodytes Dimidiate Baobab Tree Adansonia Digitata Red ivory Berchemia Zeyheri Leadwood Tree Combretum Imberbe Beechwood Faurea Saligna Common resin tree Ozoroa Paniculosa Doppruim Pappea Capenses Weeping wattle Peltophorum Africanum Marula Sclerocarya Birrea subsp. Caffra African flame tree Spatodea Campanulata Nana-berry Searsia Dentata Silver terminalia Terminalia Sericea Small sourplum Ximenia Americana Large sourplum Ximenia Caffra Buffalo thorn Ziziphus Mucronata Dominant Grass Species: Red Grass Themeda triandra Common Thatching Grass Hyparrhenia hirta Spear Grass Heteropogon contortus Common Russet Grass Loudetia simple Bristle-leaved Red Top Melinis nerviglumis Couch Grass Cynodon dactylon Guinea Grass Panicum maximum Common Finger Grass Digitaria eriantha Mountain Bristle Grass Setaria lindenbergiana Weeping Love Grass Eragrotis curvula Herringbone Grass Pogonarthria squarrosa Natal Red Top Melinis repens Leisure: Days are spent birding & game viewing with different species of our feathered friends.. Loose assets: Should the farm be bought as a going concern some extra loose items could be negotiated, and added to the sale. Included in sale: Landini Tractor, 8 ton Trailer, Tipper trailer, 2 x Honda firefighters