Farm For Sale in Thabazimbi

Nearly 5Ha of typical Thabazimbi sweetveld boasting with excellent infrastructure, this game breeding / hunting farm is no doubt a class-act not easily matched in this price range / offering at hand here.

Exceptional attention to detail to features varying from a registered airstrip with hanger to multiple helicopter landing pads, distinct hand-crafted wooden furniture and ornaments to a porte-cochere type arrival base with reception, well-planned walkways for guests to excellent passive boma for animals it all just seems to come together on this jewel of the Limpopo Bushveld.

Current building infrastructure is well-kept and in good condition, consisting of the following:

MAIN LODGE / GUEST CHALETS / RECEPTION:

COMMUNAL ENTERTAINMENT AREA:
Fully equipped kitchen with scullery and cold room / pantry
Dining room (with hand-crafted 14-seater solid wood dining table / chairs)
Lounges (x 2)
Bar
Jacuzzi with mens / ladies guest bathrooms
Large undercover patio with outside dining area
Built-in braai (inside)
Swimming pool
Thatched lapa / entertainment area
Open air braai boma with fire-pit, bar, braai area, etc.
Overlooking natural animal watering hole that fills during the rainy season
Heli-pad

CHALETS:
5 x Huge chalets, each with:
Open plan bedroom & dressing area with built-in wardrobes
Large lounge area with kitchenette
En-suite bathroom with bath, shower and basin, separate toilet with basin as well as outside shower with basin
Covered patio
(1 x Chalet has walk-in safe and extra-large dressing and patio areas)

RECEPTION:
Porte-cochere guest entrance
Reception with waiting area
Office
Toilet
Laundry with linen room
Undercover parking bays

HUNTERS CAMP:
Built along the log-cabin-concept the hunters camp is fully equipped & located further away from the main lodge, offering the following:
Communal kitchen, fully equipped
Inside & outside dining areas
Bar
Boma / braai area
4 x Chalets with 2 x bedrooms each (8 x rooms sleeps 16)
2 x Communal ablution facilities (open air bathrooms, something quite unique)
Undercover parking bays
Slaughter facility with cold room & freezer room
Additional cold room
Laundry
Storerooms

MANAGERS HOUSE:
Beautiful, thatched roof building with:
Lounge, dining room
Kitchen (x 2)
5 x Bedrooms
3 x Bathrooms
Entertainment lapa / braai area
Fenced homestead

OUTER BUILDINGS:
Large hanger for both helicopter / fixed wing aircraft at air strip
Helicopter landing pad next to hanger (with lights for after-hour operation)
Huge tractor / implement / feed store and workshop
Slaughter facilities with butchery and 2 x cold rooms
Several storerooms
Workers accommodation
Skinning and trophy preparation areas
Old farmhouse with 4x bedrooms, 2 x bathrooms, rondavel with bathroom, 4 x garages, etc. (could be used for additional staff accommodation if need be)

WATER:
8 x Equipped boreholes, 1 of which on solar power
Ample water storage for each area
Earth dams that retain water for most of the year
Several water cribs / drinking troughs connected to water storage tanks for animal use
Seasonal stream runs through farm (dry during winter months)

ELECTRICITY:
There are 5 x Eskom transformers ideally located to supply each area respectively.
Automated standby generators are installed at the main lodge as well as the hunters camp to take over electrical load during a power failure.

GAME / FENCING / LIVE-STOCK:
Several elevated hides / look-out-points have been created at strategic locations whilst game handling is made easier via a well-constructed passive boma with 6 x holding pens, each with undercover feeding stations / water points to ensure best scenario for the game being held here.
Game breeding camps have impressive entrances with automated gates for ease of access from one area to another.
All the relevant certifications & permits such as P3, TOPS, WR, etc. are in place.
The following game (estimated nos) are included in the asking price:
490 x Impala (incl. 70 x black & saddleback)
20 x Blesbok
130 x Kudu
60 x Waterbuck
31 x Gemsbok (incl. golden bull)
140 x Blue wildebeest
40 x Golden wildebeest
2 x Kings wildebeest
35 x Nyala
17 x Roan antelope
34 x Sable
34 x Zebra
10 x Eland
Loads of smaller species such as steenbok, duiker, warthog, etc.

LOOSE ASSETS:
All of the furniture & appliances within the main lodge and the hunters camp are included in the asking price thus fully furnished & equipped.
The following loose assets are also included:
1 x John Deere 5415 tractor
Various implements such as fire fighters, slasher, disc, grader, trailers, etc.
1 x MB Unimog game viewer vehicle
1 x Toyota Hilux 2,8 Extra-Cab farm vehicle
Butchery equipment
Tools, spare parts, etc.

OWNERSHIP:
There are 3 x title deeds, registered as follows:
2 x Title deeds are in a trust whilst the third is registered in a company
Company could be taken over whilst the other 2 x title deeds have to be bought from the trust
Entities are VAT registered, any VAT applicable or transfer fees are excluded from the asking price