Farm/Ranch for Sale in Smithfield, Free State, South Africa

Ideal Farm for Private Game Farm,hunting or Guest Farm

Very beautiful farm in southern Free State province. On 30 degree latitude line. The 1400 hectares consist of 1/3 mountainous area. This parts cannot be reached by vehicle - partly by motorbike and mostly by horse. Another 1/3 are semi-mountainous of which most can be reached by vehicle. The other 1/3 are almost flat with grassveld. Most unique of the plants are the many wild olive trees in the upper half of the mountainous parts. There are 5 boreholes with windmills and are in 100% working condition. The farm currently operates as a sheep farm, so the drinking water are very well distributed over the area.

There are about 50 Mountain Reedbuck (redunca fulvorufula), about 10 Kudus (tragelaphus strepsiceros) and 20-30 Steenbok (raphicerus campestris) on the farm. Also Scrub Hare (lepus europaeus) and Spring Hare (pedetes capensis).

Halfway into the mountainous part is the homestead. The 22x12 meter house has a new tile roof on and has 3 bedrooms. The drinking water comes from a borehole with a submersible pump. There is a good 300 meter fence around the house and 2 other out-buildings. The one building is a double garage with 2 other rooms. Outside the yard are 3 barns: 1)20x5 meter brick building - steel construction 2)10x5 meter - steel construction closed with zink 3)20x5 meter old stone barn. There are also 2 houses for workers - steel construction with brick walls. Only the old barn and 10x5 meter does not have electricity supply.

The farm is 160km south of Bloemfontein,which has a domestic airport. The homestead is 3.5km from a main road(tar) This part of the province is low populated. Climate: min:-2degrees winter nights. max 33degrees mid-summer days.