Nature and Game Reserve, Lodge and Development for Sale in Bela Bela, Limpopo, South Africa

Magnificent 415Ha Game Reserve, Game Lodge and Development

An Exclusive Private Game Reserve, Lodge and Development is for Sale.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION !!

The Reserve
For excellence of location this 415 ha (1030 acre)reserve does not have much competition and is in the best of company, boasting impressive neighbours, an adjoining property has been purchased by one of the wealthiest man in the world today and there is an impressive array of other local and international billionaires in the immediate neighbourhood. The reserve is situated in a Malaria Free Area.

The Lodge
This beautiful 40 bed lodge was graded 4 Star (****) in 2010, it is a going concern and has been sucessfully operational for 12 years.

The Development
All development permissions were obtained for expansions to the lodge and conference centre,there are also 47 – 1 hectare stands that have been created with 39 of these s remaining left for sale.

General
The Lodge was built in 1998 and was constructed to take advantage of its superb location in a region labeled "The Golden Mile" and more recently dubbed “The Billionaires Belt” situated in the foothills of the Waterberg Mountains and in the very popular area and holdiday destination of Bela-Bela (formerly Warmbaths) in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.

Reserve Infrastructure
* 415 ha in extent and boasts:
* 35 km of internal dirt roads
* 4 ground dams
* 3 boreholes – 2 equipped
* 21 strand game fence - 12 kms
* Runway (dirt – not currently in use)
* Heli -pad (grassed)
* Cement cribs – 2

Improvements
*Ladies bar and lounge area with a fireplace, sleeper wood bar and funiture as well as under counter bar fridges and exclusive soft furnishings and paintings.
* Conference room (Executive style - attracts regular clients such as the Presidency & many blue chip South African companies)
* A fully Equipped Kitchen with a walk in cold room.
* Store room
* Open Air Restaurant area which can cater for up to 68 guests which overlooks Kudu dam and the Waterberg Mountains.
* A black Marbled Swimming pool
* A thatched Pool Bar / buffet area for evenings around the pool.
* Pool Braai/ Barbecue area and Boma.
* Ladies and Gents Public toilets
* 10 large duplex air-conditioned chalets all ensuite.
* A Large Boma for bushveld barbeques and starlit evenings
* Bush Braai - a barbeque area 2 km from lodge set under a wild fig tree.
* Farmhouse - 4 bedroom,2 lounge and 2 kitchen house for staff (4-5 pax)
* Various other staff quarters which accommodates 10 people.
* Thatched Office, open plan offices with Store, kitchentte, toilet.
* A Workshop for vehicles and maintenance equipment.
* A Laundry with Industrial washing machines and tumble dryer.
* Various Game drive and utility vehicles.
* Large and impressive entrance under thatch with a guardhouse and WC.
* Team Building course - low rope

The Reserve is fully stocked with Game including but not limited to:
Giraffe (unique black giraffe), Waterbuck, Blesbuck, Kudu, Blue Wildebeest, Zebra, Impala, Red Hartebeest, Ostrich, Leopard, caracal, porcupine, aardwolf, aardvark, jackal, springhares, scrub hare, warthog, duiker, Steen buck, brown hyena, Vervet monkeys, chacma baboon, bush baby, squirrel, mongoose, terrapin, tortoise, python, monitor lizard and many other small mammals, reptiles and insects.
This reserve boasts a bird list of more than 280 identified species including Raptors.

Other
The reserve is situated just 145km from Pretoria and 195kms from Johannesburg, the reserves close proximity to Gauteng making it an ideal weekend / bush escape and conference venue.
Situated at the foothills of the Waterberg mountains, these mountains have been called South Africa's last undiscovered secret. They are a truly magnificent range of mountains and the new hot spot.
* Electricity - Eskom (National power grid) - 100 kva transformer & Solar
* Sewerage - Septic Tanks and Biomite Systems
* Communication * Telephone - Land Line (office)
- Cellular reception as well as satellite.
- Internal Radio communication system

Reason For selling
The Reserve and Lodge is being sold as a going concern, the current owners have been running it sucessfully since 1999. The Owners are selling the property as they have reached retirement age and failing health.

Loose Assets
Being Sold as a going concern the price includes all the loose assets as well, enabling the new owners to step in and take over immediately. There are 5 vehicles inlcuded with the sale of which two are Game Viewing land rovers as well as all machinery and implements needed for running the reserve and business.
A complete loose asset register can be supplied on request (84 pages)

Staff
The lodge owners and currently employs 8 staff members.

Ownership
Is in a (Pty) Ltd of which the owners are the sole directors. The lodge and reserve is Vat registered.

Marketing
We have very comprehensive and active websites which the purchaser would inherit. We also utilise other marketing websites. Word of Mouth and Professional Conference organisers.

The reserve is situated 50km from Bela-Bela (Warmbaths) the nearest town, where the second largest mineral water hydro in the world is situated.

This represents an ideal opportunity to step in and take over a magnificent piece of African Bushveld in the best area in one of the most popular tourist destinations in Southern Africa.