Bathurst, Eastern Cape farm for sale. (280 Ha on two title deeds)
This farm is situated 15 km from the Historic English settler village of Bathurst in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The farm is mainly utilised for cattle grazing on sour veldt, with a carrying capacity of 4 ha to 1 Large Stock Unit (LSU) and can carry 70 LSU in total. There is a good cattle kraal with a spray dip system. With little or no frost, the area is suitable for vegetable production and an area of 0.6Ha is currently being established under drip irrigation. This can be expanded further should you be interested in growing sweet peppers on contract (Carara Agro have a large number of contract growers in the area). Dragon fruit are well suited to the area and 1500 cuttings are presently being rooted for the establishment of a small orchid.
The large registered dam, with a capacity of 178 396 cubic meters, is stocked with Bass and Mozambique tilapia and supplements the 1000 l/Hr bore hole in supplying water to the farm. The average rainfall for the area since 2013 is 709 mm per annum.
Naturally occurring game on the farm include oribi, reedbuck and duiker with the odd bushbuck, warthog and bushpig.
The following features are present:
• Four bedroom homestead comprising 4 large bedrooms with 2 full bathrooms(main en-suite), Open plan Lounge (with fire place)/dining room/kitchen with pantry and scullery, bar area, study, workroom (Needlework and scrap booking), large veranda and braai area. There is also a small plunge pool.
• Out buildings comprise a double under roof parking space with laundry and store room and two other separate store rooms.
• A 24m*12m zink barn
• A 3 Phase off-grid solar system comprising 3*5Kw inverters, 3*5kwh lithium batteries and 13*560w bi-facial PV panels with a back-up generator.
• A 25Kw Eskom power point is available but is not currently active.
