6 luxurious private pools for rich South Africans
South Africa has some of the most scenic landscapes in the world thanks to its diversity, and add to it the weather, it is the perfect country to build a swimming pool.
BusinesTech looks at some of the pools in the country’s more luxurious homes currently on the market.
A good swimming pool is a great selling feature. as some of the price tags on these homes suggest.
This R36.5 million 4 bedroom house in Constantia Upper, features a rustic pool that looks onto a vineyard, with picturesque mountains in the distance.

This R75 million 7 bedroom house in Llandudno, Cape Town, has an infinity pool with spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean.

Nestled against the slopes of the Western Heads in Uitzicht, this R78 million 4 bedroom Knysna house boasts its own private access to the beach for boats and your jetty and mooring, while an indoor pool keeps the owners cool after a day in the hot sun.

Flanked by vineyards and the Helderberg Mountains, in the basin of the Franschhoek valley stands this 5ha estate which includes a self-standing pavilion/entertainment area beside a 20m lap and children’s pool.
The estate also has its own dam for the more adventurous souls.

A R115 million 4 bedroom house in Constantia Upper, buys you several water features – including a fountain, and indoor and outside pool, catering for all weather conditions in the Cape.

For R200 million, this 4 bedroom house in Fresnaye, Cape Town, comes with ‘a large rim flow’ pool with insane views of the the Atlantic Ocean. It also has an indoor Koi pond.

The unusual
Set on 247 hectares, this R65 million mixed use farm in Begha, Eastern Cape, wouldn’t be out of place on the set of a Flintstone movie.

Images courtesy of Pam Golding
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