{"id":821335,"date":"2025-04-17T16:30:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=821335"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:30:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:30:30","slug":"a-look-at-the-r55-million-fynbos-farm-for-sale-in-south-africa-with-its-own-helicopter-hangar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/property\/821335\/a-look-at-the-r55-million-fynbos-farm-for-sale-in-south-africa-with-its-own-helicopter-hangar\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the R55 million fynbos farm for sale in South Africa with its own helicopter hangar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A 118-hectare fynbos farm in Tulbagh, Western Cape, is on the market for R55 million, and comes with its own helicopter hangar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam Golding said the property has a mountain amphitheatre and a private view, which nestles under the Groot Winterhoek Mountain Peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added that the Alto Bioreserve is intact and undisturbed by humans or domestic animals. Fynbos and buccu are plentiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The non-indigenous trees are being eliminated to allow for the natural riverine forest and wetland to expand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mammals thrive in the environment, including Leopards, Caracals, Genets, Grysboks, Duikers, Cape Porcupines, rock Hyraxes, and baboons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The property includes several buildings, including the spacious main home, a helicopter hanger with workshop, and self-contained cottages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of these buildings have green features, such as passive renewable energy systems and low ecological impact, built with environmentally sound materials, all with low carbon footprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The house doors and windows are double-glazed with underfloor heating for winter comfort. The whole farm only uses solar power,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A provision has also been made for installing a hydroelectric generator and turbine, both of which have been bought, along one of the rivers, which would increase the power supply in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system has already received official authorisation and approval. The property is also the first to draw water from the mountain, a pure, natural source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In summer, the eco-swimming pool is positioned off the entertainment deck. The house is well lit by the stone floor-to-ceiling glass and metal exterior walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The helicopter hanger has an organic egg-shaped pod with a ribbed wooden structure and top clad with metal, similar to a World War 2 Nissan hut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pam Golding added that the two cottages are beautifully appointed and tucked privately into the mountain fynbos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cape Winelands in demand <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Tulbagh falls within the Cape Winelands District municipality, which continues to see an influx of migrant buyers, who are joining the area along with some of South Africa’s richest people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cape Winelands is home to several dollar billionaires, such as Richemont chair Johann Rupert, Capitec founder Michiel Le Roux and PSG Founder Jannie Mouton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The municipality, specifically Stellenbosch, is home to the head office of several South African companies, including Capitec Bank, Hungry Lion, Mediclinic International, and Remgro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cape Winelands is also one of the four top destinations for South African centi-millionaires, those with $100 million, just under R2 billion, in liquid investable assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cape Town is the main destination for millionaires, with 34, followed by Johannesburg, with 24. However, the Cape Winelands came in third place, with 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cape Wineland’s<\/a> population of roughly 1 million is far less than that of Cape Town and Johannesburg, where both sit at approximately 5 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vast wealth of the Cape Winelands saw its most wealthy people being named ‘The Stellenbosch Mafia’ by EFF leader Julius Malema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of the new buyers coming to the area are drawn to the area’s superior service delivery, lifestyle, amenities on offer, and natural beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Lightstone\u2019s recent annual sentiment survey among Estate Agents, South African home buyers will consider lifestyle and amenities the most important aspect of buying a property, at 33% in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many are hungry for lifestyle amenities and are making their way to some of South Africa’s premier estates, such as Val de Vie outside of Paarl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area is also increasingly popular among older property buyers, who are attracted to its beautiful, tranquil environment and first-class medical facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There is a huge shortage of suitable retirement properties, so units in new developments are selling soon after coming onto the market,\u201d said Surina du Toit from Pam Golding Properties.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Images of the R55 million Fynbos Farm in Tulbagh<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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A massive farm in the Cape Winelands receives visits from leopards, caracals, baboons and porcupines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":821339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12755],"tags":[10618],"class_list":["post-821335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property","tag-pam-golding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821373,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821335\/revisions\/821373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}