STOCK FARM Approximately 1100ha ±15km from Aberdeen. Three camps with water. Well looked after Karoo with thorntree veld. Lots of Kudu. Big earth dam with ±5 ha irrigation. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms Farmhouse. One staff cottage.
Situated in the delightful Camdeboo Plains of the Eastern Karoo on the N9 between Graaff Reinet and the Garden Route, Aberdeen offers history for the mind and peace for the soul. The district is renowned for its wool and mohair, being the largest mohair producing area in South Africa. The town has an extremely healthy climate, a restful and rural atmosphere, unpolluted air and unequalled starry night skies. Aberdeen was founded in 1856. Named after the birthplace of Rev. Andrew Murray in Scotland, it was originally a farm called "Brakfontein". The deeds to the land were signed by Lord Charles Somerset in 1817. Aberdeen is a declared architectural conservation town and a veritable repository of styles including Victorian, Georgian, Karoo, German, Gothic Revival, Russian, Art Nouveau and Flemish Revival. Excellent examples of the ostrich baron dwellings can be seen. Strolling through this historic town one is able to discover its rich heritage. Today Aberdeen is a town attracting many newcomers, some of them refugees from the big cities! With the healthy climate and the slow pace of life, the town presents a relaxing panacea for the stresses and strains of modern life. Although Aberdeen has its own schools, hospital and churches, Graaff-Reinet the 4th oldest town in South Africa only 50km away, you can also have the schools, sport facilities, shops, hospital and doctors and many more to offer. Contact: Deon Taljaard 082 578 2273
Aberdeen Primary School Aberdeen Senior Secondary School Union Preparatory & High School Graaff-Reinet Volkskool Primary & High School Graaff-Reinet
Vicinity
The closest big town is Graaff-Reinet (50km). Surrounded by the Camdeboo National Park, Graaff-Reinet, the heart of the "Great Karoo" - Place of Thirst - is a boundless and mysterious area where broad plains roll away to distant koppies and multilayered mountains that seem to touch the indigo sky. Fossils of some of the earliest forms of one-celled life have been discovered here, indicating that life has existed in this region for three billion years. The richness of pre-dinosaur fossils in this region is world-renowned. Graaff-Reinet, the fourth oldest town in South Africa, is recognized as the home of magnificent examples of Cape Dutch architecture and over 220 heritage sites (more than any other town in South Africa!). Shops such as Shoprite, Spar, Clicks, Fochini, Truworths, Spur, Steers, Wimpy, KFC and various other restaurants, over 200 registered B&B's. Places of interest in the area include Addo National Park, Camdeboo National Park, Fonteinbos Nature Reserve and various Game Reserves, all of them malaria free.
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The
malaria free Eastern Cape is the traditional home of the Xhosa people
and offers the visitor a world of diversities. The Eastern Cape 's interior
is the arid Karoo, with its wildlife, while in contrast there is the
Indian Ocean's Sunshine and Wild Coast areas.
The Eastern Cape is bordered on the west by the Western Cape, northwest
by the Northern Cape, the north by the Free State and far northeast by KwaZulu-Natal.
The Wild Coast is a beautiful and extensive tract of undulating pastoral
country studded with whitewashed, thatched rondavel huts. The lack of coastal
development and the sheer rugged beauty of this 300-mile stretch of the Africa
north of East London, earned its name - The Wild Coast.
Theo only metropolitan city in the Eastern Cape, Nelson Mandela Bay
incorporating Port
Elizabeth, Uitenhage
and Despatch
is situated on the South Eastern coastline of South Africa.
The Eastern Cape gets progressively wetter from west to east. The west is mostly
semi-arid Karoo, except in the far south, which is temperate rainforest
in the Tsitsikamma region. The coast is generally rugged with interspersed
beaches. Most of the province is hilly to very mountainous between Graaff
Reinet and Rhodes including the Sneeuberge, Stormberge, Winterberge
and Drakensberg. The highest point in the province is Ben Macdhui at 3001m.
The east from East
London towards the Kwa-Zulu Natal border is lush grassland with intermittent
forest. This region, Transkei, is rolling hills punctuated by deep gorges.
The National Arts Festival, held in Grahamstown
is Africa's largest and most colourful cultural event, offering a choice of
the very best of both indigenous and imported talent. Every year for 11 days
the town's population almost doubles, as over 50,000 people flock to the region
for a feast of arts, crafts and sheer entertainment
The Eastern Cape consists of the following regions:
The Amatola Region
The Western Region
The Wild Coast
There
are National Parks, numerous game and nature reserves and vast wilderness areas
where wild animals and beautiful flowers flourish in protected paradises.
The province boasts with being the ideal tourist destination with it's sunshine
all year round, it's hundreds of kilometres of unspoiled beaches and beautiful
mountain ranges filled with fauna and flaura.
When searching for property investments in the Eastern Cape South Africa,
what will attract you most is the oppertunities that this province boasts with.
With some of the finest beach property in South Africa, it is definately
an investors dream.
Where dolphins play in the warm water and Game Reserves teem with wildlife.
What makes this province such a great South African destination is the
people that always greet you with a story and a smile.
The lush rain forests of the Garden Route where mother nature serves you with
the peaceful gladness of life in it's full glory.
The
Eastern Cape offers unrivaled beauty and an experience that fits the
dream of a queen. With some of the finest hiking routes in South Africa. From
the lush water filled forest of the Tsitsikamma and the Amatola Mountains
with it's breathtaking views to the vast plains, majestic mountains and historic
towns of the Karoo.
Port Elizabeth, set along the beautiful shores of Mandela Bay
is propable better known as the Friendly City! From a real estate perspective
Port Elizabeth offers property investments of a life time. With long
golden beaches, scenic nature trails, wild life experiences and unique coastal
climate Port Elizabeth has so much to offer. The calm waters of Mandela
Bay, its shores lapped by the warm Indian Ocean, make Port Elizabeth
a Mecca for all beach and watersport activities. Something else to considder
when thinking of property investment in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
is that Port Elizabeth enjoys more sunshine hours and fewer rainy days
than any other coastal city in South Africa.
To the South is Jeffreys
Bay the home of the "Perfect Wave". Other towns that
we offer properties in include Port
Alfred, East
London (South Africa's only river port city), Grahamstown,
Bisho,
Stormsrivier and Somerset
East. The Eastern Cape truly is a great province and forms part
of South Africa with pride and dignity.