201Ha Farm For Sale in Ladismith Rural

This 201 hectare deciduous fruit farm lies nestled in a serene, fertile valley surrounded by majestic mountain ranges. The nearest town, Ladismith, is 15 km away along a tarred road.

Farming infrastructure consists of neatly maintained mature and young apricot, plum, nectarine and fig orchards as well as 6-hectare fallow land with underground irrigation systems. The area is widely renowned for its delicious fresh fruit and quality dried products. The enterprise consists of 2 adjacent title deeds.

A special feature of this farm is that CJ Langenhoven, born 1873, a South African poet, writer and politician who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history, spent his first seven years on this farm. He was initially tutored in a quaint little blacksmith’s shop that served as the first school in the valley. After a few years, when the first Government school for the area was built, he received further primary schooling there. This larger school is also on the farm. This is of historical value for the Afrikaans speaking community.

With a bit of research on Langenhoven and collecting suitable furniture as well as some of his novels, short stories poems and speeches, this school could also serve as an interesting tourist feature.

Another feature is the impressive 1899-Victorian homestead with an abundance of natural beauty - all in relatively close proximity to the world-renowned Route 62.

Discover the unique ambiance of this historic and tranquil area, overlooking the valley surrounded by mountains. Here you take a step back and live in the moment. The house with generous living spaces, enhanced by high Canadian Oregon pine ceilings, is ideally suited to serve as a boutique hotel or upmarket guesthouse. It has been owned by the same family for 5 generations.
The road from the Route 62 right to the house is tarred.

The fruit trees consist of: 5,8 hectares of apricots; 11,3 hectares plums; 2,2-hectare nectarines and 5,5-hectares Evita figs. The farm was rated under the top producers of stone fruit in previous production studies.

An additional 6-hectares are good quality turf and sandy soils which can be used for cash crops such as carrot and onion seed production, vegetables or lucerne.

Quality water extracted from the Kobus River that runs down from the nearby Little Swartberg, is the lifeblood of this irrigation farm. Water obtained from 4 different canals supply water to the 5 earthen dams with a storage capacity of 170,000 cub metres. Water is channelled by concrete canals to save water. Water usage rights registered with the Hoeko Irrigation Board controlled by the OCMA are in place to irrigate 40 hectares.

From the dam, pumps powered by Eskom supply micro irrigation to the orchards.

There are 2 large houses boasting 5 bedrooms and 3 bedrooms respectively. Both are situated in a lush garden with mature trees. A guest flat adjacent to the second house has been fully fitted for guest accommodation.

Farm buildings are a large shed for drying and packaging fruit with cold storage facility, office, ablution blocks and another shed for storage.

For sale at R18,500,000 excluding VAT. It is possible to structure the sales agreement for the farm to be sold as a going concern at 0% VAT. A list of farming equipment is included in the price.