Just 20 minutes from the centre of Mossel Bay on the Garden Route, Gondwana Game Reserve, a sizeable private reserve set on 6 500 hectares offers some 80 home buyers the opportunity to build and own a bush home in a Big Five reserve.
Despite this great location and accessibility, the reserve is secluded and remote giving a feeling of being in the middle of nowhere. It shares the areas' renowned temperate climate, second in the world to Hawaii's, and is Malaria free, offering prime year round game viewing.
Home Owners have a freehold title of their one hectare property with exclusive traversing rights and full access to the reserve. Each home site is surrounded by ample undeveloped land allowing for spectacular views of wildlife, nature, and the Outeniqua Mountains.
The homes will be discreetly situated within the reserve in large areas, fenced for safety and freedom of movement, inhabited with plains game.
The homes will be designed to best marry with their surroundings in a natural bush architectural style with thatched roofs combined with cape country elements. The homes will be built with safari type living in mind, with large decks and folding windowed doors for relaxed and spacious, open plan indoor and outdoor living.
All homes will be provided with road access, Eskom electricity, aTelkom telephone line, and potable water. The home sites are priced from R835 000 (excluding VAT) with no levy for the first two years. Gondwana Game Reserve is marketed exclusively by Pam Golding Properties Mossel Bay office, which has successfully marketed a number of other local developments such as Pinnacle Point, Springer Bay, and Pansy Cove, among others.
A beautiful main bush lodge will be built for entertainment and gatherings, providing an ideal spot to meet for sundowners after an afternoon game drive. To provide home owners with an income on their holiday home investment, a rental pool is planned which will be managed by a tourism entity. Properties will be graded and priced accordingly.
Developer and conservationist, Mark Rutherfoord, has an ambition to give others the opportunity of living in the bush among wildlife as he has in the Kruger National Park and the Kalahari Desert. Unbelievably enough, the Garden Route provided the ultimate setting for his dream. “I find the property one of the most beautiful I've seen in South Africa and from a management point of view the climate and terrain are well suited for multiple species of game.” Mark is eager to see Gondwana inhabited with all indigenous wildlife that occurred in the Western Cape and plans to keep the land and animals as untouched and open as possible. Co-developer Wendy Trees says, “We believe in the potential of South Africa and feel privileged to be able to create, conserve and sustain something so rare.”
The reserve will be home to lion, cheetah, leopard, buffalo, white rhinoceros, eland, Cape Mountain Zebra, red hartebeest, bontebok, springbok, kudu, etc.
Gondwana has a unique combination of Fynbos and grass plains. Fynbos, the primary vegetation on the reserve, is endemic to the Western Cape region and exists nowhere else in the world, drawing unique birdlife and mammals. An abundance of Protea and other wildflowers provide year round enjoyment and colour. There are gorgeous deep valleys, ravines, hills, mountains and open plain areas, providing excellent terrain for driving and guided walking safaris. Numerous fountains, streams and dams allow for ideal settings for viewing hides. The Outeniqua and Langeberg Mountain Ranges overlook the reserve from the North, East, and West providing spectacular backdrops for your wildlife photography and sunset views. The Indian Ocean can also be seen from certain elevated areas on the reserve.
Keith Murray, Pam Golding area principal, believes, “Gondwana Game Reserve will provide the Garden Route with the one thing it lacks - a sizeable and suitable Big Five game reserve that is accessible yet secluded.”