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Location: Hermanus, Overberg, Western Cape
Property Type: Fractional Ownership
ZAR 425,000
Contact: Fernkloof Estate |
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Fernkloof Estate, the residential Golf Estate at Hermanus Golf Club was launched in December 2004 with all erven being sold in less than six hours at a total value of R260 million. The estate comprises 331 wholly owned residential erven in 6 different precincts (or villages) situated within or on the perimeter of the newly constructed Matkovich and Heyes 27 hole golf course. All precincts, with the exception of precinct 1, have a central access security point and all homeowners have direct access onto the course via cart paths.
FERNKLOOF NATURE RESERVE
The Hermanus Golf Club and Fernkloof Estate back on to Fernkloof Nature Reserve, an incredibly rich and strategically important environmentally important natural asset. There is no other place on earth where so many different species can be seen growing in such close proximity! To date, 1100 species have thus far been collected and identified, many of them on the Red Data list for endangered species, and many of them endemic to the area.
The reserve covers 1 446 hectares in the Kleinrivier Mountains above Hermanus and protects coastal and fynbos areas, as well as a small patch of evergreen forest. Parts of the coastal area including the Cliff Path Nature Area, the Mossel River valley and the area from De Mond to Kettle Point, including the mouth of the Vogelgat River and part of the Klein River lagoon have recently been incorporated into the Reserve. This means that the coastal area with its unique fynbos – different from that on the mountain slopes – as well as the sensitive lagoon area, are now being included, and for the first time mountain and coastline will be linked.
The name of the principal vegetation type of this region is derived from the Dutch word \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'fijn bosch\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' which is the collective name for a myriad of evergreen shrub-like plants with small firm leaves, but also includes woody plants with hard leathery leaves, usually broad. The prevailing climate is Mediterranean with cold wet winters and hot dry summers with strong south easterly winds.
Grey rhebok, Cape grysbok, klipspringer, baboon,mongoose and dassie are present in small numbers. Others such as porcupine, genet and hare are nocturnal and these mammals are seldom seen. Although not as rich in bird-life as other areas in South Africa, 92 bird species have been recorded. Species most likely to be seen include the Cape Sugar Bird, Sunbirds, Rock Thrush and Rock Jumper. Raptors include the Jackal Buzzard and Black Eagle. Limited areas of forest alongside streams support numbers of seed and insect-eating species such as Rameron Pigeon, Canaries, Flycatchers and White-eyes.
The reserve lies on the northern side of the town with a 60 km network of trails. These provide the opportunity for people of all fitness levels to go out and enjoy some exercise and fresh air. A display of some of the flowers that can be found in the veld is permanently maintained at the Fernkloof Visitors\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Centre. The various trails offer magnificent and unequalled views of Walker Bay, the Hemel en Aarde Valley and Maanskynbaai.
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