A rare opportunity to acquire this beautiful 1026 hectare olive farm in the sought after Prince Albert Valley. Situated at the foot of the Kredouw Pass on the R 407 between Prince Albert and Klaarstroom, the farm has an abundant water supply of 35 hours per week which is stored in two earth dams with a total storage capacity of 150 million litres.
The farm is well equipped in all respects, with five homesteads - one of which is a large Victorian home, one a restored and remodelled Karoo farm cottage, whilst the third residence is a smaller modern home currently used as an art gallery. In addition, there are two self catering cottages.
The farm has various other buildings, including an olive oil factory with state of the art Italian olive press which is housed in a dedicated separate
building with cold room and bottling facility, a temperature controlled olive oil cellar with stainless steel settling tanks, and storage tanks with a total capacity of 20 000 litres. The farm shop sells a range of products produced on the farm, including oils and ointments and dried fruits and nuts produced on the farm. There are 3 garages, library, 3 offices, store rooms and agricultural sheds, laundry, pump house, aquaponics shed and a worm farm.
In addition to the 6000 olive trees, the farm has 2000 almond trees , pecan trees, apples, vines and a small orchard of cherry trees. All orchards are fully fenced.
A comprehensive solar system with a 19Kva generator enables the entire farm to operate at full production during power outages.
Sold as a going concern.
Quite simply a world in one!
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