Step Into Tranquility!

In a hidden valley up the West Coast yet just 160km from Cape Town, you will find this heritage farm – a listed National Monument – tucked within the boundaries of the Banghoek Private Nature Reserve and enfolded by majestic mountains. What a privilege!

Once the hunting grounds of Simon van der Stel, the first governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, the beautiful Banghoek Historical Farm in the cloistered valley of Kapteinskloof near Piketberg is as full of character as its name. “Banghoek” translates roughly as “fright corner” – so-named in 1685, when a party including Van der Stel rounded a corner to be stampeded by an enormous rhino! If, these days, this part of the Western Cape no longer teems with rhinos, the Banghoek Private Nature Reserve is still a magical oasis that supports Cape leopard, aardwolf, bat-eared fox, cape grysbok, grey rhebok, aardvark, among many other fauna, as well as several rare and endangered plant species. Its expansive 1 000 hectares preserve and protect a pristine fynbos biome in an ancient valley where 3 000 years ago Bushmen lived in the catchment area of a wide and life-giving river. In fact, it’s hard to believe you’re just 160km from Cape Town and 60km from the West Coast!

The first farm in Kapteinskloof, this is still a working farm within the boundaries of the nature reserve. There is an exclusive-use area for agricultural activities, such as orchards, vineyards, cash crops, fodder crops and livestock. The owner of the farm also has grazing rights on the common property, subject to the approval of the trustees. (The Banghoek Private Nature Reserve itself is a sectional-title development comprising a maximum of 40 residential units plus the original four farm dwellings. It is governed by a body corporate which comprises all the owners who elect a Board of Trustees to act on their behalf.)

The beautiful homestead is a listed national monument that was built in 1721, and has historical value as one of the last surviving exemplars of building styles of that district and era. “Its ancient oak trees lend the farm a typical Stellenbosch feeling and tranquillity,” says the seller.

Banghoek Historical Farm is situated alongside the Boesman River and has natural spring water and plentiful water rights – making it abundantly clear why the farm has been a valued retreat through the centuries. View Our Farm Portfolio!

“Few things beat watching the sun rise and set from the front and back stoeps of the homestead, overlooking the natural beauty of the farm and the lush garden with its waterwise plants, lush trees and lawns. And long walks in nature bring you to the simplicity of life and, in the process, finding yourself. There are three things here that you cannot buy: the fresh air, the big trees and the view!”

-Seller

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