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There is a superb array of leisure facilities at the
clubhouse such as a spa, gym and swimming pools.
Sports facilities include tennis courts, pétanque
courts, cricket nets, a soccer field and the Swingfit
Golf Academy. An equestrian centre, boma on the
banks of the Berg River and hiking and biking trails
alongside lakes interspersed with natural fynbos and
ample trees complete the picture. The Bridge House
Play School, adjacent to the clubhouse, caters for ages
two to four years.

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Last year, for the seventh consecutive time, the rolling
championship Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course,
designed by the ‘Golden Bear’ himself, won both Best
Conditioned Golf Course in the Western Cape by Golf
Digest and the Compleat Golfer Five-Star Experience
Award. This course was built and maintained by Golf
Data. From 2007 to 2009, it played host to the South
African Open. One of its noted residents is Lee-Anne
Pace, South Africa’s number one female golfer and
also Pearl Valley Golf ambassador.
With many South African property buyers relocating
to the Cape, the need for safe and tranquil living,
proximity to Cape Town, and, for families with
children, an education path, becomes a balancing act.
However, with Pearl Valley Golf & Country Estate, no
compromise is required. Marx comments, “It’s not
just the demand for a country lifestyle just outside
Franschhoek, the wine and gourmet capital of South
Africa, that makes Pearl Valley so appealing, but also
our location near Cape Town, various top-class schools
and a leading university in the immediate surrounds.”
The estate is a mere 40-minute drive from Cape Town
International Airpo