Estate Living Magazine Alfresco Living - Issue 36 December 2018 | Page 32

Knysna for part of the year (usually the summer). With this amount
of stock on hand, it’s not surprising that a number of independent
rental agencies provide letting services on the estate,
which is a highly prized destination for tourists
both from South Africa and from abroad.
The Pezula Championship Golf Course
– a par-72 mixed parklands/links
course designed by Ronald Fream
and David Dale of GolfPlan in the
USA – has won multiple accolades,
including rating number 17 in the
country in the 2018/19 Golf Digest
Awards. Facilities on the estate
available exclusively to residents
include a secluded communal area
Protecting the environment has been
with swimming pool, tennis courts, and a
one of the estate’s stated aims from its
children’s outdoor play area.
inception. It was designed with very low
densities (an average of just two residential units per
The estate is home to the Pezula Hotel, which is
managed by Village n Life, which also manages such prestigious
hectare means that only about a quarter of the site will have any
properties as The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay, and the Harbour House constructed elements when all the homes have been built – the
Hotel in Hermanus. Facilities at Pezula Hotel include a spa and gym rest is reserved for forest and fynbos). But the current members of
with 12-metre heated pool, steam room, rainforest shower, Rasul the homeowners association are equally committed to this ideal,
chamber, juice bar, nail bar and hair salon, as well as Zachary’s Bistro which is why Pezula Golf Estate has joined its neighbours in off icially
(a casual and relaxed all-day dining venue) and Noah’s Champagne registering the Knysna Coastal Conservancy with CapeNature
and Cocktail Lounge. – a total of about 880 hectares of land that’s been identifi ed as an
The environment: for your children
important coastal corridor and ecosystem.
If Knysna is associated with anything, it’s associated with its As stated on the HOA website: ‘Being part of a conservancy means
evergreen yellowwood and stinkwood forests – Afromontane that the HOA will be able to address ecological challenges such as
forests in the language of the cognoscenti – of which Sparrebos conservation corridor management, fi re management and alien
Nature Reserve is an excellent example. It is situated within the species eradication more eff ectively.’
estate, and is accessible via the Fisherman’s Walk – a 2.5-kilometre
trail that starts near the tennis courts and leads past a waterfall The HOA, which owns the golf course and holds 95% of the shares
(spectacular in season!) and all the way down the cliff s to Cove of the course’s operating company, has also begun preparing a ten-
Beach: as private a stretch of sand as you’ll fi nd anywhere on the year environmental management plan with particular emphasis on
Garden Route coast. renewable energy and water security. And, while the golf course is
already irrigated with grey water, the plan will prioritise the long-
term supply of potable water to residents, the hotel and the golf
clubhouse.
It’s this combination of solid planning, long-term vision and capable
management – and, of course, one of the most unique physical
locations anywhere – that’s always set this remarkable estate apart
as one of the best addresses on the Cape coast.
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