RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY REVIEWS
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meyersdal
eco estate
Who says you can’t have it all – convenience,
security, space and the sense of being in the
wild? Well, that’s not true. You can have it all.
You can have state-of-the-art everything
that opens and closes, and easy access to
schools, shops and business centres, and still
be surrounded by wide open spaces filled
with a variety of nature’s amazing beauty
filled with kudu, wildebeest and zebra. It’s a
kind of magic that’s hard to find in a modern
world, and it’s called Meyersdal Eco Estate.
The estate itself, which consists of a mere
343 stands on its 400 hectares, is part of
the 1 080 ha Meyersdal Nature Area. With
paradise fly catcher
less than 15% of the land developed, there
are vast swathes of Highveld grassland filled
species of reptile, five fish species and a
The estate’s three dams, which are fed by
host of butterflies, bees and bugs. Residents
natural springs, are a focus for wildlife and
that are adventurous can explore the beauty
birds. And, of course, people. The homeowners’
of the estate along the 16 kilometres of
association has created a spectacular view
In keeping with the theme and ethos of the
mountain bike trails or the seven kilometres
point to enjoy the vast open areas from high
estate, only indigenous plants are used in
of hiking paths while enjoying nature with
or to chill while having a relaxing sundowner
the landscaping, and large tracts of land
plenty of fresh air. And for those that are
as the sun slips away behind the koppie on
are left unspoilt and natural for the animals
less adventurous, the estate can be explored
which it over looks.
and birds. Game such as red hartebeest,
in the comfort of your vehicle. And if you
steenbuck, Burchell’s zebra, black wildebeest,
want more, the 680 ha Klipriviersberg Nature
For those that love to spend more time in
springbuck of course and even the huge,
Reserve is close by. With a very similar
nature, the homeowners’ association has also
placid kudu once roamed freely among these
faunal and floral assemblage, the reserve is
created a wonderful campsite where you can
hills, and now they’ve been reintroduced. As
a bit more established, with more than 200
pitch your tent under the open sky, braai
well as these reintroduced mammals, which
species of birds having been identified. And
some marshmallows and tell ghost stories.
total well over 200 individual animals, there
there are loads more hiking trails, where you
It’s a great place to watch birds, or just to
are 98 recorded bird species which include
may just spot a cautious zebra or a shy
relax with the family. Keen anglers can test
the resident pair of Verreaux’s eagles, 28
and elusive kudu.
their skill in the catch-and-release dams.
with plenty of fauna and flora interspersed
with a select few homes.