Tulbagh Olive Farm

Tulbagh Olive Farm is found in the Groot Winterhoek Valley, a few minutes from the bucolic village of Tulbagh in the Western Cape. With magnificent views across the entire Tulbagh Valley, the main farmhouse is set within resplendent gardens, surrounded by ancient oak trees.

Offering peaceful seclusion, there’s a large pool for cooling off on those scorching summer days, and, in keeping with the countryside lifestyle, a stable, dressage arena and lunge ring. The farm’s position under the mountains ensures an abundant supply of water, captured in the farm’s five dams including the one the beautiful boathouse sits above.

Tulbagh started out as a small farming settlement dating back to 1703. Today it’s a popular holiday spot, known for the thatched Cape Dutch houses lining Church Street, the well restored, beautifully preserved gabled churches, and the old Cape Dutch parsonage, all of which give Tulbagh its historical roots and old-fashioned character.

Tulbagh Olive Farm has a guaranteed revenue stream from the thriving olive production business, and for those with an interest in hospitality, you’ll find your head spinning with the various options for developing holiday accommodation.  Transform the house and boathouse into a bespoke boutique hotel, build eco-cabins on the mountain’s slopes, with so much space and views to die for throughout the farm the possibilities are endless.

The current owners bought the farm in 2004, replacing the peaches with olives and planting over 30,000 trees across 34ha with the potential for planting up an additional 15- to 20ha. The sale of the farm excludes the olive producing business. The current owner would like to continue with the olive harvesting and processing from the farm but without you needing to be involved and you’ll gain a great return, it’s a win-win situation, whichever way you look at it!

Tulbagh’s wine route boasts several gracious family-owned estates, dating back many generations to the commencement of winemaking in the Cape. The town also hosts various events every year. In June, the village is festooned with holly, bells, lights and tinsel as it invites visitors to celebrate Christmas in Winter; in September the Tulbagh Spring Arts Festival showcases a variety of visual and performing arts; and the valley proudly displays two of its most prized assets during the annual Tulbagh Horse & Wildflower Show. Really, it couldn’t be simpler to step into this lifestyle of living close to nature in a valley of abundance.

SPECS:

• Farm Size: 238 ha

• Main farmhouse:
• 6 bedrooms en suite
• Formal lounge, dining room, family/TV room, study
• Underfloor heating and air conditioning
• Wooden and stone floors
• Swimming pool
• Koi ponds

• Boathouse
• 1 bedroom en suite, open plan living room

• The following could provide an income yield:
• Olive harvest
• Olive tasting cellar and test kitchen
• Olive storage shed
• Olive packing and processing plant

• Additional facilities:
• 2 manager’s houses each with three bedrooms and two bathrooms
• 7 worker’s houses.
• Pump house with generator and poison room
• Workshop
• Four stables, tack room, dressage arena, lunge ring, paddocks
• 5 dams
• Sold as a going concern

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