Rapids Country and Eco Estate incorporates spectacular beauty while surrounded by the tranquillity of nature in its most elegant and refined form. Rapids Country and Eco Estate is a new development eco-park private estate set in the heart of the Highlands Meander, 10 kilometres from the Belfast in Mpumalanga Province.
A FEAST FOR THE EYES...AND HEART
This exclusive development will comprise of a main lodge with eight associated en suite rooms, a self catering restaurant with conference facilities associated with the main lodge, as well as 35 full title stands. To top this all, a stand, for a boutique hotel in between mountains and couches is sit aside for later development.
To enrich the already mythical beauty of this development, two dams will be constructed for its aesthetic value and for sport angling purposes, which will furthermore encourage short hikes over the length of the property. Small indigenous game will be introduced to enable game viewing activities, with birding added to this exclusive offering.
WHY THE HIGHLANDS MEANDER?
Situated in the Highveld Grassland of the Mpumalanga Province, an area which has become thoroughly popular due to the area’s scenic beauty, makes it an area associated with rest and relaxation.
Falling within the Highveld’s borders, it is sometimes associated with the greater Lowveld because of its proximity and view into that area. With regards to the climate, Belfast, generally, has a moderate climate with clear, yet often misty summers and crisp, cold mountain winters.
Popular activities in the area ranges from trout fishing, of which the nearby Dullstroom is probably South Africa’s headquarters, as well as hiking, birding, off road driving and various cultural activities, such as the Lowveld Meander R540 route.
Rapids Country and Eco Estate development is therefore ideally located to make use of all the available natural resources while also adding to the variety of tourist activities and facilities available.
A key focal point in developing this resort will be to develop it in unison with the local environmental sensitivities in order to maintain an environment that enhances the health and well being of its visitors and local residents.
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Visually, the development will not affect the site significantly, and strict guidelines will be set out for the developer and the buyers, instructing them that the structures and layout will have to be designed so as to blend into the rural, rustic architecture of the area, and also through the usage of materials and finishes that blend into the background.
Indigenous landscaping was also recommended to screen negative visual effects resulting from development, and no unnecessary vegetation clearing will be allowed.
The concept for the new dams is to design them in a manner that represents a typical natural Highveld grassveld stream and dam scenario. The area where the Langspruit flows alongside the development will be rehabilitated over time towards a more natural ecological state reintroduced indigenous faunal and floral species representative of the local region and to the ecologist’s recommendation.
The edges and banks of the dams, the ingress, and exists of the stream into the dams will be designed and landscaped to represent a healthy ecological stream and dam system.
As two of the Dams have already received the necessary approval for certain types of angling, resident fly-fishers are able to commence fishing immediately.
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