21.4 Ha Farm with 9 En-Suite Bedrooms Inside a Big 5 Reserve

TURNKEY IS AN OVERUSED WORD. THIS ONE EARNS IT.

21 hectares of Dinokeng bushveld carrying nine en-suite bedrooms across a thatched main house and a separate guest cottage.

The property is sold as an agricultural farm but for the businessman, It is furnished and ready to trade, with its own staff quarters, three bomas, a swimming pool, outdoor showers, seven carports and secure storage.

It has been taking private guests for thirteen years but not for commercial use. A new owner can open the gate on the first morning and start trading subject to confirmation of the necessary land-use and operating approvals.

It sits inside the Dinokeng Big 5 Game Reserve, the only Big Five reserve anywhere in a South African metropolitan area, forty-five minutes north of Pretoria and malaria free.

Guests self-drive more than a hundred and forty kilometres of reserve roads looking for lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard, and then come back to a braai at the boma. That combination, a genuine Big Five experience within an easy drive of Gauteng, is what fills the house on a long weekend.

THE PROPERTY

Main house: seven large en-suite bedrooms, a loft with additional beds, two living and dining areas, two kitchens, a TV room, a lapa and an enclosed stoep

Guest cottage: two en-suite bedrooms, open plan kitchen, living area and verandah

• Separate staff quarters with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a kitchen
• Swimming pool, three bomas and outdoor showers
• Seven carports and storage facilities
• Borehole with four tanks holding 15 500 litres
• Electric Bonnox fencing, electric gate and armed response
• Sold furnished, so the business carries on without a break

Ten caravan stands pegged and not yet developed, for an owner who wants to grow it

A full 21 hectare holding, not a plot, with no bond registered against it

WHY THE AREA IS WORTH BUYING INTO

Dinokeng is growing and the numbers are public.

1. Paying visitors rose from 89 677 in 2023 to 106 653 in 2025,

2. In the first seven months of 2026 ran more than fourteen percent ahead of the same months the year before.

3. The province is backing an expansion toward forty thousand hectares and wants to double visitor numbers by 2030.

4. More than eighty lodges now operate in the reserve.

A lodge here is buying into a destination that is still being built, not one that has peaked.

Suited to families, groups and corporate breakaways.

Buy it as a startup and planned business or as a weekend retreat that pays for itself.