Wildlife Estate are the ‘norm’ for Hoedspruit. Walk to town? Drive a distance while enjoying the scenery? In a big conservancy? General game or Big 4? Only one Estate allows owners to have a dog. Please check under the drop down menus to find details.

• Raptors View
• Khaya Ndlovu – a Big 4 reserve
• Hoedspruit Wildlife Estate
• Blyderus
• Moditlo (about 25 kms out of town)
• Blyde Wildlife (9 kms out of town)
• Canyon Game Reserve (set more towards the mountain)
• Blyde Botanical (with a section of the Blyde River actually running through it
• Lissataba (situated 60 kms from town)
• Leopards Rock is a lovely Estate with some amazing large rocky outcrops
• Zandspruit – Bush and Aero Estate

However, one Estate stands head and shoulders above the others. Raptors View is the original Estate. Others tried to copy it.

Maybe the best way to describe Raptors is to simply quote from an article that appeared in the Country Life magazine. February 2002 – quoted here with permission.

“Below Mariepskop a housing estate lies in perfect camouflage and harmony with its natural bushveld environment.

Imagine a garden that just ambles away into the distance. A garden where you never have to plant an annual or mow the lawn. One which changes with the season as summer’s flowers pop through the grass and where trees bloom quietly and fruit to the noisy feasting of birds.

Imagine a garden where no fences or security walls hinder the passage of browsing giraffes that might fancy a nibble from the acacia outside your bedroom window. A garden where families of impala visit and where warthogs scutter off with tail at full mast.”

Raptors View Wildlife Estate is just over 1000 ha. There are only 305 residential stands of one hectare, which allows more than enough space for bird watching, bike rides, walking and game viewing. The Estate is fully fenced and electrified and has a single entrance that is manned 24/7. Raptors is stocked with an abundance of general plains game and also has the odd leopard, wild dog and hippo visiting. All services are underground and roads remain as true bushveld dust roads. A private school on Raptors has also proven to be most popular.

Being a mature Estate, there is a nice selection of homes on the market. Some great vacant stands are also available. Nowhere else will you find this kind of lifestyle.

Every agent has a preference of where they like to work. I am also blessed to live on Raptors. I will try my best not to be biased when helping clients find their own dream!