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02 · The farm

Reconnect
with nature.

Black Impala is set on an intimate private game farm against the foot of the rolling Waterberg mountains.

A black impala ram standing in the grass, looking straight at the camera.
Our namesake

Black
impala.

A rare, dark impala. They live here.

Stroll through the bush and come face to face with the farm’s inhabitants, from black impala and shy nyala to energetic springbok, and the diverse and abundant birdlife.

Two impala in the grass, one looking back.
Impala
A black impala and a common impala side by side in winter grass.
Black impala, and a common one
Nguni cattle grazing.
The Nguni“…I loved the donkey and Nguni cattle greeting me every morning” Johan · Pretoria · December 2025
Banded mongooses on the move.
Banded mongoose
The red sand road through the farm.
The road in
Who lives here

The residents.

Impala, Nguni cattle, the donkey, warthog, mongoose and the odd lizard.

Nguni cattle grazing in a wide field.
NguniNo two alike
The farm donkey.
The donkey
An impala ram looking back over his shoulder.
Impala
A bushbuck on dry ground.
Bushbuck
A yellow mongoose.
Yellow mongoose
A warthog in long green grass.
Warthog
Young impala.
Young impala
A blue-headed agama on a tree trunk.
Agama
And a lot of birds

Birdlife.

A woodland kingfisher on a branch.
Woodland kingfisher
A paradise flycatcher with its long tail.
Paradise flycatcher
A red-billed hornbill.
Red-billed hornbill
A lilac-breasted roller.
Lilac-breasted roller
A yellow-billed hornbill.
Yellow-billed hornbill
A cuckoo in an acacia.
Cuckoo
A woodland kingfisher, blue and brown.
Back in late October
A glossy starling.
Glossy starling
A bee-eater on a twig.
Bee-eater
A wood owl in the shade.
Wood owl
A pied kingfisher hovering.
Pied kingfisher
A grey heron.
Grey heron
After dark

Wild mystery.

The additional thrill of spotting our local nocturnal servals adds a touch of wild mystery to your stay. And everything else that comes out at night.

A fruit bat hanging under the reed roof.
A fruit bat
A large moth resting on an open hand at night.
A moth, after dark
Off the grid

Sun, gas and spring water.

The farm is entirely off the grid, with solar-powered electricity, gas for heating and cooking, and pristine water from its own natural source.

Close up of a Nguni hide, white flecked with black.
No two Nguni are marked alike. In Zulu, a white hide flecked with black is called the flies in the buttermilk.
Split-hoof tracks in the sand.
Read the sand
Tracks crossing the sand.
Who passed in the night
Sunset over the bush and the hills.