George Property | George Property For Sale
The beautiful city of George is the sixth oldest town in South Africa and capital of the Southern Cape in the beautiful Western Cape. It is situated midway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, in the heart of the world famous Garden Route, 600 meters above sea level on a 10 kilometer plateau between the majestic Outeniqua Mountains to the north and the Indian ocean to the South.With a population of approximately 140,000 inhabitants, it enjoys a Mediterranean climate.
George is a world class tourism destination, with many luxurious hotels in the region and is linked by airto all major cities in South Africa. The spectacular lakes, lagoons and Afro-montane forests, together with the golden beaches of the Indian Ocean, offer endless bathing, boating, surfing, hang-gliding and hiking. The Outeniqua "Choo-Tjoe" Steam Train, still operational between George and Mossel Bay, together with the annual George Motor Show, attracts tourists from all corners of the globe. The town of Oudtshoorn, a 45 minute drive north of George, over the Outeniqua Mountains is home to the world famous Cango Caves and Ostrich Farms and the region boasts several private wildlife ranches with some of them offering the famous "Big Five".
The popular tourist coastal towns of Wilderness, Herolds Bay and surfer's paradise Victoria Bay, with their spectacular properties and close proximity to George, are almost considered residential suburbs of the town. The Southern Right Whales which visit this coastal region annually to calf,can be seen between the months of June and November, en route to their summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic.
George is also the golfing mecca of the Southern Cape and offers no less than twelve world class golf courses within a 65km radius. These include the internationally acclaimed Fancourt Golf and Country Club Estate's Montagu, OuteniquaCourses and The Links, which hosted the prestigious 2003 President's Cup. The George Golf Club and Kingswood Golf Estate courses also offer challenging and enjoyable golfing. Hugging the rugged coastline of Herolds Bay, Oubaai Golf Estate, with its Ernie Els signature course and luxurious Hyatt Regency Hotel and Spa, is a 15 minute drive south of George. Many contemporary new homes have been built on this spectacular golfing estate, with magnificent views of the Indian Ocean below.
George offers top-class primary, secondary and tertiary education schools and centres, both private and state owned, and boasts the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Campus. It is also a desirable retirement destination and has the highest doctor/specialist per patient ratio in the country. It has a state of the art provincial hospital and first-class private Medi-Clinic.
George real estate features both commercial and residential properties from freestanding to gated complexes and estates, from entry level apartments through to leisure and prime investment property.
Crime is certainly not part of the Garden Route lifestyle and George, in the heart of the Garden Route, will continue to attract future residents to the area, seeking a peaceful and secure lifestyle in the years to come. No matter what, George property is always in high demand!
- Residential Sale Property Ranging from R322,000 to R8,000,000
- Commercial Sale Property Ranging from R380,000 to R5,300,000
- Commercial Let Property Ranging from R0 to R75
