Property description
Erf of 1.71 hectares, hosting Away with the Fairies Nature Lodge / Backpackers and Green Dragon Café – fully furnished.- Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Hogsback for Sale– The property that hosts Away with the Fairies Nature Lodge and Backpackers and The Green Dragon Café - with unbeatable reputation, location and views can be purchased for R5,250,000.00. Away with the Fairies and Green Dragon Cafe can be continued in the same name but under a new entity, included in this price.
Literally the best location in Hogsback - An income generating property with huge potential. This well established and very famous business needs a new and loving custodian to take her to her full potential after being extensively renovated since Covid.
This is a once in a lifetime chance to own the famous Away with the Fairies Nature Lodge / Backpackers/ Amatola Trail Base Camp/ Café / Bar / and access to the Fairies Heart Centre for the price of the land alone.
4 dorms sleeping 20, 4 Self Catering / En-Suite Rooms sleeping 8 and 50 campers combine to accommodate 78 guests at full capacity with a potential income of R17,800 per day.
This property is for sale at market price of the land alone, and the fully furnished Away with the Fairies and the fully equipped Green Dragon Café can be continued at no extra cost.
The Green Dragon Café
This fully equipped Bar and Café is licensed and has recently been renovated. It is designed to cater for overnight visitors, retreats, weddings, and Amatola Hikers with inside and outside dining areas and bar. 2 gas pizza ovens, a new industrial oven, extractor, new gas flat top and loads more can easily cater for groups.
2 toilets and showers for the bar and campsite with a solar water heater.
Main House
4 bedrooms – sleep 20 in dorms.
2 bathrooms with 2 showers
Large Lounge, and Kitchen
Solar Water Heater,
Incredible viewpoint on the edge of the cliff with the world-famous bath.
It also has 2 self-catering cottages:
Frodo’s and Bilbo’s Cottage
Cozy two-bedroomed cottage with 2 separate entrances to two separate fully renovated units. Right in between the Green Dragon Café and The Viewpoint.
Frodo’s – Queen sized bed, fireplace, kitchenette, lots of creative use of wood and shower.
Bilbo’s – Double bed, bath, stunning use of wood coffee station.
The Hobbit Cottage
2 double bedrooms in this extremely quaint, fully renovated cottage with low doors and a Hobbit Sized bath. A shared kitchenette and lounge surrounding a fireplace for those wintery nights.
Campsite.
The level, back garden with its abundance of Yellowwood trees and ample shade is the host to our laid-back campsite. With 4 electrical points for caravans etc this is a constant source of income.
Viewpoint and bath on the edge of the cliff
Perched on the edge of the cliff on top of the oldest forest in South Africa this is the best view anywhere in Hogsback and possibly the Eastern Cape. The world-famous bath (solar heated water) brings a steady stream of tourists for their inevitable selfies. A hiking trail into the Auckland Nature Reserve starts and finishes at the viewpoint taking hikers to the Big Tree (Right in front of Away with the Fairies), Swallow Tail, Bridal Veil and Madonna and Child Waterfalls.
The property is equipped with a POS system, office, generator, satellite internet, small inverter and security cameras.
Prefab wooden staff cabin.
Prefab wooden toolshed, linen room and camper’s kitchen.
Prefab wooden cabin currently used by a tattoo artist.
Ample parking.
Large water tank was easily converted to a Swimming pool.
