[imagesource: Sotheby’s]

I spent a decent amount of time this weekend thinking about what I would do if I won the PowerBall Plus.

It currently stands at R90 million. Rest assured I would cease working at once, unlike this chap who deserves a stern talking-to.

Your property options open up quite nicely when you have R90 million tucked away, but you’re going to need a great deal more at your disposal if you want to take ownership of the iSanti Big Five Game Reserve and Magic Hills Private Collection.

Located in Jansenville in the Eastern Cape (16 kilometres as the crow flies from Addo Elephant Park), the reserve is listed on Sotheby’s for $36 million (around R520 million).

28 bedrooms, 28 bathrooms, 16 700 hectares (with a 20 100-hectare surface area), and a write-up befitting such a reserve:

The Karoo is a unique landscape that speaks to vast horizons, vistas and plains, and deep unending skies. Here lies a rugged beauty that quietly connects with you, and touches the soul.

iSanti Big-5 Private Reserve is situated in the heart of this magical land, that is also home to some of the world’s most endangered wildlife species. You will definitely spot the Big-5, although Leopard can be rather elusive, together with a wide variety of other big game and iconic African wildlife, including the world’s largest living Black Rhino…

For a visionary with a passion for conservation, there is almost unlimited potential to expand the Reserve, to the point of adjoining the Addo Elephant Park, and creating the largest private reserve in South Africa.

The Magic Hills Private Collection consists of three lodges and one camp.

I think it’s time we took a video tour:

Marvellous, but I don’t see any footage of a leopard above and there are no images of a leopard on the listing, either.

When they say that “leopard can be rather elusive” they’re not lying.

All in all, it’s a pretty impressive property to snap up. Don’t forget about the running costs, though.

[source:sothebys]