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The Emanzini Country Resort is set in the colourful surroundings
of the rolling eastern Free State grasslands. The resort
is built on the banks of the Vrede Dam that supplies the
town with its water.
It has a picturesque, willow-draped launching ramp and a variety
of trees, including willow and gum trees providing an abundance
of shade on the beautifully kept lawns.
The dam is stocked with carp, barbel, and the rumour of bass
and yellow fish keep rod-bearing hopefuls parked around its
perimeter.
At the confluence of two spruits, the 49-year-old dam is the
creator of a wetland that now hosts a large variety of birdlife.
You can get to them by boat or canoe. Memel, a potential world
heritage site, is just a few kilometres away and offers a prolific,
wide variety of wild birdlife.
Also with an Ernie Els one-wood distance of the resort is the
picturesque 18 hole golf course between the banks of the spruits
that have been used to form many ball-gulping water features.
Previously named
simply the Vrede Dam Resort, it was a fishing and birdwatching
dam with little else. The dam now boasts a string of floodlights
along a straight section of the waterfrontage which provides
South Africa's first floodlit water-ski venue. The resort was
used by wakeboarders for the first time in February 2000 and
2003 for the Inter-provincial Championships. |
Click here for infomation about the Emanzini
Country Camp and Veld school for young people.
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