2,409 Acres Land For Sale in Lolkisale

Farm for sale

The  Farm has great potential for livestock and game animal ranching.

The farm also has potential for a tourist lodge or tented camp, with activities such as rock climbing; cycling; bird watching and hiking. The farm is close to Tarangire National Park and has many resident and passing wildlife.

The farm is a well-established company operating in the agricultural, livestock and butchery market. The farm  was incorporated in 1955. In the past, the company was primarily growing seeds such as beans and flowers, for export. In recent years, the company has diversified into growing livestock feed; seeds & crops for the local market. The farm is approximately 1 hour 20 min drive from Arusha, south of the main Dodoma road, turn left before Mondulu Junction.

The  is a family owned business.

Company assets:

Title Deed 1537, 973.947 Hectares. The farm has a 99-year title deed with approximately 62 years remaining on this deed. The company holding the farm has no debts, and taxes & documents are all in order and up to date. The land is delimitated with government beacons and there is a farm road encircling the property.

Although we are mostly grazing at present, 75% of the property can, and has, been used for agriculture.

The farm will be sold with all buildings, infrastructure and machinery included:

Main House 2 bedrooms. Guest house 4 bedrooms. Staff housing in 2 locations.

Livestock pens and crushes.

Generator, and mains electricity.

Offices.

Storage containers and warehouses.

Extensive items of farm machinery including tractors.

4 Dams; water reservoirs.

Well maintained roads.

Livestock description:

There are buildings to house livestock: pig sties, and sheep; goat and cattle housing. Livestock is not included in the farm sale.

Crop description:

The company was growing/planting seeds for export but in the past 10 years has diversified into livestock and crops, for animal feed and the local market. Crops which grow well on the farm are beans, sorghum, maize, cowpeas, sunflowers, flower seeds and hay for bailing. Company has always done Crop rotation is to preserve soil structure and condition. No fertilizers have been used on the fields for decades. Due to the topography of the farm and the local weather, our practice is dryland farming.

Other important information:

• Climate: 1200-1300-meter altitude. Temperatures ranges from 15-30 C. Rainfall averages around 500 mm annually. Short rains in October-December, long rains in March-May.
• Water: Farm water comes from harvesting systems using roofs and dams.
• Electricity: The farm is connected to the national power grid (TANESCO).
• Roads + Location: Farm is located 33km south of the main road Dodoma/Arusha. It is about 57 km from Arusha town center. The dirt road is passable all year round, and it will soon be made into a tar (lami) road.
• Farming/Crops: Planting of crops is once per year. The company firmly believes in rotation of the land, meaning, one year a cereal crop, the next year a legume crop and then a year or two fallow, where the livestock can graze. This maintains healthy quality of soil and good agricultural productivity.
• Fertilizers/herbicides/insecticides: Company has not used chemical fertilizers for more than 10years. The fields are fertilized by livestock manure and leaving the unused fields fallow for a year or two, this builds up organic matter, which we plough back in when preparing the field for the coming year. We do not use herbicides. We use insecticides only when absolutely necessary. The minimal use of chemicals is in order to preserve and build the quality of our soil, and to have a healthy ecosystem, as well as to offer more healthy produce.
• Climate change & response: Climate change is one of the reasons we rotate crops, and always ensure we have flora coverage on the ground to decrease evaporation and erosion that can lead to soil and crop stress. Due to our water harvesting system, we have water the whole year round as long as there is reasonable rainfall.

SUMMARY:

2,409 acres. This farm is 33km south of the main Dodoma/Arusha road, on the main Lolkisale Road. The road is passable all year round.

Electricity source: the national power grid (TANESCO).

Crops which grow well on the farm are beans, sorghum, maize, cowpeas, sunflowers, flowers seeds and hay for bailing

The livestock that thrives on the farm are pigs, sheep, goats and cattle.

The farm has great potential for tourism (lodge or tented camp) business, being only 1.5 hours drive from Arusha town, with beautiful scenery; bush and wildlife, as well as good roads and paths for cycling and walking, and rock climbing possibilities, as well as the attraction of climbing the nearby Lolkisale Mountain.

 Price:

Farm – $ 1,150,000 USD, all inclusive of land and assets.