If you are adventurous you can explore dam by canoe or take it all in on a leisurely sunset cruise with an informed skipper at the helm. It is advisable to keep an eye open for hippos and crocodiles as both have been seen in the dam.

Vegetation in the reserve is classed as mixed bushveld. It varies from a dense, short bushveld to an open tree Savanna with riverine vegetation and reedbeds along the periphery of the waterways. This wide variety of habitats is one of the reasons that the reserve supports such a rich diversity of plants and associated mammal-, bird- and reptile-life. It’s nature at its best and at Finfoot Lake Reserve you can totally immerse yourself in it. With the ownership options on offer you can make it a permanent rent-free part of your recreational lifestyle.

Game recorded in the reserve includes waterbuck, zebra, impala, nyala, kudu, gemsbok, red hartebeest, steenbok, warthog, African caracal, jackal, brown hyena, aardwolf, honey badger, civet, genet, aardvark, vervet monkeys and more.

You can learn all about Finfoot’s creatures of habit from knowledgeable resident rangers who are available to take you on guided bush walks, Segway safaris and game drives in open safari vehicles. Alternatively, you can explore the reserve on your own mountain bike.

Finfoot Lake Reserve. The Greater Conservation Vision

Finfoot is part and parcel of a greater conservation vision. Exciting plans are underway to expand the area of the Greater Vaalkop Nature Reserve to well over 6000ha as part of its continuing evolution towards becoming a fully-fledged bushveld game reserve with the roar of lions once again reverberating across this stretch of the African savannah. By owning at Finfoot you will be able to live the expansion dream.

Finfoot Lake Reserve. A Renowned South African Birding Hotspot.

Don’t ever visit Finfoot without your binocs and bird life-list in hand as this is one of Southern Africa’s favourite birding hotspots. The Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve with its 800ha bird sanctuary is rated by renowned ornithologists Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode and Johan Rossouw in their Sasol book The Southern African Birdfinder as an excellent birding destination. Finfoot Lake Reserve is a part of this birding hotspot which has an extensive bird list with close to 400 species on it. Raptors such as the African Fish Eagle, Western Osprey, African Hawk Eagle, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Black Eagle, Spotted Eagle Owl and more may be seen. The bushveld is alive with small birds such as the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Marico Flycatcher, Black-faced Waxbill, Acacia Pied Barbet, Icterine Warbler, Short-toed Rock Thrush, Lesser Grey Shrike, Scaly-feathered Finch and many, many more. The lake itself is home to a wide diversity of waterbirds and waders including a variety of kingfishers, herons as well as flamingos.