Set on the doorstep of the Kruger Nationwide Park, Leopard Creek Nation Membership provides maybe essentially the most unique spherical of golf in South Africa.
The brainchild of Johan Rupert, the gorgeous bushveld golf course is a fixture on the DP World Tour for the Alfred Dunhill Championship.
In their very own phrases, “Leopard Creek has grown out of the imaginative and prescient of a banker and abilities and experience of one of many world’s nice golfers. It’s based on the values of friendship, a typical love of the sport of golf and a shared reverence for nature.
“Revolutionary architectural and landscaping strategies make sure that the Leopard Creek golf course and residing areas are naturally protected against animals, whereas lakes and small streams have been diverted by means of the event to create scenic vistas and fascinating golf methods.
“{Golfing} hazards tackle a brand new dimension at Leopard Creek, for a lot of the water is residence to the magnificent creatures for which the river is called, crocodiles. Intensive use has been made from water options and sightings of crocodile, hippo, antelope, buffalo and elephant are commonplace, on the course or within the Kruger Park bordering the course.”
Located close to Malelane in Mpumalanga, Leopard Creek covers 360 hectares. It’s bordered to the north and west by the picturesque Crocodile River and likewise the Kruger Nationwide Park.
Can anybody play Leopard Creek?
Leopard Creek is a non-public Nation Membership with a Championship course in addition to a par 3 course.
Nevertheless, regardless of being personal it’s fairly attainable to play the course in case you are a non-member.
The one circumstances for enjoying Leopard Creek are that you just guide a keep at their lodge or one among their affiliate lodges close by and pay the eye-watering inexperienced charges.
How a lot does it price to play Leopard Creek?
The membership has inexperienced charges of R6300 (£264 or $335) per particular person, which incorporates using a golf cart and midway home providing.
Leopard Creek ranks as the costliest course in South Africa to play as a customer, and the membership additionally has the steepest membership charges within the nation.
Guests from out of nation would possibly look on these inexperienced charges and marvel how that’s the costliest spherical within the nation, however you can play a number of rounds at programs ranked inside the highest 10 in South Africa for that worth.
Nevertheless, Leopard Creek remains to be an expertise in bushveld golf albeit an unique one.
