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Flora and fauna around the main gatehouse
Begota Dam which feeds grey water into the irrigation
system for use on the golf course and landscaped areas
course, with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 17th and
18th being standout holes.
Bulk earthworks on site comprised cut
and fill operations, and no soil was removed
from the site. It was instead used to create
golf course platforms. Shaping was done
to accommodate KZN’s soft rolling hills
and dunes, with a dedicated focus on
sustainability and preserving the unique
landscape.
Soft and hard landscaping
The natural KZN indigenous landscaping
has been maintained and will be
encouraged going forward. A few selected
trees and plants species will be included
throughout the golf course area. Landscape
architect Lucas Uys says the landscape has
a “dramatic topography”, and most of it
interfaces with the golf course by means
of ridges or valley lines which have been
rehabilitated in keeping with the coastal
dunes and forests of the KZN north coast.
In terms of hard landscaping, there is
a full concrete golf cart path from start to
finish, due to the distance and harsh terrain
which does not lend itself to walking the

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