This is a large 8,658 hectare / 21,419 acre commercial and unique lifestyle farm next to the mighty Zambezi River in the lower Zambezi Game Management Area, growing commercial crops under irrigation.

Unique commercial and wildlife farm, Lower Zambezi, Zambia

A first class 8,658 ha (21,394 acres) commercial and wildlife farm on the Zambezi River within the Chaiwa Game Management Area which borders the Lower Zambezi National Park.
Currently with 2,158 ha (5,332 acres) under irrigation, double cropped with soya and winter wheat or winter maize. Water rights from the Kafue and Zambezi Rivers offer scope to expand the cropping area and or grow high value crops. Extensive housing and farm buildings including modern 10,000 mt grain storage and drier complex.

2,737 ha (6,763 acres) of game management area with waterholes with potential for a private lodge, leisure development or captive breeding subject usual consents.
Private airstrip. Lusaka circa 2 hours (115 km) by road. Excellent local amenities and lifestyle activities.
Vendor is willing to provide ongoing farm management services or a share farming arrangement with attractive investment returns.

A commercial farm growing soya beans, maize and lucerne in the summer and maize, wheat and lucerne in the winter under 2,155 hectares / 5,325 acres of centre pivot irrigation.
One of the largest farms of this nature in Zambia.
Chiawa Farm is fully equipped with the latest machinery, in very good working order, all trucks are weighed in and out of the farm and the workshops carry a large range of all spares through out the year.
Improvements include bulk grain silo storage facilities, workshops, weighbridge, machinery sheds, offices, staff housing and management housing, fish ponds and excellent farm machinery to run the whole operation, irrigation equipment and underground irrigation pipe lines. There are good internal gravel roads and security fencing throughout.
In addition the farm has a large tract of 2,737 hectares / 6,763 acres natural bush land with a game corridor. This is an added bonus to the farm as it has huge potential for captive game breeding and residential/time share use, with easy and close access to both the Kafue River and the Zambezi River. The animals in the corridor are Elephant, Buffalo, Leopard, Kudu, Bushbuck, Duiker, Impala, Bush pig, Genet, Civit, Cerval, Baboon, Vervet Monkey, Porcupine and Badger. There are several water holes for the animals and in the dry season these water holes are kept full and there is a stream on the western edge in the corridor.
A further 1055 hectares / 2,607 acres
can be put under irrigation relatively cheaply which would take the farm to 3210 hectares / 7,932 acres making this a unique agricultural asset.
The company is very proud of their agriculture assets and would be willing to remain involved in the farm with a minority interest or a management contract.

Chiawa is situated at the convergence of the Kafue and Zambezi Rivers, approx. 10 km north-east of Chirundu town, and approximately 152 km from Lusaka in Lusaka Province.