Aberdare Hills Golf Resort has been named the best such development in Africa at the 2015 International Property Awards held on December 6 this year in London. The development also won the best title in the golf development category at the African Property Awards ceremony in Dubai earlier in the month.
"The award affirms the quality of our master planning and strategy in creating Aberdare Hills as a national Kenyan golf resort, which will also enter the top tier of international courses as a golfing destination," said Dr Pritam Panesar, the managing director of Panda Development Company, the developers of Aberdare Hills, as he unveiled the upgrading of the course by international consultants European Golf Design.
The 18-hole golf course will be designed as a championship field, with a 72 par layout of just over 6,400 metres, and to full international and United States Golf Association (USGA) championship specifications.
With a large driving range as well as golf practice and tuition facilities, the course is uniquely planned to take advantage of the natural gorges, which shape the 1,600 acres of land on which it sits.
"This will position it as one of the most challenging yet fascinating courses in the world," says Dr Panesar.
It will also incorporate a five-star hotel with 120 rooms, conference facilities, a ballroom, a spa, golf and country club in the midst of recreation facilities, residential and commercial developments.
The developers are also putting up town houses and villas grouped into several villages situated around the golf course. All homes and the golf course's clubhouse will enjoy fibre optic connectivity and Wi-Fi throughout.
"We are also incorporating renewable energy sources in order to minimise environmental impact and ensure long term sustainability," says Dr Panesar.
Jogging paths, nature walks, secluded relaxation areas have been integrated within the course, where residents will not only benefit from playing golf, but also enjoy tennis, mountain biking, swimming or jogging, take pleasure in reading, picnicking and even bird watching.
The course will be built at a cost of $25 million, anchoring the $250 million in cost of the entire Aberdare Hills Golf Resort. So far, $20 million has been spent on the development's infrastructure, which spans 30 kilometres of internal roads, a complete boundary wall, three dams and four boreholes supplying more than three million cubic metres of water, drainage, sewerage and power, as well as a tree nursery cultivating one million indigenous trees, of which some 100,000 have so far been planted across the resort.
According to the international golf tours operators association (IAGTO), the daily spending of golf tourists while on holiday is more than twice as high as that of general leisure tourists. The report further states that golfers spend an average of Sh270,000 each on ground, which is three times the average of other tourists. Panda Development Company Limited is a member of IAGTO and Kenya golf marketing association (KGMA).
Source: Golf resort named best in Africa
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