Forest Oasis - This is Higgovale, Cape Town
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FOREST OASIS ... Homes that are as much sanctuaries as they are fortresses. A polished architectural palette. An irreverent take on suburbia. This is Higgovale.
A place of superlatives, Cape Town's Higgovale crowns the natural amphitheatre cleaved by Table Mountain's buxom slopes. Hovering above the City Bowl, this intimate suburb's elevated position pulls Lion's Head, the harbour, city skyline, Blouberg beaches, Durbanville wine farms, distant Drakenstein, and nearby Devil's Peak into continuous view.
Domed by blue sky and cliff flanked, Higgovale's winding roads lead to quiet cul-de-sacs, shadowy umbrella pine forests, and an ever-present sense of refuge.
Beyond existing. Beyond living. Beyond being. Here, now, in this place of rest.
HIGGO ACROSS TIME
Offering an indulgence of heritage, culture, and unspoiled nature all within easy reach, Higgovale is a nexus for sophisticated urban living stretching as far back as three centuries.
Named after the Cornish Higgo family who owned significant land holdings including the local quarry at the turn of the 20th century, Higgovale is now one of South Africa's most exclusive suburbs. The Higgo Quarry just off Glencoe Crescent provided stone for Rhodes Memorial, the Cape Town railway station, several major metropolitan banks, Cape Town town hall, and miles of city kerb stones.
How beautiful a thought that part of Higgovale itself is apportioned throughout the Mother City, artfully melded into her very framework.
"This place is a quiet secret. The nonobvious choice. While white horses surge across the bay, here it's relatively wind-free. At every escape from the city's intensity, you always return to absolute calm, the feeling of sanctuary. It's the best of both worlds. Homes here are gentle in their environment, a beautiful haven to raise a family. As a community we're ecologically aware and we all look out for each other - while giving each other space. With its coffee culture, restaurant scene, and outdoor activities, there's no real need to ever leave." Brent Sender, Higgovale resident, Invermark Crescent
TERRAIN-INSPIRED DESIGN
As resident, you're invited to partake in a leisurely journey of discovery at the juncture of sky, mountain, forest, and city; to participate in the gentle unlocking of experiences as life unfolds in this exceptional refuge.
With a refined bubolic ambiance, uneven terrain has produced Higgovale's most recognisable homes - the Tree House, Cliff House, and Bridge House, to name but a few. Defined by award-winning design and tiered gardens, Higgovale residences contrast nature's unapologetic beauty with brilliantly bold steel, glass, and concrete.
Here your home isn't in nature - it's of nature.
AFRICAN ESCAPE
Consisting of only of 225 homes and 88 sectional-title units, including several historic properties dating back to the 1700s, Higgovale boasts swathes of sloping land, stone pines and poplars, tangled undergrowth, and gurgling streams.
Properties in this tamed African setting are more like meditative spaces, sheltered from the blazing sun and city noise while protected from prevailing south-easterly winds. Regardless the architectural departure or degree of terrain, at every turn there is harmony.
"We enjoy the most spectacular moonrise and moonset skies here. Sunrise and sunset too. Higgovale really epitomizes peninsula life. And at night - well, all the sparkling lights spread afield truly are a fairyland." Janet Sender, Higgovale resident, Invermark Crescent
CONNECTED BY COMMUNITY
The layered and textured character of the suburb has attracted diverse and cosmopolitan residents where modern city life is tempered by meaningful connections and friendships:
- Standing together against crime in partnership with SAPS and the CPF, the Oranjezicht Neighbourhood Watch encourages a participative social fabric built around neighbourliness.
- Spearheaded by Higgoval volunteers, the Oranjezicht City Farm (OZCF) is a non-profit project celebrating local food, culture, and community through urban farming. Open daily except on Sundays, the farm offers a shop and garden allotments where you can grow your own healthy vegetables and herbs - and catch up with neighbours.
ATTRACTIONS IN-AND-AROUND
- The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel and Spa. Escape to a bygone era for high tea or poolside bliss
- Exclusive dinery Ottimo Cibo run from chef Nikki Booth's Higgovale home. An otherworldly taste of Italy
- Relaxed and eclectic dining at wacky bohemian Bombay Bicycle Club. Dip into the wild side.
- Events, music, and markets at The Lawns at the Roundhouse.
- Table Mountain cable car. A trip to the clouds on your very doorstep
HIGGO OUTDOORS
- Sport granite rock climbing area at Higgovale Quarry
- Table Mountain National Park & Lion's Head
- India Venster, Platteklip Gorge, Van Riebeeck Park, & Pipe Track hiking routes
- Deer Park, Comrie Park, & De Waal Park for dog walking
- Gardens Rugby Football Club
- The Table Mountain Bikers' starting point near Kloof Corner Parking Area
IN THE CLASSROOM
Proximity to schools has become a top driver of ongoing demand in Higgovale, while rising traffic has further added to the demand for close-to-home education:
- Tamboerskloof Primary School 580m
- Gardens Commercial High School 1,5km
- Cape Town High School 1,3km
- Hoerskool Jan van Riebeeck 759m
- Camps Bay High School 4km
- UCT only 8,8km
For youngsters attending Southern Suburbs' schools, car runs are always against the traffic.
HIGGO SHOPPING
Should the need for retail therapy arise, line up your credit cards and head off to the designer delights or must-have necessities offered by nearby:
- Lifestyle on Kloof
- Gardens Centre
- Cape Quarter Lifestyle Village
- St George's Mall
- V&A Waterfront
RECENT DOGON AREA SALES
Always on buyers' shortlists in Cape Town's luxury real estate market, Higgovale properties have enjoyed steady capital growth for decades. Home prices are driven by unsurpassed views, locality, quick access to major attractions, and the neighbouring Camps Bay and Clifton beaches.
For the avid globetrotter, you can reach Cape Town International within 20 minutes.
Frankly, investment here is infallible.
We have just recently concluded the following sales in the area:
- Glen Crescent, transacted at R85m
- Kloof Nek Road, transacted at R30,5m
- Woodburne Crescent, transacted at R26m
Our resident Higgovale agent, Keith Anderson, is an area connoisseur with over 20 years' experience selling real estate in Higgovale and the City Bowl. In his own words:
"Higgovale with its treelined roads has an understated elegance. It's the City Bowl's hidden jewel, home to many prominent families. Always maintaining value, residences in this suburb are a blue-chip investment, making it incredibly sought after!"
Higgovale and its timeless glamour, its unrestrained African charm, extends an invitation. One just for you. We at Dogon Group Properties can make this wonderland with its rich and storied history, more than just a place you reside. We'll bring you home.
To arrange a private viewing at any one of our curated Higgovale listings now on the market, contact Keith Anderson +27 83 540 5033 keith@dogongroup.com
Author: PR
