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Things to see in South Africa

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Mabalingwe Nature Reserve

Bela-Bela, Limpopo

Large Big Five-area nature reserve near Bela-Bela with timeshare and private lodges, game drives and bushveld scenery.

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Dzata Ruins

Dzanani, Limpopo

Declared national heritage site: stone-walled ruins of the historic capital of the Venda kingdom in the Nzhelele valley near Dzanani.

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Elim Hospital Museum

Elim, Limpopo

A small museum at the historic mission hospital honouring the Swiss doctors and missionaries who worked in Elim from 1899.

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Giyani CBD ('Benstore') informal market

Giyani, Limpopo

Busy informal trading area in the town centre. Traders sell Tsonga food such as mopani worms (matomani) and tihove, along with pottery, beadwork, ceramics and wood carvings.

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Tsonga culture and xibelani dance

Giyani, Limpopo

Giyani is a heartland of Xitsonga culture. Local dance groups perform the xibelani, a skirt-swirling dance, at cultural events and festivals around the town.

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Gravelotte Emerald Mine (Cobra Mine)

Gravelotte, Limpopo

Historic emerald mine that operated from 1929 to 2002 and was reportedly the world's largest emerald mine in the 1960s. It was bought by URA Holdings in 2023 with plans to restart production; it is a working mine site, not a tourist venue.

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Leydsdorp Baobab

Gravelotte, Limpopo

One of South Africa's most visited baobabs, about 26 m tall with a girth of nearly 20 m and estimated at over 1,100 years old. Visitors can climb into a hollow in the trunk; the tree was famously once used as a bar.

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Leydsdorp Ghost Town

Gravelotte, Limpopo

The remains of a gold-rush town founded in the late 1880s and named after ZAR state secretary W.J. Leyds. At its peak it had around 3,000 residents; today you can see the old hotel and the cemetery, where many miners who died of blackwater fever are buried.

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Murchison Range

Gravelotte, Limpopo

Low mountain range north of Gravelotte where gold was discovered in the 1880s, sparking the Leydsdorp gold rush; game farms in the area lie in its foothills.

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Loskop Dam Nature Reserve

Groblersdal, Limpopo

12,700 ha reserve around Loskop Dam on the Olifants River. It was established in 1940 and is home to almost 70 mammal species. You can view game on foot or by boat, and the dam is good for bream and carp angling.

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Haenertsburg Arboretum

Haenertsburg, Limpopo

An arboretum opened in 1993 with trees from temperate regions on five continents, a peace pole, a labyrinth and a Millennium Box due to be opened in 2100.

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Haenertsburg Cemetery

Haenertsburg, Limpopo

A hilltop cemetery with historic graves from the village's gold-rush era, a mosaic bench and views over the valley.

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Haenertsburg Grasslands

Haenertsburg, Limpopo

The rare and botanically rich Woodbush Granite Grassland around the village, much of it lost to plantations, is looked after by the volunteer Friends of the Haenertsburg Grasslands, who maintain the hiking trail and clear alien plants.

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Iron Crown

Haenertsburg, Limpopo

At about 2,126 m, Iron Crown above Haenertsburg is the highest peak in the Wolkberg and in Limpopo, and its summit can be reached by vehicle.

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Hoedspruit Reptile Centre (Khamai)

Hoedspruit, Limpopo

Reptile park on the R527 with mambas, cobras, crocodiles and other reptiles; self-guided visits or guided tours with live snake demonstrations, good for children and the hottest part of the day.

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Mariepskop

Hoedspruit, Limpopo

At 1 947 m, one of the highest peaks of the northern Drakensberg escarpment, towering over Hoedspruit and Kampersrus.