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Things to see in South Africa

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Makapan's Valley (Makapansgat Caves)

Mokopane, Limpopo

Fossil-bearing caves in a World Heritage-listed valley north-east of town, where Australopithecus africanus remains were found and where Chief Makapan's people were besieged in 1854. Visits must be booked in advance and are guided.

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Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centre

Mokopane, Limpopo

1,300 ha breeding and conservation centre of the National Zoological Garden on the northern outskirts of town, with rare species such as black rhino, tsessebe, roan and lemurs.

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Bokpoort Pass

Mookgophong, Limpopo

Mountain pass associated with writer Eugène Marais, who lived for several years at Doornhoek near Mookgophong.

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Beitbridge Border Post (SA side)

Musina, Limpopo

One of Africa's busiest road border crossings, on the Limpopo River about 15 km north of Musina on the N1, linking South Africa with Zimbabwe.

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Matakwe granite rock

Musina, Limpopo

Huge single granite outcrop of about 38 ha on the Musina experimental farm off the R527; visits by appointment only.

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Musina Nature Reserve (Baobab Reserve)

Musina, Limpopo

Reserve just south of town protecting one of South Africa's densest stands of baobabs (over 100 mature trees), plus sable, giraffe, zebra, kudu and eland. Has a circular drive, hiking and mountain-bike trails, picnic sites and Sand River gneiss, among the oldest datable rock on earth.

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Sagole Big Tree (Muvhuyu wa Makoleni)

Mutale, Limpopo

One of South Africa's largest baobabs, about 22 m tall with a girth of about 33 m, on communal land near Sagole. It is also the best place to see the Mottled Spinetail. The resort around it is run down but still charges entry.

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Masorini Village Museum

Phalaborwa, Limpopo

Reconstructed Iron Age Ba-Phalaborwa hilltop village with huts, grain stores and iron-smelting furnaces, about 11 km inside Kruger from the Phalaborwa Gate on the Letaba road.

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Phalaborwa Copper Mine Viewpoint

Phalaborwa, Limpopo

Lookout over the Palabora open-pit copper mine, about 1.8 km wide and 450 m deep and billed as Africa's widest man-made hole; reached via Koper Street.

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Irish House Museum

Polokwane, Limpopo

Historic Victorian building (Polokwane Museum) with exhibits on local history; tours available.

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Peter Mokaba Stadium

Polokwane, Limpopo

45,500-seat stadium built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, about 3 km from the CBD; stadium tours on request.

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Springbok Flats

Roedtan, Limpopo

Roedtan sits in the middle of the Springbok Flats, wide open farmland plains named for the springbok herds that once roamed here; the area is mostly private game and cattle farms.

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Bochum Mission & Leper Church

Senwabarwana, Limpopo

Heritage site of the 1890 Berlin Mission station. It includes the old leper church, a Lutheran church next to Helene Franz Hospital, and white rondavels on the farm Bochum. The leper church is in poor repair.