I visited Pilgrim's Rest on Sunday. It was judged to be best town in Mpumalanga in the Kyknet Kwêla competition. It is really looking lovely again, houses painted, streets clean. Picnic area near bridge with neat lawn. I even saw a tourist bus. The lads who clean one's car without permission are a nuisance. Road going down from grasskop is ok, but road to Chrystal Springs Resort has some potholes when going up.
Come through to Rock Fig Lifestyle Centre and support our town’s budding young entrepreneurs and the Greater Kruger Alley Cat Initiative yummy treats, arts, crafts, and even some spa treatments!!
Pilato Bulala, like many young boys in rural South Africa, loved making toy cars out of wire and discarded pieces of metal he collected around his village in northern Limpopo. But as Pilato grew older, his metal creations became bigger and more elaborate. The toy cars grew — until they were large enough to actually sit in, with bicycle tyres as wheels — and eventually Pilato built an entire “flying machine”, made of zinc and held together by wire.
Although macadamia trees are not native to South Africa (they were originally discovered in Australia), these nut trees grow exceedingly well in the warm, dry climate of northern Limpopo. Royal Macadamia, a macadamia nut factory outside Louis Trichardt, has been processing macadamias from the surrounding farming community for more than two decades.
The NWU Botanical Garden’s history reaches back to 1962, when university botany lecturer Dr. W.J. Louw started a small garden to produce plant material for botany practicals.
The Peregrine Farm Stall, about 30 minutes’ drive west of Hermanus on the N2 highway, has all the convenience of your average Engen 1-Stop. Yet Peregrine is absolutely not an average South African rest area.
Hermanus, a small town in itself, is surrounded by even smaller, quainter towns.
Hermanus is a holiday town and there is certainly no shortage of touristy restaurants along the water where visitors can enjoy a good breakfast. But if you want to go where the locals go in the morning, for a serious cup of coffee, conversation and an unbelievably good meal, Tulip Coffe Bar is the place.
