WILDLIFE IN THE CITY
Just a 10 minute drive from the city centre is the entrance to the Polokwane Game Reserve. Covering 3 250 hectares, this scenic reserve is one of the largest municipal reserves in South Africa.
The Tsonga Kraal Open-Air Museum is a full-sized model of a Tsonga village, depicting the homestead of a real Tsonga chief — Muti Va Mutsonga — his eight wives, and his children. This homestead still existed as late as the1970s near the town of Giyani. Touring the homestead provides visitors with an idea of what traditional Tsonga culture and daily life would have been like a century ago.
At first glance the Nylsvley Nature Reserve seems modest. It’s a small, provincial reserve — without the Big-5 flashiness of the massive Kruger Park to east, or the plush luxury of the private lodges in the Waterberg to the west. And yet Nylsvley possesses a sense of peace and quiet unlike anywhere else in South Africa. On top of that, it’s a paradise for birdwatchers and nature-lovers more generally.
“You haven’t heard of the River Café?” a student from Potchefstroom asks me.
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.
Once a busy mining area, now the gateway to Kruger as the only town on its borders, Ba-Phalaborwa is a unique enclave in Limpopo surrounded by protected areas.
Soaring temperatures in summer, it's one of the warmest spots in South Africa during winter, making for ideal holidays when you want to escape the chill and maybe see a lion up close.
While staying in the Tzaneen, Hoedspruit and Phalaborwa region, Kruger National Park makes for a fantastic day trip with the whole family. Or book a night at Letaba Rest Camp and spend a night in the wild!
For many visitors going on an safari in South Africa, seeing the Big Five is a high priority. They just don’t feel their trip is complete without seeing Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard, Lion and Rhinoceros.
While staying in the Tzaneen, Hoedspruit and Phalaborwa region, Kruger National Park makes for a fantastic day trip with the whole family. Or book a night at Letaba Rest Camp and spend a night in the wild!
