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Limpopo’s Finest Embroidery at Kaross Studio and Café

Kaross, derived from the Khoisan word for blanket or rug, is the name of an embroidery studio in Letsitele, Limpopo. But Kaross is so much more than that. For the past 30 years Kaross has not only produced some of the finest embroidery in South Africa, but has also provided a livelihood and source of cultural pride for hundreds, even thousands, of rural Tsonga women and their families. 
 

The Tsonga Kraal Open-Air Museum in Hans Merensky Nature Reserve

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.
 

Magoebaskloof Farmstall and Café: Local, Sustainable, Delicious

The Magoebaskloof Farmstall and Café sits near a sharp bend on the R71, the notoriously steep and winding road between Haenertsburg and Tzaneen. The Canadian-born Angie Paterson and her South African husband Harry Van Den Heever opened the café in December 2018 on the site of an old farmstall that had lain abandoned for more than a decade. 
 

The Arend Dieperink Museum in Mokopane

The Arend Dieperink Museum in Mokopane (formerly Potgietersrus) is housed in a 100-year-old stone building that originally served as a town school. The museum is named for local resident Arend Dieperink (born 1909, died 1986) who along with his wife Maria was a great collector of family heirlooms and historical objects and owned many of the items on display at the museum. The museum focuses on the history of Mokopane and its surrounds and includes a wide variety of Voortrekker and Sotho artefacts. 

Nylsvley Nature Reserve: A Birdwatcher’s Paradise

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.
 

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