Explore your own province this Tourism Month

LIMPOPO – Limpopo has a basket full of ideal tourism offerings for you. According to Mike Tauatsoala, the manager of Corporate Communications and PR at Limpopo Tourism Agency (LTA) there this plenty to do in the province this Tourism Month.

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You can experience the world-renowned Kruger National Park, Mapungubwe World Heritage Site, Marakele National Park, Bela-bela Hotsprings, Nylsvlei Nature Reserve, Modjadji Cycad Forest, Makapans Valley, and Segole Big Tree, to mention but just a few.

Kruger National Park: One of Africa’s largest game reserves is right here in Limpopo’s backyard. Of course, the Kruger National Park needs no introduction and features the Big Five. You and the family can go camping, on game drives and enjoy nature at its best.

Haenertsburg: For such small town, Haenerstburg packs a big punch when it comes to fun activities for the whole family. Mountain biking, running and adventure hiking is only a few of the many activities you can occupy the family with this festive season.

Kapama Game Reserve: The Kapama Game Reserve is a 13,000 ha nature reserve with beautiful facilities and is home to some of South Africa’s most feared animals. Take a game drive to see elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, cheetahs roaming the open field.

Marakele National Park: Also sporting the Big 5, this park offers a unique viewing experience and is a stone’s throw away from the city.

Marakele National Park based in Thabazimbi, Waterberg District. This is the home to Lenong View Point, where you drive up the very steep mountain which takes some concentration but is worth every single minute of the drive.  Along the way we see at least 4 types of Proteas growing wild and thriving on the mountain. Once at the Lenong Viewpoint your breath is taken away and you are in awe of the setting.  You can see for miles and miles… Add to your bucket list it is a must see…and our guide Sydney Mikosi is the top award winning guide in South Africa and has won in excess of 13 awards for guiding…He is a delight and a mine of information.

Entabeni Game Reserve: The name of the reserve means, “place of the mountain” and is home to elephants, hippos, leopards, lions and many more animal species. Definitely worth the drive there.

Karongwe Private Game Reserve: The Reserve overlooks the Drakensberg mountain range in Limpopo and is another Game Reserve that is home to the big five.

Eiland Spa: One of Limpopo’s prestigious holiday resorts offers activities such as swimming, water slides, put-put and much more.

Mapungubwe National Park: This is an animal-rich park which features two rivers and is the former home to 11^th-century civilisation.

Mapungubwe National Park, which is also the UNESCO World Heritage Site, offers you a memorable experience. This was once a capital of a country as large as Swaziland surrounded by over 200 small villages. Today the stones, bones and Baobab Trees of Mapungubwe are all that are left of this ancient civilisation in the Limpopo valleys of the Vhembe District. Archaeologists have been carefully picking over the ruins for decades that tell us the rule of the Kingdom of Mapungubwe extended from about1050 AD to 1270 AD, just when Europe was struggling through the Dark Ages and dealing with a rampant Genghis Khan. Meanwhile the most intact gold artifact, a small figurine of a rhino, the famous Golden Rhino is kept at the interpretation centre.

Mapalingwe Nature Reserve: The big five is only a few of the 36 species of mammals this 12000 ha reserve houses.

Bela Bela Forever Resort: Forever Resort is within easy reach from Johannesburg on the N1, in Bela-Bela, provides the tourist with an African bushveld atmosphere and a unique and unforgettable holiday experience.

Klein-Kariba: Is a resort that has something for everyone with a variety of activities and recreational facilities available.

Nylsvley: Nylsvley provides any is a full birding experience and a full cycle tour in a renowned and internationally proclaimed RAMSAR SITE. Nylsvley birding lodge has it all ready for you at your doorstep. Over 600 bird species have been recorded in the province of which 420 bird spices are resident. Habitats range from vast tracts of montane grassland to afro-temperate forests, bushveld and wetlands. During peak floods, over 80,000 birds are to be seen.

Modjadji Cycad Reserve: The Modjadji Cycad Reserve, on the other hand, holds the largest concentration of a single cycad species in the world. These majestic plants are some of the oldest and largest of their kind on the planet and are found in the realm of the legendary rain Queen. The reserve is situated in the foothills of the blue-green mountains above the village of Modjadji, outside Tzaneen. The Modjadji Cycad Reserve is home to the biggest concentration of the rare endemic cycad, Encephalartos transvenosus, in the world.

The added competitive advantage is the fact that Limpopo is the only province in the country that shares boundaries with three countries, namely, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. “This strategic location is a major boost to us as we are a gateway to other parts of our continent. We are also endowed with the wealth of culture and heritage. We call upon all the citizens of Limpopo to continue traversing their province during this festive season as that will help grow the economy of the province. We are confident that our province will once again be counted among the most visited provinces in the country at the end of the last quarter of the 2016/17 financial year. There are many other privately owned tourism products for you to choose from”, said the CEO of Limpopo Tourism Agency, Mr. Ndumiso Matlala.