Sho’t left to Mashovhela this holiday
If you are thinking of taking a sho’t left this festive season, the Mashovhela Nature Reserve and Morning Sun Bush camp is the place to be.
POLOKWANE – This reserve is testimony to how one can wander into the wild heart of Limpopo if one moves into the north of the country.
This particular spot is situated only 16 km north from Makhado and 4 km off the N1 to Musina, carefully nestled in between two Soutpansberg Mountains.
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This site is centrally located while travelling to the Kruger National Park, Mapungubwe National Park, to Botswana and Zimbabwe.
The reserve offers visitors an unforgettable family friendly holiday, a view into the various African cultures, walking trails, archaeological ruins, bird watching and butterfly hotspots.
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This is also regarded as one of the most sacred places within the Venda culture yet is occasionally used by Sangomas during rain making ceremonies.
According to the Mashovhela Nature Reserve and Morning Sun Bush camp Reserve Manager Victor Pretorius, the indigenous Venda tribe where the first to inhabit the certain area.
“They lived here for hundreds of years. The road leading to the reserve was in a rusty condition which led to the creation of a tar road from the N1 to the reserve. When the property was bought they were forced to move out of the land. The place has a lot of secret places and graves of the people which date back to the Dzata ruins which is about 400 years,” Pretorius explained.
The reserve also has a secret pool called the Mashovhela pool which loosely translates to ‘a place of the beating drum’.
“Most of the Vha-Venda people come here and perform rituals such as praying for rain. The history on the Mashovhela pool is that the king of the Vha-Venda went to the pool to perform certain rituals and he has never been seen since then,” Pretorius added.
The reserve also offers a night and scenic drive, hiking trails, a waterfall hammock camp, an exclusive 4×4 mountain camp, an exclusive unimog experience, a drumbeat restaurant and a 70 metre long waterfall.
“What is unique about this area is that we have a South African national tree which is the yellowwood and we have caves,” Pretorius added.
Brimming with wild wonderment, if ever you are in search of a place that will unite you with both nature and culture, the Mashovhela Nature Reserve and Morning Sun Bush camp could be the answer for all that you seek – closer at home.
