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The Mountain is a space which attracts creatives, adventurers, conservationists, dreamers and doers. We are grateful to have the opportunity to be a voice for this unique community through the Mountain Getaways Visitors’ Guide, quarterly Magazine and this Website which serves to remind us once again how privileged we are to be able to spend time in Magoebaskloof where there are mountains instead of malls, spectacular views rather than parkades and silence to replace the sounds of the city.
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COME HUNGRY! TO THE RED PLATE RESTAURANT
The motto of the all-female team at The Red Plate Restaurant in the heart of Haenertsburg is ‘Come Hungry!’
Lisa Martus
May 30, 20233 min read
OTTERHOLT ‘THE WAY IT SHOULD BE’
Dr Louis Clifford Thompson, Toban and Tamla McMahon’s great grandfather once made a suggestion about naming their farm, and three...
Lisa Martus
May 30, 20234 min read
POWER & PERFUMERY
Grasse, a town in the hills in the South of France, overlooks the Mediterranean ocean and is steeped in perfumery history. Grasse is...
Lauren Strever
May 30, 20236 min read
THE BIRDING LEGENDS OF MAGOEBASKLOOF
Surrounded by towering trees, there is a stillness in the forest broken only by melodious birdsong. Above the faint whispering wind...
Lisa Martus
May 29, 20236 min read
FOODIE ROUTE HAENERTSBURG TO HOEDSPRUIT
The Slow Food, Farm to Fork, and Buy Local movements have gained momentum globally in recent years because of their focus on promoting...
Lisa Martus
May 29, 20239 min read
COSY CABINS IN MAGOEBASKLOOF
It’s official… the change of seasons is upon us and we need to warm up to winter! Let’s face it, South Africans are the worst people...
Lisa Martus
May 28, 20234 min read
PUT A RING ON IT
If you're planning on popping the question with your significant other, you'll want to make sure it's a moment they'll never forget. The...
Lisa Martus
May 19, 20233 min read
TOP-5 SPRINGY THINGS FOR KIDS
‘Magoebaskloof is a perfect weekend getaway,’ says Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa, a recent transplant to Haenertsburg who loves grasslands. When...
Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
Feb 24, 20233 min read
CELEBRATING THE SONGBIRDS OF SPRING
Spring is a great time for birding in Magoebaskloof… the migrant species are flooding back in colourful flocks so that the males can...
Lisa Martus
Feb 24, 20232 min read
SEEING THE WOOD FOR THE TREES IN THE FORESTS OF MAGOEBASKLOOF
Countless shades of green converge above you and the only sound is the gentle breeze rustling the living, leafy tips of the ancient...
William of the Woods
Feb 24, 20234 min read
SLOW FOOD - CONNECTING PLANET & PLATE
Did you know that our gorgeous little village of Haenertsburg is part of the global Slow Food movement? The Slow Food movement began in...
Marloe Scott Wilson
Feb 24, 20234 min read
THE WATERSONG OF THE UPPER LETABA
‘Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.’ W.H. Auden We need a new watersong, a new love story - one which pulls...
Bronwyn Egan
Feb 24, 20236 min read
A MOUNTAIN APOTHECARY - HEALING PLANTS
There is something magical about the winter season in Magoebaskloof. The looming mountains seem to glow in a constant golden halo...
Becca Tooley
Feb 24, 20233 min read
HANDPICKED HONEYMOON DESTINATIONS IN MAGOEBASKLOOF & TZANEEN
If you’re going to be tying the knot during the winter months and are in search of a honeymoon destination, here are a few of our top...
Lisa Martus
Feb 24, 20235 min read
GET COZY - CABIN FEVER AT STANFORD LAKE LODGE
When winter’s icy fingers have a tight grip on plans to get away, and even if the misty mountains of Magoebaskloof live up to their name,...
Lisa Martus
Feb 24, 20232 min read
NOTES FROM A WINTER MOUNTAIN GARDEN
As I write, autumn has come to the mountains and the maples are turning those gorgeous reds and orange browns shot with yellow and gold....
Marloe Scott Wilson
Feb 24, 20232 min read
THE PASSION & PURPOSE OF JURGEN WITT - LIMPOPO'S CULTURAL TREASURES
In the pursuit of his passion and purpose, Jurgen Witt developed a lifelong relationship with the cultural custodians of Limpopo and...
Lisa Martus
Feb 24, 20236 min read
HARVEST TABLE
There we stand, a motley crew of farm-virgins… who have grown up with identical, plastic-packaged vegetables harvested in the neat rows...
Lisa Martus
Feb 23, 20232 min read
AN OROPHILE’S VIEW OF THE IRON CROWN
Let me tell you about ‘our’ mountain and why I have given myself the title of Queen Orophile . An Orophile is defined as a ‘lover of mountains’ and every time I summit this imposing peak, alone or with a group of hikers and gaze off the top of Limpopo’s highest point, it fills my heart to the brim. This mountain stands sentinel over the quaint village of Haenerstburg , wearing its rocky, craggy cliff coronet that earned it the name Iron Crown . At 2124 metres above sea level
Sandi Leigh Moore
Feb 23, 20234 min read
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN WITH THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN CLUB
A clinking of metal on metal tinkles through the trees, echoing around a glowing, red ampitheatre. A muffled, slightly fraught call of...
Vincent Egan
Feb 22, 20232 min read
“NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST” EXPLORE MAGOEBASKLOOF
“Magoebaskloof is a home of wanderers... people who have been searching for home and have found it in the heart of the mountains,” says...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20233 min read
FIND YOUR FREEDOM ALONG ROUTE 71
Limpopo Province is probably best known for the Kruger National Park, our country’s wild heart, but If towering trees, inspiring people...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20234 min read
THE AL-LURE OF FLY FISHING IN MAGOEBASKLOOF
There is something truly meditative about the rhythmic swish of the trout rod over serene waters at first light when the world seems to...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20231 min read
HANDS UP FOR HAENERTSBURG! KWELA TOWN OF THE YEAR 2022
Villagers from all over the country believe that THEIR town is the most charming and friendly in the land. And of course, in the case of...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20233 min read
WHERE TO STAY...
One of our favourite places to stay on the Mountain is Bramasole Guesthouse….find out why..
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