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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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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


OF BAT HAWKS AND BIRD GUIDES IN MAGOEBASKLOOF
‘Stop right here,’ he said, with a sharp and urgent tone. We were somewhere close to New Agatha, not far from the tar road, but I...
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Feb 22, 20232 min read


MAGIC AND MIST - THE MAGOEBASKLOOF HIKING TRAIL
After driving through the green and ochre landscape of Tzaneen, we dipped into the thick pine forests of Magoebaskloof, excited to start...
Cath Green
Feb 22, 20233 min read


FOOD FOR THE SOUL - 6 SIGNATURE WINTER FOOD EXPERIENCES IN MAGOEBASKLOOF
This winter’s food flavours are set to be warm and spicy as mountain temperatures drop to a daily average of around ten degrees, with...
Bridget Hilton-Barber
Feb 22, 20233 min read


ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT… ROWING CLUB @ EBENEZER DAM
According to the Haenertsburg Rowing Club Founder, Valentine Blacking, the Ebenezer Dam probably has some of the best water in South...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20233 min read


EXPERIENCE MAGOEBASKLOOF
When the rain clouds roll in and the heavens open up...when the air fills with the smell of soaked earth I take a breath and...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20231 min read


WALKING IN WOODBUSH
Laurie Railton is a member of The Thursday Hiking Group of Magoebaskloof which has been going for over 40 years, initially led by Secundo...
Laurie Railton
Feb 22, 20232 min read


GO HIKING IN MAGOEBASKLOOF
Take your heart for a walk in the woods and listen to the magic whispers of old trees.... of time and space and all that is timeless....
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20232 min read


CHEERIO ROAD FOREVER...
Like the Strawberry Fields of the iconic Beatles song, Cheerio Road is an enchanted place, a song in your heart…. Hidden in the heart of...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20231 min read


FIND ADVENTURE ALONG ROUTE 71
There are a million reasons to fall in love with Limpopo, along Route 71… there is something for everyone, from young couples or...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20232 min read


PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS OF LIMPOPO PROVINCE
“Got it! Streptocarpus galpinii!” Thanks to Sylvie Kremer-Khone’s new book, the small blue flower with a velvet leaf is a mystery no...
Bronwyn Egan
Feb 22, 20232 min read


STOP OFF AT STELLA’S FARM DELI ON ROUTE 71
Emmual and Hester Human moved to ‘The Mountain’ from Singapore in 2017. Emmual grew up in Tzaneen and his family farm is in the Georges...
Lisa Martus
Feb 13, 20232 min read


SENSATIONAL SUMMERTIME AT THE WATERWHEEL COUNTRY RETREAT
You know that beautiful screensaver you have? ... The one where the sun is setting in a blaze of colour reflecting the sky in the...
Lisa Martus
Feb 13, 20233 min read


10 THINGS TO DO ALONG ROUTE 71
Stretching from Polokwane, the gateway to the area, Route-71 makes for a spectacular road trip starting with the scenic escarpment of the...
Lisa Martus
Feb 12, 20232 min read


A NEW CHAPTER FOR COPPERWING
Everyone agrees that Copperwing Guesthouse, nestled on a hill just a kilometre from the village of Haenertsburg is a relaxing retreat for...
Lisa Martus
Feb 10, 20233 min read


HAENERTSBURG IN THE LAND OF THE SILVER MIST
From the research of Professor Louis Changuion PART ONE ‘The Mountain’, has been described as the region ‘where the Wolkberg Massif...
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Feb 10, 20233 min read


BRING ON SUMMER - LOVE LIMPOPO'S HOT PICKS FOR SUMMER CAMPING
We love summer in Limpopo… lazy days under skies that stretch on forever… and let’s face it, Limpopo is HOT in every way, so we’re going...
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Dec 12, 20226 min read


THE BOHEMIAN GUESTHOUSE & EATERY IN TANTALISING TZANEEN
Down a quiet road off the busy Circle Drive in Tzaneen, the charcoal exterior belies what you find inside the unconventional, artistic...
Lisa Martus
Aug 22, 20224 min read


OLIVE TREE - GO2TZANEEN
Limpopo is best known for those iconic scenes of a giraffe silhouetted against the sky as the sun sets in a blaze of gold over the...
Lisa Martus
Aug 22, 20223 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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