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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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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


AUTUMN'S FINEST: A COLOURFUL JOURNEY THROUGH SEQUOIA GARDEN RETREAT
Autumn is a magical time of year. There's no better place to experience the beauty of the Autumn season than in the spectacular...
Nicola Van Heerden
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


THE ART OF LEATHER
Janet Blackburn has a long history in the Magoebaskloof area and her grandchildren, residing on ‘The Mountain’, are proudly...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20232 min read


GLASS ART - A DANCE OF LIGHT AND COLOUR
Elspeth and Ralph Humphreys have lived on Tupelo Honey Farm in the magical mountains of Magoebaskloof for over 25 years. They have loved...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20231 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


ZWAKALA… COME CLOSER TO THE NORTHERN-MOST CRAFT BREWERY
As you get closer, you feel the energy shift from the tranquil pine-lined roads of Magoebaskloof to a buzz, an undercurrent of...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20232 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


LIMPOPO’S AMAZING RACE
In an epic showdown around Magoebaskloof, 9 teams of two became the first participants of the first Limpopo Amazing Race held on 23 April...
Thabiso Sekhula
Feb 22, 20232 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


VILLAGE LIFE IN THE HAMLET OF HAENERTSBURG
Tucked into the embrace of the Wolkberg mountains on the edge of the Great Escarpment in Limpopo, lies the quaint village of...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20234 min read


LOOKING BACK… MOVING ON - THE MOUNTAIN GETAWAYS MAGAZINE
Paging through some of the earlier editions of the Mountain Getaways I came across an article entitled “Of days gone by”. It was a story...
Mara Hermann
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


HAENERTSBURG FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL 2022
This annual event provides a fun experience for young and old. On Saturday, 30 April and Sunday, 1 May 2022, the quaint village of...
Lisa Martus
Feb 22, 20231 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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