Discovering the Limpopo Province

Picture your­self relax­ing on the deck of a lux­ury game lodge, watch­ing the sun set over the baobabs, while feast­ing on loc­ally grown trop­ical delights, such as avo­ca­dos, litchis and man­goes. If your goal, when trav­el­ing in South Africa, is to exper­i­ence the untamed, nat­ural beauty, diversity of fauna and flora, then the Limpopo Province is the des­tin­a­tion for you.

Roughly half of the world fam­ous Kruger National Park is situ­ated in this province, along with a host of other nature reserves and game farms, and this makes for a wild, untamed place.

This is per­fect view­ing ter­rit­ory for the big 5, the sym­bols of Africa, and on the Lowveld area of the province, there are vast plains of grass­land, pop­u­lated with curi­ous look­ing baobab trees, which seem to have been planted upside down.

At the other end of the scale, the Wolkberg and Blouberg moun­tain ranges offer spec­tac­u­lar hik­ing tri­als in a nat­ural, unspoilt wil­der­ness, as well as some excel­lent rock climb­ing oppor­tun­it­ies for enthu­si­asts of all levels of exper­i­ence. White water raft­ing is another high adren­aline option, with the Olifants and other rivers offer­ing some spec­tac­u­lar rapids.

However, Limpopo is not all about wil­der­ness and white water. There is an eso­teric, mys­tical ele­ment to the province too, as this is the ances­tral home of Modjaji – the rain queen. Visit Modjaji’s forest, an ancient stand of cycads, steeped in local legend, and under the per­sonal pro­tec­tion of the rain queen herself.

On the other hand, plan a trip to the world fam­ous city of Mapungubwe, proof of civil­iz­a­tion on the African con­tent between the 11^th and 13^th cen­tur­ies, and home to fas­cin­at­ing arti­facts, such as the golden rhino, as well as irre­fut­able proof that local peoples were trad­ing with the East at the time. This is yet another of South Africa’s world her­it­age sites, and well worth a visit when passing through, or stay­ing in the province.

Modern day mem­bers of the Zionist Church make an annual pil­grim­age to this area, to the city of Moria, every Easter, to spend a week­end prais­ing God, and their ancest­ors. Zionism is a form of reli­gion that blends tra­di­tional beliefs with west­ern Christianity.

Of course, no visit to the area would be com­plete without a trip to Bela Bela, and its fam­ous warm water springs. There are many more springs loc­ated through­out the province and some have been developed into lux­ury hotels and spas.

While Limpopo may not be an ideal des­tin­a­tion for those addicted to the fren­etic pace of city liv­ing, it is cer­tainly a great choice for those trav­el­ers look­ing to tap into the untamed majesty of Africa.

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