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Haenertsburg: Capital of the "Land of the Silver Mist", just off the R71 between Pietersburg and Tzaneen. This is an attractive village in a beautiful mountain setting with craft shops, stained glass studio, tea gardens, restaurant, pub and several excellent nurseries nearby. It is renowned for its glorious profusion of flowering cherries and azaleas in the spring and the Cherry Blossom Festival in late September and early October has become an annual pilgrimage for tourists. O'Connor Memorial: On the road to the Woodbush Forest Drive, at the end of an avenue of enormous Blue gum trees planted by Alexander James O'Conner himself. Woodbush forest: The largest area of indigenous forest in the Transvaal over 40 species of indigenous trees - every fern filled gully and towering yellowwood should be savored. The only recorded sightings of the black fronted bush shrike in South Africa have been made in the Woodbush Forest. Dap Naude Dam: Reached by access roads leading off the R71. Picturesque drive to get there and a scenic situation but access - and fishing - is restricted to members of the Haenertsburg Trout Association. Public picnic site nearby under the oak trees beside the Broederstroom River. Iron Crown Mountain: The highest peak in the Wolkberg can be reached either on foot after following the gravel road from the village of Haenertsburg or by vehicle by following the gravel road signed "Wolkberg" near Boyne on the R71 road. Allow several hours for these expeditions! |
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