Limpopo Highlights & Icons

The Big Five occur in many of the game and nature reserves in Limpopo. Buffalo are the most abundant of the Big Five and occur in large herds that can number ...more

Limpopo (Phalaborwa) is also home to the famous Amarula Cream Liqueur. The Amarula Lapa is a promotional tasting and tourist visitor centre situated 10 km outside Phalaborwa. Amarula Cream, made ...more

No tree in Africa embodies the spirit of Africa more than the baobab with its bulbous branches and gnarled bark. Otherwise known as Africa's 'big tree', the baobab is revered ...more

Long before the mineral waters at Bela-Bela were used therapeutically, they were discovered by the Tswana in the 1800s and named Bela- Bela, meaning ‘the water that boils on its ...more

Limpopo Province offers access to the world-renowned Kruger National Park (70% of which is in the Limpopo province) in its eastern region through the Pafuri, Punda Maria, Phalaborwa and Orpen ...more

Southern Africa is often referred to as the ‘Cradle of Humankind’, and archeaological sites such as Sterkfontein and Makapans Caves add significant credence to this theory. The Mapungubwe Cultural ...more

Two years after her grandmother, Modjadji V, died. On Friday, 11 April 2003, Princess Mmakobo Modjadji (25) was crowned Modjadji VI, queen of the BaLobedu people, at Ga- Modjadji, above ...more

Although the origins of the Ndebele are shrouded in mystery, they have been identified as one of the Nguni people. The Nguni people represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's ...more

The Waterberg Biosphere Reserve was formally launched in 2001 as one of some 400 UNESCO-registered biosphere reserves established around the world. It is the only “savanna” reserve of this type ...more