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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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COME HUNGRY! TO THE RED PLATE RESTAURANT
The motto of the all-female team at The Red Plate Restaurant in the heart of Haenertsburg is ‘Come Hungry!’
Lisa Martus
May 30, 20233 min read
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FOODIE ROUTE HAENERTSBURG TO HOEDSPRUIT
The Slow Food, Farm to Fork, and Buy Local movements have gained momentum globally in recent years because of their focus on promoting...
Lisa Martus
May 29, 20239 min read
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SENSATIONAL SPRING - CELEBRATE A SPRING FESTIVAL & ART EXHIBITION
Nature is putting on her party dress and she looks bloomin’ lovely🌸 Come to Magoebaskloof and join in the celebrations To celebrate...
Lisa Martus
Feb 24, 20233 min read
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SLOW FOOD - CONNECTING PLANET & PLATE
Did you know that our gorgeous little village of Haenertsburg is part of the global Slow Food movement? The Slow Food movement began in...
Marloe Scott Wilson
Feb 24, 20234 min read
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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FIRE & SPICE WITH LAAIKSFOOD
My food journey started by watching my mother, Zeiboon, a well known cook in the Tzaneen community, spend hours in the kitchen. It was...
Laaika Moosa
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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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
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A TASTE OF PARADISE SCOOPED FROM LIMPOPO
Tzaneen is known as a ‘tropical paradise’, producing a variety of fruits and other products in abundance... avocados, granadillas,...
Lisa Martus
Feb 13, 20232 min read
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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
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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
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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
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ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE - EDIBLE INSECTS
We are creatures of the veld and forest, even though as modern humans we do our foraging at the food store and our gathering at the...
Bronwyn Egan
Aug 22, 20224 min read
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MINA'S NEIGHBOURHOOD MARKET UNITED 'THE MOUNTAIN'
Bridget Hilton Barber is a well-known writer, photographer, author and lover of life in Limpopo. She grew up at Kings Walden, a soulful...
Bridget Hilton-Barber
Aug 22, 20223 min read
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PUT SOME ZING IN YOUR SPRING - PICNICS IN MAGOEBASKLOOF
Spring is one of the best times in the year to discover all that Magoebaskloof has to offer with the floral display at Cheerio Gardens, a...
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Aug 22, 20226 min read
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HOW 'THE MOUNTAIN' SURVIVED
It is testament to the tenacity of the people of Magoebaskloof and Haenertsburg village, that two years into the pandemic, this friendly...
Bridget Hilton-Barber
Jun 16, 20226 min read
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1000 LIMPOPO SECRETS
It was the biggest shock of 2019… well, at least for our colleagues and friends. It was the year we decided to leave full-time jobs in...
Thabiso Sekhula
Mar 26, 20224 min read
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THE ORIGINAL 'HAENERTSBURGER' AT THE IRON CROWN PUB & BISTRO
When the ‘Haenertsburger’ is brought to your table with a flourish at the Iron Crown, it is one of those ‘wow’ food moments where a meal...
Lisa Martus
Mar 26, 20222 min read
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WHERE TO STAY...
One of our favourite places to stay on the Mountain is Bramasole Guesthouse….find out why..
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