From untouched gold rush architecture to picture-postcard mountain trifectas, Mpumalanga has landmark attractions for everyone to enjoy.
Pilgrim’s Rest
A small, protected museum town, Pilgrim’s Rest transports visitors back to the mid-19th century and is home to the Transvaal gold mines that experienced a flurry of prospectors in the late 1870s. Made into a provincial heritage site in 1986, you can marvel at the quaint architecture that is largely unchanged since the gold rush, making it a living, large-scale relic of a bygone era.
Three Rondavels
One of the many wonders along the Panorama Route, this picture-postcard mountain trifecta is located at the northern end of the Blyde River Canyon. Travellers can gaze upon the consecutive mountaintops that protrude neatly into the sky from an ideal vantage point on the northern edge of the Drakensburg mountain range. Three Rondavels was once known as ‘The Chief and his Three Wives’, reflecting the historically famous war chief, Mapjaneng, and his troublesome counterparts.
Bourke’s Luck Potholes
Situated at the beginning of the Blyde River Canyon, these peculiar-looking natural water features tell a story of the landscape’s evolution across millennia. Offering gradients between burnt orange, pearly yellow and white, and stone grey, each igneous layer is ingrained with the power of the ocean and a prominent reminder of the wonders of the natural world.
