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The Amazing Baobab
One of the best known and longest living trees of Africa, the baobab, the upside-down-tree, or in Latin, Adansonia digitata, is understandably a source of great lore and legend.
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Modjadji Cycad Nature Reserve
In the Lobedu Mountains near Duiwelskloof and situated next to the home of the fabled rain queen, lies the Modjadji Cycad Reserve, boasting some of the oldest and largest Cycad specimens on earth.
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Limpopo
Known as the ‘Great North’, Limpopo province is home to ancient lands and pre-historic secrets. This is home to Modjadji, the fabled Rain Queen; The Stone Age and Iron age relics of Makapansgat Valley and the treasures of Mapungubwe.
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Mapungubwe
A thousand years ago, the steamy Limpopo Valley was a hive of activity. Southern Africa’s first kingdom was in full swing, with over 5 000 people living in Mapungubwe. Here, where the Limpopo and Shashe rivers meet, people were manufacturing beautiful artifacts of gold, iron and copper; and hunting elephant for ivory.
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Private Game Lodges in Limpopo Province
Limpopo offers some of the best private lodges that are dotted throughout the province. Distance-wise the lodges are anything between two and five hours from Johannesburg by car. Alternatively it’s a short flight to one of several regional airports – which the lodges can arrange. Prices vary enormously and range from self-catering to all-inclusive packages with world-class cuisine.
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The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
The roads may be long, the distances vast, but growing numbers of travelers are heading into the Kruger National Park via Phalaborwa Gate in Limpopo province, and driving across the park to Girriyondo Gate, a fairly recently opened border post into Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park.
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