Page 307 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - South Africa

INTRODUCING GA UTENG , LIMPOPO AND MPUM ALANGA  305

Lions (Panthera leo) can live in
almost any habitat except desert
and thick forest. They are nocturnal
and diurnal and occur in
prides of 3 to 40 individuals
(although 6 to 12 is more usual).
In the Kruger, which is accessible
through several gates, they are often
seen resting in the shade of a tree.

Musina

Louis Trichardt

Lephalale Modjadiskloof
Tzaneen
Polokwane
BaPhalaborwa
Mokopane
LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA
AND KRUGER
(See pp330–47)
Modimolle
Pilgrim’s Rest
GAUTENG AND
SUN CITY Groblersdal
Sun City (See pp310–29)
Mbombela
(Nelspruit)
Mmabatho Rustenburg Pretoria

Lichtenburg Emalahleni Bourke’s Luck is a series of
Johannesburg intriguing potholes, scoured into
Soweto the yellow dolomite rock by the
Germiston Mbabane Treur and Blyde rivers. The
Ermelo potholes were named after gold
Potchefstroom Secunda miner Tom Bourke, who owned
Klerksdorp Vereeniging the land adjacent to the main
gold-bearing reef.
Big Bend
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Pilgrim’s Rest is a beautifully restored old
mining town which owes its existence to South
Africa’s first gold rush in 1873. By the end of that
year, more than 1,500 diggers had converged
on the area and Pilgrim’s Rest had grown into a
large mining camp.

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