Tours to the Kruger National Park, to the “Ivory Route” (including the Baobab Tree and Modjadji Nature Reserve) and to the “Panorama Route” (including  Blyde River Canyon, Bourke’s Luck Potholes, God’s Window and Pilgrim’s Rest) are departing daily from Phalaborwa, in addition to a very interesting Olifant River Cruise.

Since 2001 Phalaborwa Network, a private tourism portal, has been promoting Phalaborwa as a top tourism destination in South Africa.

Phalaborwa Network is a division of Action Travel, a wildlife specialist tour operator based in Phalaborwa.

The listing on Phalaborwa Network is complimentary to every tourism related business of this area.

Golf is a big business in Phalaborwa. The vicinity of the Kruger National Park makes almost usual the sighting of wildlife on the green of the Bob Grimsdell‘s designed Hans Merensky Golf Club.

Green fees at the Hans Merensky are very attractive, when compared to international standards, and the accommodation at Hans Merensky is quite good and reasonably priced.

In Phalaborwa the exquisite Amarula liqueur is also produced.

It is convenient to buy or rent properties in Phalaborwa as real estate here is still very reasonably priced.

Many foreign residents, mostly wildlife,  golf or hunting enthusiasts, are buying properties in Phalaborwa as holiday homes or as investment.

Phalaborwa is connected to Johannesburg by air and by good tar roads. The distance from Johannesburg International Airport is of about 500 kilometers.

Big game hunting in Phalaborwa is an affordable sport, with the profits largely financing the reintroduction of new species in the area.

The availability of reasonably priced accommodation of a good standard is making Phalaborwa more and more popular as a better alternative to the Kruger National Park’s Rest Camps.

There are some very good restaurants in Phalaborwa and a well stocked Shopping Mall in addition to all services of a modern town of about 10.000 residents.

In regards to the origins of Phalaborwa, about 2.000.000 years ago a volcanic eruption created a pipe loaded with minerals, that is still industrially exploited. It was first discovered many generations ago by local tribesmen.

They named the area Phalaborwa (better than the south) meaning that was more salubrious.

It may be very hot in Phalaborwa during the summer season from December to February but the rest of the year the climate is mild and dry. It was for this reason that Phalaborwa has been nicknamed “Two Summers”.

Spaciously laid down in a natural parkland setting, Phalaborwa is characterized by flowering trees (jacarandas, frangipani, flamboyant), bright flowers and green grass.

It well deserves the title of “tourism capital” of Limpopo. [more info]

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