Rising some 600 m above the Springbok Flats to the east, the Waterberg stretches in an arc from a few kilometres northeast of Thabazimbi west for 150 km to near Potgietersrus in South Africa’s Limpopo province.
Its Afrikaans name, meaning 'water mountain', is an apt one, for this pristine tract of land has numerous rivers, streams, waterfalls and springs. The area provided the setting for the classic “The Road to Waterberg” by well-known author Eugene Marais, who also wrote “The Soul of the White Ant”. Although this is prime cattle country, many of the landowners have switched to game-farming and the Waterberg Conservancy, established in 1982, covers over 150 000 ha.
It is primarily the romance of Waterberg that moves us on this one, the same area that maverick bushveld genius Eugene Marais called the 'my...
The Waterberg is a wild area three to four hours drive north of Johannesburg. Situated on a high-lying plateau, it has a unique flora and a ...
1.8 billion years ago, the Waterberg sediments were deposited over the older rocks of the Bushveld complex....
The Waterberg is a wild, rugged and little-known corner of South Africa with spectacular mountains, clear streams and undulating bushveld....