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Province: Mpumalanga
Region: Grass and Wetlands

Towns: Grass & Wetlands
Badplaas  |  Carolina  |  Hendrina  |  Ermelo  |  Volksrust  | 
Piet Retief  |  Amsterdam  |  Breyten  |  Lothair  |  Morgenzon Chrissiesmeer


The Grass and Wetlands region is unequivocally a birding paradise that lures bird watchers in their droves. The route includes South Africa's largest freshwater lake at Chrissiesmeer. Chrissiesmeer also boasts a mysterious giant footprint in rock that matches one in Canada, and hosts an annual frog watching festival in summer and stargazing festival in winter. A fierce Anglo Boer War battle that was fought at Chrissiesmeer is also re-enacted annually. 


The route borders Kwazulu-Natal and Free State, as well as the kingdom of Swaziland, which is the last absolute monarchy in sub-saharan Africa. It is also home to the 1 000-year-old ruins of the lost Legoya people and San paintings. 

The route also includes the farming communities of Carolina, Hendrina, Ermelo, Volksrust, Piet Retief, Amsterdam, Breyten, Lothair and Morgenzon. 

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