The character of the Garden is shaped by the two main rivers that cut across it, namely the Crocodile and the Nels Rivers. Before these two rivers converge in the Garden, they form spectacular waterfalls which can be viewed at the Cascades and the Nels viewpoints.
Known as the trendiest market in town, the Mbombela Farmer’s Market is held at the Lowveld National Botanical Garden every last Saturday of the month.
The Butterfly Effect of Sudwala The Nature Garden is a long-term conservation initiative designed to supply flowers and host plants with the express purpose of boosting the numbers of antelope, bees, and butterflies in our area. Because of increased agricultural practices, pesticide use, and habitat degradation, the population of butterflies and bees has drastically decreased […]
When the full extent of your historic knowledge has been shared with much love and patience and you simply do not know the next answer to the line of continuous Why?s being fired in your direction from someone who takes you up to the knees visit The Dinosaur Park. Here you will stand below the […]
Chimpanzees that have been displaced from their native habitats can be seen at the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) South Africa Chimpanzee Sanctuary, which is located within the stunning 1,000-hectare Umhloti Nature Reserve, just 15 kilometres outside of Nelspruit. The first and only chimpanzee refuge in South Africa, Chimp Eden was founded in 2006. This JGI […]
Welcome to South Africa’s most popular inland tourism destination. This region has a multitude of unique offerings and quaint villages, each with their individual character and characters, in a compact area spanning less than 200km. The most majestic mountains including the Barberton Makhonjwa World Heritage Site; the breathtaking splendour of the art made by nature […]
Melanie Maritz: Entering Pumbaa Wildlife Park and Realizing a Dream from Childhood. Melanie Maritz had a deep-seated desire to improve the lives of animals in need since she was a small child. Her dream started taking shape on November 12, 2017, when a friend showed her an abandoned warthog that had been left on his […]
Dakota Ranch has been running since 2013 and was birthed with the passion and love that the Busschau family have for animals and nature. When the COVID pandemic hit, the once hobby-only pastime of pony outrides, party venue and nature hikes, stepped off of the sideline and onto the beck and call of a new […]
Emnotweni offers the best of both worlds: a modern casino complex fashioned in the charming and inviting spirit of the belle Appoque era, and the quaint tranquility of the Nelspruit Botanical Gardens ,situated on the banks of the Crocodile River. Emnotweni opened its doors on 16 October 1997 in its temporary building, and moved to […]
A unique water storage facility that was constructed in the 60s, The Eye of Nelspruit (also known as the Soccer Ball), and is now quite the landmark. In 2010 it was painted to resemble a soccer ball, just in time for the 2010 soccer world cup.
Kruger Lowveld Explorer