Mpumalanga

The Mpumalanga Province is located in the north-west of South Africa. . -->

Cities

• Nelspruit
• Sabie
• Witbank
• Hazyview
• Lydenburg
• Belfast
• Dullstroom

Other destinations

• Kruger National Park (Half of which falls in Limpopo, the other half in Mpumalanga)
• Region around Sabie
• Region around Machadodorp

Understand

Mpumalanga is important for South Africa's economy, especially tourism. Tourist going to the south of the Kruger National Park enter the park here and the National Road to Mozambique also goes through here. It is also the major gateway for tourist going to/coming from Swaziland.

Mpumalanga is a Zulu word, meaning "there where the sun rises".

Get in

By plane

Kruger Mpumalanga Airport has flights to Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Vilanculos. It is situated in the north of Nelspruit and only 30 minutes to the next Kruger National Park gate.

See

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• Kruger National Park

Do

• Blyde River Canyon
• Bourke's Luck Potholes
• Pilgrim's Rest

Eat

• Biltong made of game, like Kudu, Gemsbok or Elephant.
• Amarula

Sleep

There are many hotels, backpackers and lodges in Mpumalanga, especially near the Kruger National Park and the region around Sabie and its attractions.

Get out

The authors of this document are Felix Gottwald, Nic Roets and the following WikiTravel users: Huttite, Yzerfontein. The original version of this article can be seen at http://wikitravel.org/en/Mpumalanga.