After going to the car hire at Nelspruit Airport, you can explore this sub-tropical gem in the Mapumalanga district. It is the portal to the Low veldt, for those on route to the Kruger National Park. The town is steeped in history and carry‘s the memory of historic pioneers like Louis Trichardt and his 1837 trek to Lourenco Marques. A monumental sundial in the shape of a wagon wheel serves as a memorial to these olden day trekker. Nelspruit, with its sub-tropical climate and abundant sunshine and lush covered hills and valleys forms the ideal start off base to explore Mpumalanga region from. Natural beauty locations like “God Window”, “the Mac Mac falls” are a must see.

Depending on the weather it is always a fun adventure to go cool off in the fresh if not icy swirling water pools near the Bourke’s Luck district. Here one can see the amazing rings of water corrosion as the river chisels its way down stream. This rushing water exposes different strata of rock leave dark line over the time of its passing. Then there is the quaint old mining town of Pilgrims rest. All of these locations can be easily explored within a day and your time on the road travelling will be kept to a minimum, giving you more moments of enjoyment and photo taking.