Mzanzi Travel - Local Travel Inspiration (Issue 5)
MZANZI TRAVEL is a full-colour quarterly, A4 publication that sets out to showcase, foster and promote whatever South Africa has to offer to both local and international tourists.
MZANZI TRAVEL is a full-colour quarterly, A4 publication that sets out to showcase, foster and promote whatever South Africa has to offer to both local and international tourists.
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Explore<br />
South Africa’s beautiful lake districts /Domique de la Croix / Shutterstock<br />
What do the southern<br />
Wetlands region of<br />
Mpumalanga and<br />
the Garden Route<br />
of the Western Cape<br />
– 1,100km apart -<br />
have in common?<br />
Both provinces have<br />
majestic mountains,<br />
beautiful forests,<br />
dramatic scenery, and water, water, and more water. In the form of<br />
some 280 lakes.<br />
After all, they are South Africa’s two premier lake districts, easily rivalling the<br />
famous lake districts of England and Scotland.<br />
The one is spread out south of the small Mpumalanga hamlet of Chrissiesmeer.<br />
It has by far the larger number of lakes and pans – some 270 in total. The other<br />
straddles the Garden Route coastal strip between the towns of Wilderness and<br />
Knysna in the southern Western Cape and consists of a series of some 7 large<br />
lakes and lagoons, interconnected by snake-like rivers and water channels, and<br />
opening into the sea through beautiful estuaries.<br />
With an abundance of things to do, places to stay and attractions to visit,<br />
visitors to either of the two lake districts will be spoilt rotten for choice. Both<br />
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