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Hartebeespoort Dam Activities The Elephant Sanctuary If you are looking for an outside activity while visiting Hartebbespoort Dam, visit the Elephant Sanctuary. You walk into the beautiful field and hills from the reception area, where you get the opportunity to feed an Elephant. From there, you walk with the rangers into a grooming area where you can walk alongside the elephants. The Elephant Sanctuary has African elephants and offers an interactive elephant experience. The sanctuary provides guests with an intimate experience with the elephants. The elephants are relaxed in an open nature environment and enjoy interacting with guests.   Elephant Interaction Program: Seven...

A night or a weekend away is a treat. In winter, you want a cosy fireplace and some tasty home-cooked food. So you wrap yourself in a warm blanket, listening to the night sounds and the flames jumping over the crackling firewood. Your bottle of wine arrives. The bottle pops, and you see the dark red wine swirling into your glass. Your night has started. Nothing beats a glass of red wine on a winter evening next to the fire. You settle in for a cosy night enjoying the hospitality of Mr C and the night sounds in the Schoemanville hills...

Local is lekker. That must be one of the all-time famous South African slogans. It's Covid, and the world is closed to almost all South Africans for travel. So it is the perfect time to explore what is close to you for a weekend away. You can't google cheap flights if you live in Gauteng, but anywhere else in the big metro's you can. So google cheap flights to Lanseria or O.R. Tambo and experience the charm of Harties for a weekend. Local is indeed lekker with so many places to visit. Harties won't disappoint you with all the activities, dining...

Facts about Hartebeespoort Dam Hartbeespoort means "pass of the hartebeest", a species of antelope in Afrikaans. Hartebeespoort Dam is a small holiday town, is also known as Harties. The town is situated close to the Hartbeespoort dam wall, and the villages of Kosmos, Melodie, Ifafi and Meerhof can be found alongside its banks. Hartbeespoort was previously known as Schoemansville, named after General Hendrik Schoeman. Hartbeespoort dam is located in the North East of the North West Province on the route to Sun City and is within an hours travel from the greater Gauteng area. The Dam is only 15kms from Lanseria International Airport...