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Malelane Just a stone's throw away from the Kruger National Park, Malelane Golf Club offers a real challenge on a beautiful 9-hole course.
Visitors are welcome everyday. Facilities include a pro shop, caddies, restaurant, halfway house, and other sport amenities including lawn bowls, tennis, and squash.
Things to do near
Malelane
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Marloth Park Conservancy (34.3 km from Malelane) Letubi offer mild to wild quad bike and scrambler trails for the whole family. Novice and more experienced and adventurous riders alike will enjoy action-packed scenic rides in the stunning Letubi Valley.
Thirteen individually rated trails offer three levels of difficulty. Seasoned two- and four-wheel bikers can take up the 11 km endurance challenge. The 5.2 km flat track will test die-hard speed junkies. Those not keen to ride can simply kick back in beautiful surroundings.
Nature Reserves
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Crocodile Bridge Gate (46.4 km from Malelane) Crocodile Bridge Gate provides the most eastern entrance into the Kruger National Park and is in close proximity to the border post between South Africa and Mozambique.
Named after the Crocodile River, Crocodile Bridge Gate is the most direct route into the southeastern section of Kruger.
Wildlife is plentiful and viewing opportunities are awesome; white rhino is often seen in woodlands while the shy black rhino hides in dense thorn thickets.
Predators you might see are lion, spotted hyena, leopard, cheetah and wild dog. Some of the grazers and browsers include giraffe, kudu, impala, hippo, and white and black rhino.
Need to know? The Crocodile River frequently floods over the bridge. Contact SAN Parks before travelling to find out if this entrance is open.
www.sanparks.org
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Komatipoort (50.8 km from Malelane) With prominent wildlife frequently spotted in the river, a round of golf at Komatipoort Golf Club can be an amazing experience.
This 9-hole course is a locally developed project, and welcomes everyone to come and enjoy a round of golf. Facilities include a restaurant, full stocked bar, pro shop and practice area.
Four By Four Trails
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Barberton (50.9 km from Malelane) Eureka City is an easy 4x4 trail located 10 km from Barberton. The trail has a grading of 2 and is 25 km long. It takes approximately 5 to 6 hours to complete. A 4x2 vehicle with diff lock, low range gear and high clearance is permitted. This is a one-way trail with fantastic scenery; geological wonders, gold mines, old rock formations and volcanic landscapes. The route travels across the Barberton Greenstone Belt.
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Nelspruit (51.6 km from Malelane) This legendary bushveld concert and party venue is nestled in the hills just 10km south of Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. Blue Moon is a unique, custom-built, multi-purpose function venue with stunning views of the surrounding countryside.As a music venue, Blue Moon is not genre specific. Local and international highlights include Seether, Dana Winner, Freshly Ground, Prime Circle, The Parlotones, Malaika, Mafikizolo and Steve Hofmeyr.As a functions venue, Blue Moon is unique and versatile, suitable for hosting corporate end-of-year functions, launches, award dinners, weddings and birthday parties. Blue Moon's multiple stages, decks, bars, kitchen, amphitheatre, chalets, bunkhouse, trees and creative lighting can be adapted to suit just about every need. The small team of three owner-operators is always keen to accommodate exciting and challenging ideas.
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Kruger National Park (56.5 km from Malelane) Stay at Sabie River Bush Lodge and play a round of golf with the big five of Africa. Skukuza Golf Club is located within the Kruger National Park and is an unfenced golf course where the wildlife of the Kruger National Park roam freely. This 9 hole golf course provides not only a golfing challenge but the opportunity to view the big five.
Shopping Malls
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White River (57 km from Malelane) Casterbridge Lifestyle Centre is perfect for the whole family to enjoy a day out. The variety of shops range from galleries housing African art to boutique clothing stores. Entertainment is on offer at The Barnyard Theatre, cinema and live music at Magnolia Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge.
Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday 09:00 - 16:30
Sunday 09:00 - 16:00
www.casterbridge.co.za
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White River (57 km from Malelane) The White River Motor Museum is a must do for petrol heads visiting the White River area. It forms part of the White River Local History Museum situated at Casterbridge Centre just outside White River.
Here automobile buffs can ogle over 60 vehicles including the ’horseless carriage’ and other elegant designs from a bygone era. These include the Willys Overland, the Swift and the celebrated Model T Ford. Major draw cards are the 1929 Austin Seven, various MGs and the 1936 Jaguar SS100.
Monday to Friday 09:00 – 16:30
Saturday & Sunday 09:00 – 16:00
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White River (57 km from Malelane) Wellness@Casterbridge Spa has up to 8 full time therapists and a nail technician providing basic beauty treatments. The Dermalife Spa Oceana hydrotherapy Bath, body wrap and lymph drainage massage produce excellent results for weight loss, improved blood circulation, cellulite, stiff muscles, or deep relaxation. Open 7 days a week, mostly until 18:00. Treatments on a Sunday afternoon must be pre-arranged.
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White River (57 km from Malelane) Looking for entertainment in White River? Head to the Casterbridge Cinema at Casterbridge Lifestyle Centre and indulge in a movie, popcorn and snacks. Screening times are Tuesday to Saturday, 18:00. Matinee on Tuesdays at 14:30.
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White River (57 km from Malelane) The White River Gallery exhibits contemporary and investment art on a monthly basis. The gallery is situated in the same court as Casterbridge Hollow and Magnolia restaurant at Casterbridge Lifestyle Centre.
Weekdays and Saturday 10:00 - 16:00
Sunday and Public Holidays 10:00 -14:00
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White River (57.1 km from Malelane) Sample delicious orange wine from Rottcher Wineries at Casterbridge. Locally grown Valencia oranges are fermented in the old fashioned way to produce Avalencia, a unique orange 'wine' with an alcohol content of 14.5%. Avalencia can be enjoyed as an delectable alternative to sherry, port or other dessert wines. Rottcher also produces Avalencia Ginger and Avalencia Chilli.
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 16:30
Saturday & Sunday 09:00 - 16:00
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White River (57.5 km from Malelane) White River Country Estate is a scenic golf course situated on the outskirts of White River and not far from Kruger National Park. The 18-hole course offers a good mental and physical challenge for golfers of all skill levels.
With Gary Player behind the design of the course, White River Country Estate is considered a world-class facility. The estate also offers a swimming pool, tennis courts, squash courts, and plenty of entertainment for the whole family.
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Nelspruit (59.4 km from Malelane) The Lowveld National Botanical Garden is divided into eight sections with the Crocodile and Nels rivers surging through the riparian forest. The garden has a tropical African rainforest section, with approximately six hundred indigenous plant species.
The other seven sections are the bulb garden, the South African rainforest, dry bushveld, corkwoods and cabbage trees, cycads, baobabs and wild figs. The 158-hectare escarpment boasts rugged, rocky river scenery with Sour Lowveld Bushveld vegetation on either side of the river banks.
The garden is a floral haven with masses of clivia miniata, snow-white pear blossoms and kigelia africana flowers scattered all around. Visitors can find birds feeding off the nectar of the magnificent flowers that attract birds from dawn to dusk, or enjoy a picnic on the lawn.
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Barberton (59.5 km from Malelane) The Makhonjwa Mountains around Barberton are renowned for their ancient green rocks with their unique scientific record of the pre-history of the earth and for the human stories in pursuit of hidden gold.Also referred to as the ‘Genesis of Life’, its geology includes the best preserved truly ancient rocks on earth. Despite the rocks being 3.5 billion years old they are so well preserved that their fossils faithfully record the earliest life forms on the planet as well as evidence of the first recorded massive meteorite impact.Come to Barberton for the most spectacular sceneries, over the mountain for picnic, and if the beauty does not hold you back too long, a trip to Songimvelo Nature Reserve."The oldest well preserved sedimentary and volcanic rocks on Earth. ... These rock layers are like the pages of a book that we can read and translate in terms of early Earth's history. Here in Barberton is the Rosetta Stone for this period of time." Prof Don Lowe, Stanford University"The rocks of the Barberton region represent the best-preserved example of the Earth's ancient oceanic and continental crust." Profs Terence McCarthy and Bruce Rubidge, University of the Witwatersrand