Province Guide

Mpumalanga - "the place where the sun rises" – is one of South Africa’s provinces with impressive picturesque natural beauty and a wealth of wildlife.

Surrounded by two countries Swaziland, Mozambique and Gauteng province to the west, it is situated primarily on the high plateau of the Middleveld. In the northeast, it ascends towards mountain peaks and ends in a breathtaking escarpment.

Nestled in the eastern region is the magnificent Kruger National Park, a nature reserve teeming with wildlife and birds making it the ultimate Big Game Country. The Kruger National Park is world renowned, as are several of the luxurious private reserves on its western boundary. The entire area offers excellent opportunities for bird-watching, hiking, horse-riding and fishing. Streams once panned for gold have become the haunts of eager anglers and lazy trout.

Mpumalanga forms part of a grassland biome. The escarpment and the Lowveld form a midway zone between this grassland area and the savanna biome. Long sweeps of rolling grasslands change into thickly forested ravines and roaring waterfalls of the escarpment, only to change again into the subtropical wildlife splendour of the Lowveld.

The province is situated in a summer-rainfall area, with occasional winter snow on the high ground in the escarpment. Thick mist is frequent during the hot and humid summers.