Located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers, is the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mapungubwe National Park, a historical marvel. Located in the north of South Africa on the border with Botswana and Zimbabwe, park not only carries cultural and environmental significance, but also presents a beautifully scenic travel destination. While wildlife may not be the highlight of the park, the scenery is spectacular. The park is characterized by an extensive savannah landscape intertwined with sandstone formations, mopane woodlands, magnificent baobabs, floodplains and riverine forests. This transfrontier park covers an area of 28,000 hectares including the Tuli Block on the Botswana side and the Tuli safari area in Zimbabwe
A game drive around the wildlife viewing circuit offers good sightings of elephants, giraffes, buffalo, white rhino, gemsbok, zebras, wildebeest, Elands and Baboons. Other animals, such as lions, leopards, rhinos, and hyenas are harder to spot. But the highlight of a visit to this incredible park is its sheer beauty – huge boulders, rocky kappies, sheer cliff faces and huge indigenous trees. Travellers who prefer to be more active can try the tree top walk, which goes along a riverine forest on a raised canopy walk overlooking the Limpopo River.
