Thabaphaswa

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If you don’t mind roughing it a little, this unique property offers accommodation in climbers’ huts beneath rocky escarpments. The glass-walled huts have bunk beds and patios with braai (barbecue) pits and open-air showers, but there are a couple of more comfortable options as well. There are biking and walking trails on the property.

Follow the Percy Fyfe Rd (signposted from Rte 101 after it crosses the bridge just north of Mokopane) for 13km, then turn at the brown ‘Thabaphaswa Hiking and Mountain Bike Trail’ sign. It’s 2km to the gate, then straight on for another 1.3km to the homestead.

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