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Hazyview Travel Guide

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Brewery at Perry Bridge
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Brewery at Perry Bridge

Hazyview is a town in South Africa's Mpumalanga province, a few kilometres outside the Kruger National Park.

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Get in

Follow the N4 from Johannesburg or Mozambique until Nelspruit. From there drive north towards Witrivier and Hazyview. If you don't want to drive, take the City Bug bus.

Get around

Most attractions are located on the main road (which connects Bosbokrand with Witrivier).

See

The Kruger National Park, Blyde River Canyon, Pilgrim's Rest, Gods Window, Bourke's Luck Potholes, The Three Rondavals

Do

  • Thompsons Indaba Safaris and Safaris Direct offer half day or full day Safaris to Kruger Park. Thompsons also offer "out of Africa" style camping trips to parts of the Kruger Park that no one else has access to.
  • Hot Air Ballooning great trips over the Lowveld

Buy

Perry's Bridge has many tourist shops, an information counter and even a Bureau de Change. Next to it are 2 supermarkets. There is also a new shopping centre behind SPAR that has a Pick and Pay supermarket.

Eat

There are loads of restaurants and 'snack' bars:-

  • In town
  1. Perry's - at Perry's Bridge for snacks and brunch
  2. Digby's - at Perry's Bridge
  3. Papas Pizza at Perry's Bridge
  • A little further out - all on the Sabie Road between 5 and 10 km's from town
  1. Ant and Elephant
  2. Treetops
  3. Gecko Lodge
  4. Windmill Wine shop - for lunch

Drink

  • The Windmill Wineshop - wonderful selection of wine and good food.
  • The Brewery (at Perrys Bridge) - a great pub, good food and they brew their own beer
  • Stuck in the Mud - a very 'homely' local pub run by a couple from U.K.

Sleep

Hazyview is probably the hotel 'capitol' of The Lowveld. The Sabie Road has dozens of hotels, timeshares and B&B's alone! Including:-

  • Idle & Wild Idle & Wild is a working mango farm on the banks of the lush Sabie River. Here you can soak up the warmth of the African Sun as you relax around the pool or pamper yourself in the Sauna or Jacuzzi. The Lodge offers beautiful self-catering cottages and rondavels with breakfast served, set in a tropical garden with individual fireplaces for a typical braai. Despite trips to the Kruger or along the Panorama Route, you can also go on horse rides, bycicle tours, golfing or ballooning. Prices start from around R500 per Unit. Contact: +27 (0)13 737 - 8173
  • Hippo Hollow, next to Perry's Bridge.

Get out


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