Hazyview

Follow the N4 from Johannesburg or Mozambique until Mbombela. From there drive north on the R40 towards Witrivier and Hazyview. If you don't want to drive, take the City Bug bus.

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

• Kruger National Park
• Blyde River Canyon
• Pilgrim's Rest
• Gods Window
• The Three Rondavels.

• Perry's Bridge Reptile Park

  phone: +27 13 737-7680
  address: Perry's Bridge Tourist Centre
  Your chance to get up close and personal with some of South Africa and the world's most venomous snakes, as well as large constrictors, crocodilians, lizards, tortoises and frogs.

• Balloons Over Africa

  phone: +27 13 737-6950
  Hot air balloon flights in the Sabie River Valley.

• Thompsons Safaris

  phone: +27 13 737-7115
  Half-day or full-day safaris to Kruger Park.

There are loads of restaurants and snack bars:
In town

• Rissington Inn

  phone: +27 13 737-7700
  address: Main Road R40 1km south of town
  A la carte open all day.

• Perry's Bridge Trading Post

  phone: +27 13 737-6664
  address: Perry's Bridge
  Coffee, pancakes and breakfasts.

• Digby's

  phone: +27 13 737-6957
  address: Perry's Bridge, Mani & Sabie Roads
• Papas Pizza at Perry's Bridge.

A little further out - all on the Sabie Road between 5 and 20 km from town:

• Ant and Elephant
• Gecko Lodge
• Windmill Wine shop - for lunch

• Hippo Hollow Restaurant

  phone: +27 13 737 7752
  address: R40
  A la carte restaurant with a superb selection of South African wines.

• 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. - No longer exists but is being

replaced by Summerfields Kitchen

• Tanks - a nice little military styled pub on the road from Sabie to Hazyview, but closer to Hazyview.

Hazyview is probably the hotel capital of the Lowveld. The Sabie Road has dozens of hotels, timeshares and B&Bs!

• Abangane Guest Lodge

  phone: +27 13 737-6675
  address: S10 Sabie Rd
  This prestigious Guest Lodge is situated 1 km outside Hazyview on the Sabie Road, in the heart of Mpumalanga, home of the Kruger National Park. South African and German ownership are a guarantee for international flair, hospitality and professionalism.

• Cambalala guest house - Kruger Park Lodge

  phone: +27 82 330-2370
  Cambalala guest house is a spacious challet which sleeps up to 8 adults. It has 2 bedrooms downstairs and a spacious loft room upstairs. There are two bathrooms - one with a bath and the other with a shower - and a fully equipped kitchen leading to a comfortable open plan lounge and dining area. Within the resort the Impala (deer) roam free, monkeys play in the trees and the hippos wallow in the hippo dam.

• Dreamfields Guesthouse

  phone: +27 13 737-7008
  address: 137 Gompou Single
  Dreamfields Guesthouse is situated in a quiet residential area of Hazyview less than 2 km away from the centre of town. The large house with its thatched roof and African style furnishings fits in perfectly with the atmosphere of the region and offers a comfortable lounge, African theme bar, and sparkling pool. The sub-tropical garden with its indigenous trees is a bird watcher’s paradise.

• Hippo Hollow

  phone: +27 13 737-7752

• Idle & Wild

  phone: +27 13 737-8173
  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. In addition to trips to the Kruger or along the Panorama Route, you can also go on horse rides, bycicle tours, golfing or ballooning.

• Kwambali Riverside Lodge

  phone: +27 13 737-8328
  address: R536 Sabie Rd
  Self-catering guest lodge located on the banks of the Sabie River in the Sabie River Valley near Hazyview. Close to the Kruger National Park and tourist attractions. Conveniently located for activities on offer in the area, including river-rafting, quad-biking, paintballing, horse trails and hiking trails. Four and six bed cottages from R175 per person sharing.

• Rissington Inn

  phone: +27 13 737-7700
  An affordable, award-winning country lodge. Stylish but relaxed and informal. A la carte restaurant, open 7 days a week. Superb food. Fully licensed bar. 16 individual rooms. Colourful gardens. All rooms have their own bathrooms, ceiling fans, private entrances, verandahs and breathtaking views. Cheerful, attentive hospitality. Swimming pool and walks down the valley. Spectacular birds and game sightings.

• Tatenda Guesthouse

  phone: +27 13 737-7089
  address: 303 Tarentaal Ave
  Christel is a pleasant host and happy to arrange take away breakfast to speed up an early departure to the park.

• The Kruger National Park is a few kilometres away.
• Drive to Graskop and take the Panorama Route.
• Drive to Sabie.
• Drive to Nkhuhlu a beautiful picnic spot in the Kruger National Park for a nice meal while hippos provide background music.