Lydenburg

Lydenburg (Place of Suffering) is a town of 37,000 people (2011) in Mpumalanga. Lydenburg has become the centre of the South African fly-fishing industry and is an agricultural and mining hub.

Get in

By car

Get around

As with most of South Africa, it is best to have a hired car.

See

  • Lydenburg Waterfall (follow the R36 to Ohrigstad for about 10 km, there will be a small signboard indicating the falls to the left; follow the gravel road for about 6 km and you will find the falls). Not often visited by tourists as few know about it. Total height of 244 m in 3 separate cascades.

Do

There are a number of trout fishing lodges in the area.

  • Lydenburg Golf Course, Buhrmann St, +27 13 235-3391.
  • Lydenburg Museum, In Gustav Klingbiel Nature Reserve on the Long Tom Pass, about 3 km outside town, +27 13 323-2121. Local history exhibits and replicas of the Lydenburg Heads (terracotta heads dated to the Iron Age)

Eat

Sleep

There is a number of accommodation options available within Lydenburg, but you can also find sleeping place in the surrounding areas if you prefer a more country feeling.

The Kwena Basin, 20 km out of Lydenburg on the R36 towards Bambi offers plenty of accommodation and serves as an excellent stopover on your way to the Kruger Park.

This guide uses the following price ranges for a standard double room:
BudgetUnder R500
Mid-rangeR500 to R1000
SplurgeOver R1000

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Go next

There are many natural and geographic features within an hour's drive, Sudwala Caves, Echo Caves, Blyde River Canyon, plenty of waterfalls and the Drakensberg Escarpment.

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