AREA ACTIVITIES

The area boasts plenty of recreation to suit all preferences:

  • Nan Hua Buddhist Temple - the largest Buddhist temple and seminary in Africa. – The Nan Hua Buddhist Temple serves as the headquarters in Africa for the Fo Guang Shan Order (Buddha’s Light Mountain order) - the largest monastery in Taiwan.

  • Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature Reserve - Situated on the southern edge of a large dam named after Bronkhorstspruit immediately north east of here, and known for its water birds. In fact birders head out this way often for the over 200 species of birds, and, in particular, the pink-billed lark, which avid birders rate as a luck sight should you manage to catch a glimpse.



  • Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club - Next to the N4, on the way to Mpumalanga, lies a gem of a golf course. The Bronkhorstspruit Golf Club is probably one of the best kept secrets in the golfing community.
    Eighteen competitive holes with some of the best greens in the country make this course pure bliss for any golfer.
    Bronkies, as the club is known to most golfers, has over 700 members. Not only are the membership fees extremely competitive but the green fees make this one of the most affordable golfing experiences in the greater Pretoria / Johannesburg area.
    Bronkies is only 20 minutes' drive from the Eastern suburbs of Pretoria and about 45 minutes, if you drive via Bapsfontein, from the Eastern side of Johannesburg. The club has regular competition days and is very popular for corporate and charity golf events.

  • Botshabelo Mission Station (Witbank) - The Botshabelo Mission Station was originally a place of refuge for Christians in South Africa and grew into an important and rather influential centre where the Gospel was widely proclaimed among the black people. It became a place where both black and white people received education and training and even where commerce and industry were practised.

  • Graceland Golf Course (Witbank) - The Graceland Country Club in Secunda, Mpumalanga, rests only an hour and a half drive away from Johannesburg. The flat savannahs of Mpumalanga do not at first glance suggest that they are suitable for the building of a golf course, but as one of the world's leading designers, Gary Player made creative use of what natural features were available and the results are a highly challenging 18-hole championship course.



 

 


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