{"id":37,"date":"2008-02-07T10:18:30","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T10:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/02\/07\/featured-destination-hazyview-and-the-lowveld-area-around-kruger\/"},"modified":"2008-02-08T08:37:16","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T08:37:16","slug":"featured-destination-hazyview-and-the-lowveld-area-around-kruger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/07\/featured-destination-hazyview-and-the-lowveld-area-around-kruger\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Destination – Hazyview and the Lowveld Around Kruger"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lowveld area around the Kruger Park<\/a> is often overlooked by visitors focused on getting to their safari, however there are many interesting attractions including scenic drives, animal rehabiliation and welfare centres, and cultural attractions that make staying a few days in the area very worthwhile if your schedule allows time\u00a0for it.<\/p>\n

The small village of Hazyview is an ideal place to base yourself <\/a>for a couple of days to explore the surrounding area, and nearby attractions include:<\/p>\n

The Panarama Route Drive along the Drakensberg Escarpment which takes in a number of geological and scenic highlights including The Blyde River Canyon,\u00a0\u00a0Bourke’s Luck Potholes, The Three Rondavels,\u00a0\u00a0and God’s Window.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, which specialises\u00a0in raptors (vultures and eagles) but also has many other rescued animals, and the\u00a0Hoedspruit Endangered Species Foundation (also known as the Hoesdpruit Cheetah Project) which specialises in cheetah but again also has a number of other interesting species. Both places will try and realease animals back into the wild where possible, and the animals which cannot be released for any reason are cared for and used as part of educational programs.<\/p>\n

The traditional villages of Shangana – home to families who invite guests to experience their culture and way of life.<\/p>\n

The Kruger Park<\/a>…the Numbi gate into Kruger is only 15km away, and many people who stay at one of Kruger’s excellent safari lodges will also fancy visiting\u00a0the areas of the park that are open to self-drive visitors. Staying in Hazyview<\/a> is an alternative to staying at one of SANParks restcamps in the park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There many other activities\u00a0including quadbiking,\u00a0white water rafting, and balloon flights, and a few days in this beautiful area is really well worth the time if you are interested in finding out a bit more about this part of South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lowveld area around the Kruger Park is often overlooked by visitors focused on getting to their safari, however there are many interesting attractions including scenic drives, animal rehabiliation and welfare centres, and cultural attractions that make staying a few days in the area very worthwhile if your schedule allows time\u00a0for it. The small village […] Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[136,137,133,139,21,134,138,135,140],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african-safari","category-south-africa","tag-blyde-river-canyon","tag-gods-window","tag-hazyview","tag-hoeadspruit-cheetah","tag-kruger","tag-lowveld","tag-moholoholo","tag-panarama-route","tag-shangana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelbutlers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}