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Nowadays, Pietersburg is is a modern city. The city on the Sterkloop River
is the service and trading centre for the surrounding rural areas of the
Northern Province.
Pietersburg's traffic links are excellent. The town lies halfway between
Gauteng (300 km) and Zimbabwe (200 km) on the N1 freeway. A modern airport
binds it into the airlink net of SAA (South African Airlines). Pietersburg offers various educational institutions, colleges, technikons
and the University of the North.
Pietersburg lies on 1312 m altitude and has a pleasant climate with
temperatures averaging 27 degrees in summer and 20 degrees in winter. It
only rains in summer (400 - 600 mm precipitation annually). One can relax in the municipal
Pietersburg Nature Reserve, a huge
nature park of 3,200 hectares with a lot of game and rich birdlife.
Another attraction is the Bakone Malapa Open-Air Museum, 9
kilometres south of the town centre. It is a "living museum",
impressively demonstrating the history and culture of the Sotho people in
the north.
Accommodation in Pietersburg
- Amakhulu Central Reservations
Merle
offers a very friendly and professional
service to book accommodation in South Africa. She specializes in
the Northern Province including Pietersburg.
- Accommodation
in Pietersburg
This website is the best I have yet come across for accommodation in
South Africa. You communicate directly with the accommodation establishment
and the entire booking is carried out online.
- Holiday Inn Garden Court Pietersburg
Typical value for money and limited services concept hotel.
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