Magaliesburg

Consisting of a flat top of quartzite rock and red coloured sediments, the Magaliesberg mountain looms up like a huge, 120 kilometre long wall. The slopes and summit are richly wooded and numerous streams have their sources on the ridge.

In earlier times this region was renowned for its game, but trigger-happy trophy hunters have for the most part shot out the game. The ledges have always been a good nesting place for vultures, who seem be under the impression that the local hang-gliders are simply larger birds. The vultures have been known to take off and fly alongside them in perfect synchronisation.

The village of Magaliesburg is in the southern hills of the Magaliesberg Mountains. Both the village and the mountain are named after the chief of the Po people, Magali, who lived in this part of the world when the voortrekkers arrived. The main crops are tobacco, and citrus and tropical fruits grown in the valleys between the foothills.

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