Machadodorp

Machadodorp (aka eNtokozweni) and Waterval Boven (aka Emgwenya) are towns in Mpumalanga province. The Elands River runs through the town. There is a natural radioactive spring here that is reputed to have powerful healing qualities.

Understand
In the 21st century, Machadodorp's residents either work for the industries feeding a chrome smelter, or the logging industries based on the pine plantations surrounding the town. A large contingent of contract workers employed at the Nkomati mine about an hour's drive out of town also reside in Machadodorp, contributing a large part of the town's economy.

The hills around the town are terraced with thousands of stone walls which form part of a vast complex of settlements, fields and roads. Some tour guides describe these as South Africa's "real" lost city.[3] South of Machadodorp, on the lands of the farm Rietvlei lies the former Bokoni capital Moxomatsi.

Archaeologists and historians have described the ruins as settlements of the baKoni people. Oral records and historical evidence trace the baKoni to at least the early 18th century.

Get in
Use the N4 highway between Pretoria and Mbombela.

This city has a railway station on the Pretoria–Maputo railway.

Hiking

 * NZASM railway trail: Hike from Waterval Boven to Waterval Onder following the route of the Netherlands–South African Railway. The trail starts 1 km south of Waterval Boven, where there is a reception office and parking. The trail is 5 km long (don't let reception convince you otherwise), some of it uphill. At the 4-km mark, there is a very basic overnight hut.
 * Bermanzi Hiking/Num-Num Trails take you to the second-highest waterfall in Africa, the Uitkoms Watefall in the Bankspruit Gorge. Done through reservations with Wathaba, Five Assegais Country Estate, and Bermanzi farms in the Komati Gorge (+27 72 889-9284).
 * Bermanzi Hiking/Num-Num Trails take you to the second-highest waterfall in Africa, the Uitkoms Watefall in the Bankspruit Gorge. Done through reservations with Wathaba, Five Assegais Country Estate, and Bermanzi farms in the Komati Gorge (+27 72 889-9284).