South African museums: Limpopo
Thulamela Hill is a reconstructed stone-walled hilltop Iron Age settlement.
Website: www.krugerpark.co.za/…
Address: Between Punda Maria and Pafuri
Tel: (013) 735-5611
By appointment
Masorini is an Iron Age baPhalaborwa settlement with reconstructed huts and other structures.
Website: www.krugerpark.co.za/…
Tel: (013) 735-5611
Guided tours at fixed times
The Tsongakraal Open Air
Museum is a living museum depicting traditional Tsonga life as it was 150 years ago. Daily demonstrations include music/musical instruments, woodwork/carvings, weaving rush mats, clay work, iron smelting, and salt making.
Address: Hans Merensky Nature Reserve, about 70km from Tzaneen
Tel: (015) 386-8727
Mon-Fri: 07:30-16:00
The Nyani Tribal Village has been reconstructed to resemble an authentic Shangaan village of some 50 years ago.
Website: www.backpack.co.za/…
Address: Off R40 south of Marulaneng on Guernsey road, near Kapama
Tel: (015) 793-3816
Daily
The Arend Dieperink Museum is housed in a historical stone building and depicts the cultural heritage of the Northern
Province. Among the themes are the palaeontology and archaeology of the area, a typical Bushveld home, and guns, farm implements, wagons and tractors.
Website: www.leisurelimpopo.co.za/…
Address: 97 Thabo Mbeki Drive
Tel: (0154)2244
Mon-Fri: 7:30-16:00
The Tzaneen Museum features weapons, pottery, beadwork, pole carvings, royal drums from the Rain Queen, sacred drums and general utensils.
Address: Agatha Street, next to the library
Tel: (0152) 307-2425
Mon-Fri: 9:00-17:00
Sat: 9:00-13:00
South African museum listings
