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Hazyview is a town in South Africa's Mpumalanga province, a few kilometres outside the Kruger National Park.

[edit] Get in

Follow the N4 from Johannesburg or Mozambique until Nelspruit. From there drive north on the R40 towards Witrivier and Hazyview. If you don't want to drive, take the City Bug bus [1].

[edit] Get around

Most attractions are located on the main road (which connects Bosbokrand with Witrivier).

• Gaptours, ☎ +27 (0)82 828-6388 (info@gaptours.co.za, fax: +27(0)13 737 8179), [2]. Tours and Transfers in and around Hazyview.  edit

[edit][add listing] See

• Kruger National Park
• Blyde River Canyon
• Pilgrim's Rest
• Gods Window
• Bourke's Luck Potholes
• The Three Rondavels.

[edit][add listing] Do

• Perry's Bridge Reptile Park, Perry's Bridge Tourist Centre (Located in the Perry's Bridge Centre, on the Cnr of the R40 (Hazyview Main Rd) and R536 (Rd to Sabie)), ☎ +27 13 7377680 (iguana@lantic.net), [3]. 10 - 5, 7 days a week. Your chance to get up close and personal with some of South Africa and the world's most venomous snakes, as well as large constrictors, crocodilians, lizards, tortoises and frogs.  edit
• Balloons Over Africa, ☎ +27 013 737-6950 (info@balloonsoverafrica.co.za, fax: +27 013 737-6951), [4]. Hot Air Balloon Flights in the Sabie River Valley  edit
• Thompsons Indaba Safaris, ☎ +27 (0)13 737-7115 (info@indabasafaris.com, fax: +27 (0)13 737-7403), [5]. Half day or full day Safaris to Kruger Park.  edit

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit][add listing] Eat

There are loads of restaurants and 'snack' bars: In town

• Perry's Bridge Trading Post, Perry's Bridge, ☎ +27 (0)13 737-6664 (perrysbridge@mweb.co.za). Coffee, Pancakes and breakfasts  edit
• Digby's, Perry's Bridge, Mani & Sabie Roads, ☎ +27 (0)13 737-6957.  edit
• Papas Pizza at Perry's Bridge.

A little further out - all on the Sabie Road between 5 and 20 km from town:

• Ant and Elephant
• Gecko Lodge
• Windmill Wine shop - for lunch
• Three Rivers Restaurant at Three Rivers Centre 11 km from Hazyview on the R536 Sabie Road.

[edit][add listing] Drink

• The Windmill Wineshop - wonderful selection of wine and good food.
• The Brewery (at Perrys Bridge) - a great pub, good food and they brew their own beer
• Stuck in the Mud - a very 'homely' local pub run by a couple from U.K. - No longer exists but is being

replaced by Summerfields Kitchen

[edit][add listing] Sleep

Hazyview is probably the hotel 'capital' of The Lowveld. The Sabie Road has dozens of hotels, timeshares and B&B's alone!

• Cambalala guest house - Kruger Park Lodge, ☎ +27 (0)82 330-2370 (bookings@cambalala.com), [6]. ZAR 1650 per unit per night - Sleeps 8 - Serviced daily. Sunshine, golf, wildlife and more. Book the family safari and adventure holiday of a lifetime in the South African bushveld. Within easy access of the Kruger National park and scenic sights of the Blyde River Canyon. Cambalala guest house is a spacious challet which sleeps up to 8 adults. It has 2 bedrooms downstairs and a spacious loft room upstairs. There are two bathrooms - one with a bath and the other with a shower - and a fully equipped kitchen leading to a comfortable open plan lounge and dining area. Kruger park lodge is the ideal base for your African Safari and within the resort the Impala (deer) roam free, monkeys play in the trees and the hippos wallow in the hippo dam.  edit
• Ant and Elephant, (7 kilometers from Hazyview), ☎ +27(0) 13 737-8172, [7].  edit
• Hippo Hollow, (next to Perry's Bridge).  edit
• Rissington Inn, ☎ +27 (0)13 737-7700 (info@rissington.co.za), [8]. An affordable, award-winning country lodge. Stylish but relaxed and informal. A la carte restaurant, open 7 days a week. Superb food. Fully licensed bar. 16 individual rooms. Colourful gardens. All rooms have their own bathrooms, ceiling fans, private entrances, verandahs and breathtaking views. Cheerful, attentive hospitality. Swimming pool and walks down the valley. Spectacular birds and game sightings.  edit
• Idle & Wild, ☎ +27 (0)13 737-8173,. is a working mango farm on the banks of the lush Sabie River. Here you can soak up the warmth of the African Sun as you relax around the pool or pamper yourself in the Sauna or Jacuzzi. The Lodge offers beautiful self-catering cottages and rondavels with breakfast served, set in a tropical garden with individual fireplaces for a typical braai. In addition to trips to the Kruger or along the Panorama Route, you can also go on horse rides, bycicle tours, golfing or ballooning. Prices start from around R500 per Unit.  edit

• Dreamfields Guesthouse, 137 Gompou Single, ☎ +27 (0)13 737-7008 (info@dreamfieldsguesthouse.com), [9]. checkin: 14:00; checkout: 10:30. Dreamfields Guesthouse is situated in a quiet residential area of Hazyview less than 2 km away from the centre of town. The large house with its thatched roof and African style furnishings fits in perfectly with the atmosphere of the region and offers a comfortable lounge, African theme bar, and sparkling pool. The sub-tropical garden with its indigenous trees is a bird watcher’s paradise. 500.  edit

[edit] Get out

• The Kruger National Park is only a few kilometres away.
• Drive to Graskop and take the Panorama Route.
• Drive to Sabie.
• Drive to Mkhuhlu.

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