{"id":33902,"date":"2017-08-30T07:02:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T05:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/limpopo\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T18:08:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T16:08:54","slug":"limpopo","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/africa\/south-africa\/limpopo","title":{"rendered":"Limpopo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pure wilderness and majestic baobabs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Limpopo<\/strong> is the northernmost region of South Africa and borders <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/afrika\/mozambique-reizen\">Mozambique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/afrika\/zimbabwe-reizen\">Zimbabwe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/afrika\/botswana-reizen\">Botswana<\/a>. It is a less visited region with beautiful scenery and beautiful game parks. Part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/afrika\/mozambique\/great-limpopo-transfrontier-park\">Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park<\/a> is in South Africa. The northern part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/bestemmingen\/afrika\/zuid-afrika\/greater-krugerpark\">Kruger Park<\/a> is in Limpopo and you will also find the <strong>Waterberg biosphere<\/strong>, a stunning nature reserve with mountains, gorges, canyons, mountain rivers and the characteristic <em>bushveld<\/em>. The area is largely malaria-free. There are several <em>game reserves<\/em> with beautiful, small-scale lodges. It is pure wilderness far off the beaten track, with majestic baobab trees, a wide variety of stunning landscapes and the Big Five.      <\/p>\n<h3>Ancient cultures and lots of outdoor activities<\/h3>\n<p>Limpopo also has a lot to offer outside the game parks. How about an introduction to the <strong>Venda<\/strong> and <strong>Tsonga<\/strong> culture, or is your interest in the remains of the lost kingdom of <strong>Mapungubwe<\/strong>? Exceptionally beautiful is the <strong>Magoebaskloof<\/strong> with one of the steepest mountain passes in South Africa. You can participate in various outdoor activities here, such as a canopy tour, canyoning, tubing, quad biking, mountain biking. This region has plenty of opportunities for families, wildlife enthusiasts and true adventurers who prefer authenticity and like to avoid the big crowds.      <em>Where the world can&#8217;t find you&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern region full of pure wilderness and majestic baobabs, ancient cultures and outdoor activities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":186190,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[207],"highlight_category":[602],"continent_category":[186],"class_list":["post-33902","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-south-africa","highlight_category-gebied-en","continent_category-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340779,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33902\/revisions\/340779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=33902"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=33902"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=33902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}