15/05/2023
Last month we visited Spring Valley Retreat in Dullstroom.
What a magical place, in nature, a true home away from home, we visited the retreat for 4 days, and enjoyed the nature hikes, campfire place and beautiful serene lake.
Dullstroom, also known as Emnothweni, is a small town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The town lies 35 kilometres north of Belfast and some 53 kilometres south-west of Lydenburg on the R540 road.
In Spring Valley Retreat the mouth of the Crocodile River runs through the 130 Hectare farm which makes it ideal for river fishing. The farm boasts three glorious trout fishing lakes that have won the ‘Best Waters’ award during the prestigious Dullstroom Classic fly-fishing competition – three years in a row.
A grassy landscape surrounds the farm and is unique with its own abundant flora. There are more than 50 different grass orchids that can be spotted in Spring and Summer, as well as The National Protea flower that grows wildly all year round on this cold landscape.
The farm has wild game and has a wide range of rare bird species such as Secretary birds and the Blue Crane, which is the National bird of South Africa, that can also be observed in their wild habitat on the Spring Valley Farm.
Some captures that I took while on the farm.
What a magical place and will most definitely be back again soon!
