Location: Hoedspruit
Top Things to do in Hoedspruit
Top Restaurants in Hoedspruit
- 1. Cala la Pasta Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria
- 2. Sleepers Restaurant
- 3. The Hat & Creek - Hoedspruit
- 4. Upside Down Restaurant
- 5. Kalimambo Restaurant & Pub
- 6. Three Bridges Restaurant at The Outpost
- 7. Hoedspruit Diepsee Hengel Klub
- 8. Bush Pub
- 9. Khaya Ndlovu Manor House
- 10. 24 Degrees South - Cotton Club Cafe
The 5 Best Nature & Parks in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province
Hoedspruit (Afrikaans for Hat Creek) is a town situated at the foot of the Klein Drakensberg (Afrikaans for "Small Dragon Mountains" range), in the Limpopo province of South Africa, on the railway line from Tzaneen to Kaapmuiden.
Restaurants in Hoedspruit
1. Hoedspruit Reptile Centre
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 4 reviews
We are a unique Reptile Centre dedicated to “conservation through education and research”. We offer a wide variety of accredited educational programs, reptile handling courses and training, photographic tours, volunteering opportunities and internships. We have a diverse variety of local and exotic reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids on display. We are open to the public seven days a week including all public holidays. We are destination for learning and excitement for all ages.
Reviewed By willsmithorg2
We booked the slightly more expensive private tour and had an amazing time. My wife didn't want to come so I just took me and my 2 boys (5 and 8 at the time). The guide started off with showing us some very venomous snakes and explaining how the venom of different snakes worked. He was clearly passionate about reptiles and snakes and loved his job. He had time for all our questions and really made the experience great. We then moved on to lizards where we spent a lot of time stroking an iguana, several other lizards, and even feeding a chameleon by holding food in our mouths! Then it was time to hold a huge python, it weighed more than we could hold. Then a tour round some other sections including snapping turtles and crocodiles. Finally the guide fed a venomous snake a mouse and we watched it eat the mouse. The guide was so kind to me and my kids, we all came away with a much greater love and appreciation of reptiles. In all we were there probably 2.5 hours.
2. Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,042 reviews
Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC), has been in operation for almost 30 years, and is one of South Africa’s leading conservation and rehabilitation centre’s for Rhino’s and Elephants, as well as being respected for one of the longest standing, and most successful cheetah breeding and conservation programme’s in the country too. We have daily tours, which are 2 hours in length. You will have a dedicated guide that gives you an informative and educational tour of the centre on a game vehicle. The "Cheetah Focus Tour" is starts between 7:30 - 8am Tues, Thurs, Sat and Sundays only. Please note we do not allow guests to touch the animals, we always maintain a respectful distance, and never encroach on their space. Only the staff or volunteer students where applicable are permitted, to keep human interaction to the very minimum. Their safety and well-being is our first and foremost concern at HESC. We recommend booking ahead to ensure availability.
Reviewed By Sharon527 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Loved the two hour tour, the vultures flying in was awesome but thoroughly enjoyed every moment, from start to finish. We were welcomed and felt totally at ease. The curio shop was lovely, Jassie our tour guide was excellent and passionate and explained every thing to us. Truly an experience I will put in my happy memory box
3. Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,079 reviews
Reviewed By 395ally - Johannesburg, South Africa
This should be a must-see on the way to Orpen and Phalaborwa Gates to KNP, particularly with children. Tours at 10h00 and 15h00 can leave Jo'burg at 09h00 and make it. Large range of rescued animals including eagles/ vultures and lion/ leopard/ cheetah/ wild dogs/ hyena/ cerval/ honey badger/ etc and some buck. Can see them up close as they are mainly human imprinted so cannot be returned to the wild and are not afraid of humans. Seeing the speed an agility of the leopard climbing a tree was spectacular. A highlight of our trip to the Park. Nice small coffee and snack shop/ good museum and curio shop. We stayed at near by Forest Camp which is part of same set up - very good.
4. Hippo Jessica
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 498 reviews
Reviewed By G750DMpaulas - Leicester, United Kingdom
Jessica is a must if you are in the area. Where in the world do you get the chance to feed and give a bottle of tea to a fully grown hippo, and for just R100. This is an amazing experience that you really need to visit. Jessica has every opportunity to go off to the wild hippos, it is her choice to stay around humans. She is a wild animal and safety precautions are followed. Still allowing you to get close enough to touch this lovely animal, feed her corn and give her a bottle of tea. She was easy to find when on the R527 towards Hoedspruit turn left towards Essex and you will see signs for Jessica, follow the road and you will find her on the right hand side.
5. Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Region
On the 20th of September 2001 the Kruger to Canyons (K2C) Biosphere Reserve was registered by UNESCO in Paris, as an official Biosphere Reserve within their Man and the Biosphere (MaB) Programme. It became the 411th Biosphere Reserve to be registered in 94 countries worldwide, acknowledging the global significance of Greater Kruger bioregion, the eastern savannahs and escarpment of South Africa. K2C has 1.4 million ha dedicated to long-term conservation (898 300 of formally protected area and 400 000 ha of private owned conservation land). The entire registered Biosphere Reserve area is 2.5 million ha. Land uses within the K2C are extremely diverse, and thus relates into a stakeholder base that is not only very large, but also very dynamic and very complex. The main land uses falling within the K2C region include: Conservation; Agriculture; Tourism; Forestry; Mining; Rural Developments and Urban Developments.
