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The Cultural Heartland, Mpumalanga has come into the limelight due to the colorful and bright geometric artworks of the Ndebele people. This artwork has become famous all over the world from Cairo to Cape Town and London to New York. You will find the warm spirit of Africa being reflected by the residents of this region of Mpumalanga, the Ndebele people through their creativity, innovativeness and indigenous wisdom at the Cultural Heartland, Mpumalanga. Tourists from all over the world flock into this region of Mpumalanga to see the colorful arts and culture, curios and crafts. The Ndebele women paint the murals with attractive colors apart from making the handicrafts which are a prominent feature of their culture. You can go in for guided tours or find solutions to your queries at the open-air museum or even buy some souvenirs at The Trading Post. You must make it a point to visit the colorful villages of Waterval, Kwaggafontein, Matibidi and Twoline to get a glimpse of the authentic South African rural life. On the way, stop by the Botshabelo village which came into focus as the Bible was converted into Ndebele from English for the first time over here.

The Cultural Heartland, Mpumalanga has on offer a wide range of activities which include skiing, parasailing, scenic hiking trails, taking a boat ride at the Loskop Dam Nature Reserve, windsurfing along with a host of other water sport activities. The Mpumalanga's Cultural Heartland attracts the tourists with its Loskop Dam which is the largest dam in the whole of Southern hemisphere with a catchment area of about 3540 kilometers. This vast expanse of the catchment area makes it an ideal venue for a host of water sports.

One of the most popular Mpumalanga tourist attractions, the Cultural Heartland in Mpumalanga is the perfect base to explore what the region has in store for everyone. The tourists can go for industrial tours to the nearby steel manufacturing plants as well as to the collieries or explore the Anglo-Boer route which has many fascinating things in store. The Cultural Heartland, Mpumalanga is also the home of the Lanatus Cycad which is unique and an indigenous specimen of this region along with a wide range of wild and colorful flowers including the Arum Lilies. So many flowers make this place seem like a magical garden during the summer months.