The village of Magaliesburg lies below the southern range of the Magaliesberg Mountains and is in the heart of a
region of natural beauty with mountains, valleys, rivers and indigenous woodland - the home to a great variety of
birds.
Rivers and roads in the area follow similar paths through
the ridges of the mountains and winding along the valleys
on either side of the mountains.
Here you will find excellent country guest houses, hotels
and lodges, stores, art and craft studios, art galleries,
horse and mountain bike trails and much more.
Hot-Air ballooning and hang-gliding are also carried out in
the area.
Whatever your interest or passion, you will find something
to delight and fascinate as you travel the roads and
experience the surroundings of the Magaliesburg area.
Rather than driving from Johannesburg to Magaliesburg, the Magaliesberg steam train,
run by Reef Steamers, offers a trip from Johannesburg Station where passengers can
enjoy the nostalgic beauty of a bygone era as the locomotive powers up the
Magaliesberg.
The journey takes about 90 minutes and makes for a great day out for the whole family.
Board the train in the cool of the morning, and then relax as you listen to the chugging of
the engine, and watch the countryside passing you by as you wind your way through the
Magaliesberg Mountains leaving a trial of smoke behind you.
The Magaliesberg, historically also known as Macalisberg or as the Cashan Mountains
is a mountain range extending from Pretoria to a point south of Pilanesberg, in the North
West Province.
The highest point of the Magaliesberg is reached at Nooitgedacht (1,852 metres).
The range forms a natural barrier between the lower lying Bushveld to the north and the
cooler Highveld to the south.
The area around the Magaliesberg range has seen extremely lengthy occupation by
humans dating back at least 2 million years to the earliest hominid species in and
around the Sterkfontein Caves, which lie at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage
Site, close to the town of Magaliesburg.
