In search of history
After reading your article on the Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail, my wife and I decided to spend a day there on our way to Kruger. This was a truly enlightening experience on how the world was formed in the last 3.4 billion years. The trail is beautifully demarcated with multiple sites displaying information on how the world developed, making you feel insignificant about our small time on Earth. The trail developers have done an incredible job laying it all out and the site deserves much wider publicity.
We stayed overnight on the South African side of the Eswatini border post at a place called Mountain Aloe Den run by a delightful couple, Mamsie and Isaac Sambo, who are developing their accommodation as funds allow. The room was excellent with a great view.
Each of the rooms are, in their words, accommodation ʻwith a traditional twistʼ. Their latest addition, still to be completed, is a beehive room which weʼll book when itʼs complete. Food is provided on request and it is true home cooking and plentiful.
For us, this was truly 24 hours of real interest and pleasure spending time with a couple who really deserve to do well with their endeavours, and learning how our world began.