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About Wakkerstroom

Wakkerstroom, up in the Mpumalanga highveld near the KZN border, is an easy hop off the N11, just 29 km from Volksrust and 34 from Charlestown, so locals nip in and out easy. Long-haul visitors come from as far as Pennington and Ixopo, chasing the birding, this place is a twitcher's dream with over 400 species logged in the wetland outside town. Newcastle Airport is your closest fly-in, 85 km out. One fast EV charger nearby for the road trip crowd.

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Wakkerstroom is in South Africa, at -27.349, 30.149 - about 29 km east of Volksrust.

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