Enjoy a day out in
the scenic Mountainland on a 4x4 adventure.
Travel through time on an old ox-wagon road, to as far back as
3.500 million BC. |
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The Mountainland Adventure highlights all of Barberton’s historical,
natural, geological and scenic wonders.The visitor travels back in time from as little as 100 years ago
to as much as 3.500 million years ago. It provides a window in time to relive and revisit the early Gold
pioneer history as well as a unique encounter with the Earth as it was
at the very beginning. |
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Lunch is usually enjoyed at the old Victoria Hotel before you discover Eureka
City and learn more of it’s characters and events.
The tour ends in a visit to the Golden Quarry, the richest
goldmine in the world and a spectacular human achievement! |
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The oldest beaches in the world, where the evidence of the existence and
creation of the moon is located in, is just one of the points of
interest. Evidence of the largest meteorite ever to hit the planet is contained in the rocks on this
route, and your guide will tell you all about this pre-historical event. Some of the oldest rocks on planet earth are visited, while your
guide will relate the story of the earth. |
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| Spectacular mountain scnenery in the newly formed Mountainlands Game Reserve! |
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The tour culminates in a visit underground into the richest goldmine ever
worked by man, the “Golden Quarry”. Nowhere are man’s
endeavours to become rich quick as evident as in the “Golden
Quarry”. This is an amazing feat of human achievement and defies
description! The vast cavernous mine was entirely done by hand,
more than a century ago. It has been described as a man made Cango
Caves. |
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| The ruined ghost town of Eureka City is situated in the scenic Barberton
Mountainland. During the late 19th century, this was the site of the richest gold discovery in the earth’s history. |
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Nothing much remains today but old ruins and fading ox wagon
tracks. It is however possible to get an idea what the early gold pioneering history
of South Africa was really like. Few places in South Africa
provide such an authentic representation of what man are prepared to go
through to attain fame and fortune. |
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