Phalaborwa Attractions

For many travelers Phalaborwa, which has an airport, is no more than a stopover for a visit to the central part of the Kruger National Park (the entrance gate to which is only 3km/2mi east). Summer temperatures of around 38°C/100°F and an average annual rainfall of around 457mm/18in. make Phalaborwa a garden city.

Phalaborwa is the commercial, administrative and recreational center of a mining area which has massive deposits of phosphates, copper and iron. Zirconium, vermiculite, mica and gold are also worked in the area. Some 2000 million years ago tectonic movements in the earth's crust forced a great mass of magma to the surface, creating a treasure house of minerals which has brought prosperity to the region.