Sabie, South Africa
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stopover for tourists on their way to the Blyderivierspoort Nature Reserve or the Kruger National Park.

Sabie occupies the site of a farm acquired in 1880 by H. T. Glynn, who one day during a party challenged his guests to a shooting contest with empty bottles set in front of a rock as targets. Under the hail of bullets fragments of rock splintered off, revealing a seam of gold, which thereafter was worked from 1895 until 1950. Sabie grew up round the gold-mine, and in 1913 was linked by rail with Nelspruit.

With its agreeable climate and expanses of forest (otherwise rare in South Africa) the country round Sabie is a popular holiday area for South Africans. Since the forests have mostly been planted within recent years, their attractions for walkers are limited; but there are a number of magnificent waterfalls round Sabie, among them the 68m/225ft high Lone Creek Falls (12km/75mi west), the Bridal Veil Falls (8km/5mi west) and the Horseshoe Falls (1km/.75mi north).