North West Province

Table of Contents: Regions / Cities / Other destinations / Culture and History / Talk / Travel to North West Province, visa requirements By car Flights to North West Province, airtickets Buses to North West Province / Get around / North West Province attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Good restaurants and cheap meals / North West Province nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Stay safe / Get out More from South Africa: Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West Province, Western Cape More from Southern Africa: Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Botswana, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe More from Africa: Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Saharan Africa, Seychelles, Southern Africa, West Africa

The North-West Province, [1], provides a link between South Africa and Botswana. The province is the largest platinum production area in the world, and its Stelland area is the "Texas of South Africa" with some of the biggest cattle herds in the world.

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Regions

• Magaliesberg mountain range - separating the west of the province from bustling Gauteng

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Cities

• Bloemhof
• Klerksdorp
• Mafikeng Provincial Capital
• Potchefstroom
• Rustenburg
• Vryburg
• Zeerust

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Other destinations

• Sun City - South Africa's Las Vegas, with casino, golf course and adventure area.
• Pilanesberg National Park - small park, easy to reach from Johannesburg. Has the Big Five
• Madike Game Reserve - in the north of the province
• Groot Marico - typical small farm village, famous for literature and Mampoer

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Culture and History

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Talk

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Travel to North West Province, visa requirements

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By car

The N12 highway runs from Kimberley trough the eastern part of the province (Klerksdorp, Potchefstroom) to Johannesburg. The N14 from Upington joins the N12 in Wolmaranstaad. The N4 runs through the north of the province. It comes from Gaborone in Botswana, goes through Zeerust and Rustenburg and from there to the north of Pretoria.

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Flights to North West Province, airtickets

The airport of Pilanesberg/Sun City is the only commercial in the province and offers flights to Johannesburg. Connections to Cape Town are planned.

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Buses to North West Province

Greyhound and Translux offer bus connections from other provinces.

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Get around

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North West Province attractions and sightseeing

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City tours

• Rock Climbing

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

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North West Province nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

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Stay safe

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Get out

More from South Africa: Drakensberg, Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West Province, Western Cape More from Southern Africa: Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Botswana, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe More from Africa: Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Saharan Africa, Seychelles, Southern Africa, West Africa

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