History feels alive in Pilgrim’s Rest, a little town nestled in the folds of the part of the Drakensberg Mountains known to locals as the Escarpment. The entire place is a National Monument, in memory of South Africa’s Gold Rush days. It’s postcard-perfect, prettified and preserved so that an imagination isn’t even needed to visualise how the original diggers lived. So there’s only one thing for it – do as countless others have done before you – hire a pan and be ready to strike the motherlode.
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Our Favourite Trips
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Overland from Cape to Falls
- 21 days
- From US $2,275
- Countries Visited: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia
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Waterfalls & Wildlife
- 12 days
- From US $1,560
- Countries Visited: South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Vic Falls to Cape Town
- 21 days
- From US $2,275
- Countries Visited: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Southern African Adventure
- 44 days
- From US $4,790
- Countries Visited: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia
