African Train Safari Destinations

The small village of Balfour derives its name from it being the place where, in 1906, the British ex-Prime Minister, Arthur Balfour, made a speech on the station platform. Heidelberg was established in 1862 twenty-four years before Johannesburg was invented. It was a main crossroad between Natal, the Orange Free State, the Cape and the Transvaal. It is situated close to the Suikerbosrand (Sugar Bush Ridge), 1 903 metres above sea level and a wildlife reserve famous for birds. It was here, in 1895, that the rails were joined connecting the Transvaal and Natal railway systems. The old station building, fully restored, now houses an important transport museum, especially old motorcars and motorbikes.

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