Nelspruit lies in the fertile valley of the Crocodile River that is about 330 kilometers east of Johannesburg. It is a capital city of Mpumalanga province. It has abundant sunshine and lush covered hills and valleys. The Nelspruit weather is mainly hot and humid all round the year. The game farms, wild life estates and guesthouses mainly focusing on conservation and tourism attract a large number of visitors from around the world. Nelspruit is a very popular holiday destination among the globe trotters. The tourists travelling to Nelspruit can enjoy cave climbing, white water rafting and hot air ballooning.
Nelspruit has planned a new soccer stadium for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The Name of the stadium is Mbombela Stadium and will have a capacity of 40,000. It will host only four first round matches. The Mbombela stadium has been designed specifically in order to provide world-class facilities services to the soccer players as well as to the spectators.
The tourists can hop around the lowveld botanical gardens that are just outside the Nelspruit town and boasts of rare collection of various plant species and the first man made rain forests. The tourists can also travel to De Brug Ostrich Show Farm where they can get a glimpse of complete breeding cycle of the ostrich. The breeding season for the ostriches starts from July to February. The tourists can also visit Sudwala caves, dinosaur park and cultural centre, which can expose your senses to the primitive Africa.
Nelspruit also boasts of splendid shopping mall on the White River Road with an eight theatre cinema complex, casino and entertainment centre.
Nelspruit is a real tourist haven with accommodation establishments ranging for very affordable to extremely luxurious.riety Nelspruit accommodation such as B&B accommodation, self-catering accommodation, hotel accommodation, lodge accommodation, private game farms and guesthouse style accommodation. The city has two major airports, Nelspruit Airport and Kruger Mpumalanga Airport. These airports are major stopover points for the tourists travelling to Kruger National Park. There is also an overnight bus service known as Komati to and from Johannesburg which takes ten hours. Hiring a car is one of the most convenient ways of roaming around Nelspruit. The tourists can also get into Nelspruit through trains with the train stations located at the corner of Andrew and Henshall streets.
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