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Eat & DrinkRestaurants, Cafés and Bars117

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Things to DoOutings and Adventures80

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ServicesTrades and Professionals258

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Friday 6 November · 18:30

Community · Food & Drink

HAWS Mad Hatters Party

Get your funkiest hat ready for an evening of dinner, dance, fun, laughter and surprises at Leopard Lodge, hosted by Hartbeespoort Animal Welfare Society.

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Halloween Kiddies Costume Party at V8 Roadhouse

V8 Roadhouse

Oct

Agapanthus Festival: the Release of Poppin' Pink

The Aloe Farm

09:00

Nov

Select Realty Pop-Up Shop Opening

Select Realty, Landsmeer Equestrian Estate

10:00

Nov

Light Up Harties 2026

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Family & Kids, Outdoor & Adventure

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Elephant Sanctuary Hartbeespoort

A safe haven and halfway house for African elephants, with hands on educational interactions three times a day and a bush lodge on site.

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Family & Kids, Wildlife & Nature

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Bush Babies Monkey Sanctuary

A free release primate sanctuary in a Magaliesberg kloof, with hourly guided walks past squirrel, spider and capuchin monkeys living wild.

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Eat & Drink

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The Tin Roof Eatery

A family restaurant on the R511 at Hartmark, with breakfasts, Napoletana pizzas, grills and a fenced play area for children.

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Outdoor & Adventure, Wildlife & Nature

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Vergenoeg Nature Reserve

Three graded hiking routes and five enduro mountain bike stages on our slopes of the Magaliesberg, above the Skeerpoort valley.

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Family & Kids, Farm Stalls & Markets

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Van Gaalen Kaasmakerij

Dutch cheese farm at the foot of the Magaliesberg, making Gouda in Skeerpoort since 1994.

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Wedding Venues

Eindelik at Vergenoeg

Wedding venue on Vergenoeg Nature Reserve at Skeerpoort, 80 to 250 guests indoors, with three chapels and the Magaliesberg behind the aisle.

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Birdwood Estate

An exclusive residential estate on the banks of Hartbeespoort Dam, with views of the dam and the Magaliesberg.

Hartbeespoort Dam

Estate D’Afrique

A private French Provençal style village estate on the Crocodile River where it meets Hartbeespoort Dam: 310 stands in three villages, boathouses and private jetties, inside the Magaliesberg Biosphere.

Broederstroom · R104

Pecanwood Estate

A 255-hectare lifestyle estate on the Hartbeespoort Dam, framed by the Magaliesberg Mountains.

Broederstroom · R512

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