| Place Name | Type of Interest / Brief Description | Address / Directions |
| Marievale | Good for bird photography wit the occasional view of otters and crabs. There are 5 or so hides along the different roads. The roads are pretty unkept and heavy duty vehicles do travel them for mining in the area. |
Marievale is situated on the east Rand to the south-east of Johannesburg. Access is easiest from Johannesburg via the N3 towards Heidelberg. Take the R550 (Glenroy/Kliprivier) offramp and turn left. Follow this road for approximately 20 km to a T-junction and turn right towards Nigel. Follow this road through Nigel until you see a sign on the left indicating the sanctuary. The sanctuary is approximately 3 km further on after passing the SANDF (defence force) base. |
| Rondebult | Bird photography. There are 3 main hides. Good for morning photography. |
Rondebult is a short drive (approx. 25 minutes) from Johannesburg International Airport and within an hours drive from Pretoria. The sanctuary is open daily throughout the year from 07h00 to 17h00 and is found by heading south from Johannesburg on the N3 highway. The sanctuary is well signed posted and after turning left at the R103/R554 (Heidelberg / Alberton road) off-ramp and the sanctuary is on the right hand side of the road after approximately 9 km. The entrance is directly opposite the junction with the R554 and Forsdick road. |
| Zonderwater Italian pow cemetery | Historic interest.It is enclosed by walls and you can park anywhere under the trees. Gates should be open by 6.30 as the prisoners set up the chairs/ sound system etc. The official ceremony with dignitaries starts at 10.00. There is also an interesting little museum on site with items made by the POW’s. There is usually a fly past and they usually have parachutists (weather permitting). There are no R515 (about 3-5 Km I think) and there are a million coffee shops, eateries etc. It also has lovely shots of oldish houses with the flowering jacarandas (they should be flowering by then).
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Here are directions to Zonderwater Italian pow cemetery:Take R21 (or tambo road) to PTA – take R25 to Bapsfontein/Bronkhorspruit turnoff. Follow this road R25 till you get to R515 for Rayton / Cullinan. Take this road and continue towards Cullinan. YOu will go through Rayton and then not long after you will see a sign on left hand side saying Italian POW cemetery. Turn right into Zonderwater go through boom, you will see cemetery on left . |
