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Hartbeespoort is the collective name of a few smaller towns situated around the Hartbeespoort Dam, including the towns of Meerhof, Ifafi, Melodie, Schoemansville and Kosmos. The town consists of holiday homes and permanent residences around the dam as it is popular with visitors from nearby Gauteng Province .
Hartbeespoort Dam (also known as Harties) is an arch type dam situated in the North West Province of South Africa. It lies in a valley to the south of the Magaliesberg mountain range and north of the Witwatersberg mountain range, about 35 kilometres north west of Johannesburg and 20 kilometres west of Pretoria .
English: Crocodile river flowing under the Meerhof bridge before entering the Hartbeespoort Dam, with the lights of Hartbeespoort seen on the dam shore and Magaliesberg slopes. The particular suburbs are Meerhof, Ifafi, Melodie and Schoemansville.
At this point the Magaliesberg range is displaced about 1 kilometre south by faulting and erosion. [3] Kosmos lies on the south, steep side of the monocline, and at its north eastern end, where the Crocodile River passes through the Dam, the cliffs become too steep to allow buildings or a road.
The Elephant Sanctuary Hartbeespoort Dam is an elephant sanctuary providing a safe haven and “halfway house” for African elephants. It provides fully guided interactive elephant educational programs covering elephant habits, dynamics, behavior and anatomy.
Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway The Harties Aerial Cableway is located at Hartbeespoort in the North West Province, South Africa Show map of North West (South African province) Show map of South Africa Overview Status Operational Country South Africa Coordinates 25°42′40.61″S 27°53′8.44″E / 25.7112806°S 27.8856778°E / -25.7112806; 27.8856778 Elevation lowest: 0 metres (0 ...
Its western origin is the R24 near Magaliesburg in Gauteng.It heads north-east, intersecting with the R563's north-western terminus at Hekpoort, then crossing into the North West at Skeerpoort and reaching its end at an intersection with the R512 (Pampoen Nek Highway) on the western edge of Hartbeespoort Dam (west of Hartbeespoort and north-west of Broederstroom).
As of 2018, the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) was constructing a shortcut for the R512 Route, from its intersection with the R560 route (north-west of Broederstroom) northwards up to just north of where the R512 and the R104 route split (west of The Elephant Sanctuary of Hartbeespoort), where there is a ramp onto the N4 Platinum ...