Hartbeespoort Dam, Hartebeespoort

Name: Hartbeespoort Dam
Address: Hartebeespoort, South Africa

#4 among attractions in Hartebeespoort

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Hartbeespoort Dam 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. The name of the dam means "dam at the gorge of the hartebeest" in Afrikaans. This "poort" in the Magaliesberg was a popular spot for hunters, where they cornered and shot the hartebeest. The dam was originally designed for irrigation, which is currently its primary use, as well as for domestic and industrial use. The dam has suffered from a hypertrophic state since the early 1970s. Mismanagement of waste water treatment from urban zones within the Hartbeespoort Dam catchment area is largely to blame, having distorted the food web with over 280 tons of phosphate and nitrate deposits. ()

Local name: Hartbeespoortdam Opened: 1923 (101 years ago)Length: 490 ftHeight: 194 ftCoordinates: 25°44'51"S, 27°52'1"E

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Hartbeespoort Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Elephant Sanctuary Hartbeespoort Dam, De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre, Bushbabies Monkey Sanctuary, Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway.

4.1 miNW
Hotel, Zoo
The Elephant Sanctuary Hartbeespoort Dam, Hartebeespoort
105 min walk • 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.
6.2 miNE
Area
De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre, Hartebeespoort
158 min walk • The De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre, also known as Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre is a captive breeding facility for South African cheetahs and other animals that is situated in the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountain range in the North West Province of South Africa.
3.8 miNW
Locality
Bushbabies Monkey Sanctuary, Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve
96 min walk • Bushbabies Monkey Sanctuary is a privately owned multi-species primate rehabilitation centre situated in the foothills and gorges of the Magaliesberg mountain range, close to Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West Province of South Africa.
2.5 miNE
Aerial tramway
Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway, Hartebeespoort
64 min walk • The Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway, originally constructed in 1973, is a 1.2 km long cableway that extends to the top of the Magaliesberg and offers panoramic views of the Magaliesberg, Hartbeespoort Dam and the surrounding area.
5.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Gondolin Cave
144 min walk • Gondolin Cave is a fossiliferous dolomitic paleocave system in the Northwest Province, South Africa. The paleocave formed in the Eccles Formation dolomites.
2.2 miNE
25°43'13"S • 27°53'5"E
Harties Tourism, Hartebeespoort
56 min walk • Cable car