At the foot of Mpumalanga's Hlumuhlumu mountains, 283km east of Johannesburg lies this Satour award winner famed for its hot mineral springs and surrounding Emanzana Nature Reserve. The modern Hydro offers 1, 3 and 5-day health and beauty treatments while the game reserve is habitat to white rhino and a variety of antelope. Accommodation consists of 37 hotel rooms (single, double/family rooms), 10 luxury (4-sleeper) log cabins with views of the nature reserve, 6 luxury 4-sleeper chalets, 129 (2 to 4-sleeper) chalets and rondavels, a 297 stand caravan park (all with power points) serviced by five ablution facilities. Aventura Badplaas offers an extensive range of leisure activities: organised game drives, a river ride, go-carts, paintball and golf, with scuba diving and trout fishing nearby.

PO BOX 15 Badplaas 1190 At the foot of Mpumalanga?s Hlumuhlumu Mountains, 283 km east of Johannesburg on the N4 to Machadodorp lies this award winning Resort