Africa...her spirit has been alien and aloof from that of the rest of the world, and her charm continues uncontaminated by the conventions of civilization.  In her heart of hearts she is and remains wild and free.  Nowhere is that mysterious presence of wild Africa felt more deeply than in the Transvaal lowveld.  It remains one of the most virgin corners of this continent.  The tourist who visits it will see there probably the most plentiful and wonderful collection of wild game which can today be found in the wide world.  To the lover of plants it presents an almost equal attraction and in the tremendous escarpments which flank it in the mountains of Pilgrim's Rest in the west, the Barberton mountains in the south, and the Cloud mountains further north,  will be found some of the most magnificent scenery of the whole African continent.  But greater even than its wonderful fauna, its sub-tropical flora, its unrivalled scenery, is the mysterious eerie spirit, which broods over the vast solitude, where no human pressure is felt, where the human element indeed shrinks into utter insignificance, and where a subtle spirit, much older than the human spirit, grips you and subdues you and makes you one with itself.  To those who wish to experience a thrill - a thrill which is unlike any they have ever experienced before - I venture to recommend a visit to this secluded home of the earth spirit.

J.  C. Smuts