The Suikerbosrand Nature Preserve, which includes the Diepkloof Farm Museum, is southeast of Jo’burg and has the highest point in Gauteng Province. You can see Jo’burg from the distance when taking the preserve’s driving tour. We spent the day there and toured the museum, drove the 60-km driving tour, and hiked a 4.5-km trail. The Diepkloof (“deep canyon”) Farm was first established in the 1850s by the Marais family, who were Boers. Later, one of the 9 children built his own brick house on the same property. The farm was one of the few not completely destroyed during the Anglo-Boer War, and what remained has been rebuilt to original standards as much as possible. The buildings are made from stuccoed locally-made half-baked brick. The farm buildings include the original home, the machine/wagon barn, the school (classroom,
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