The Suikerbosrand reserve is an area of very unusual topography on the edge of the escarpment that also includes the highest point in all of Gauteng. The fitter cachers could bring their bicycles or hike! There are also large herds of game, abundant birdlife, many kiepersols, aloes and other fauna and flora. There is a charge to enter the reserve - we have attached a photograph of the current rates (but these could change). There are now 8 caches and 1 earthcache in the reserve. Get out of the suburbs and city! Pack a picnic and enjoy a stunning day of caching in this amazing location.
This kraal is found a few hundred metres beyond point 11 on the map in the tourist guide which has the following to say about kraals: "The stone kraals you see here to the left are remains of old African settlements, belonging to the Bafokeng, the Sotho and Tswana speaking people of the Southern Highveld. It is unlikely that all the settlements in the area were occupied simultaneously. The sites normally consisted of a large family unit, which included man, wife, children and extended family. Kraals are usually found on an elevated area, in order to see people approaching from afar. These people kept cattle and goats. They also grew sorghum."
For us, the cross and the kraal fit together very well because the One who died on the cross was also known as the "Good Shepherd."