Steenbok Hut
The place
Steenbok Hut in the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Heidelberg/Nigel area (Gauteng, South Africa), at 1,707 m elevation, on the Witwatersrand plateau. Continuous South Africa Suikerbosrand cluster (batches 338-346, 4 listings). Rustic Gauteng provincial NR cabin ("Steenbok" = Raphicerus campestris, a small antelope common in southern African savanna, 40 cm tall), an area of highveld grassland (2,000-2,400 m South African plateau) and the Suikerbosrand park (33,000 ha, reintroduction of eland + blesbok + steenbok + gemsbok + oryx in the 1960s after farming), heritage of the Sotho-Tswana (Bantu Basotho, Sesotho, 5 million speakers).
The setting
Suikerbosrand NR Heidelberg/Nigel Gauteng South Africa 1,707 m Witwatersrand, continuous cluster batches 338-346 4 listings, Raphicerus campestris steenbok small antelope southern African savanna 40 cm, highveld grassland 2,000-2,400 m, Suikerbosrand 33,000 ha reintroduced 1960s eland/blesbok/steenbok/gemsbok/oryx, Sotho-Tswana Basotho 5 million.
