Limpopo Ep 1 Mapungubwe National Park - "Ironvan" Adventures with Ironman 4x4

Mapungubwe National Park is renowned for its scenic landscape, with sandstone formations, woodlands, riverine forest and baobab trees.
Mapungubwe is set hard against the northern border of South Africa, joining Zimbabwe and Botswana. It is an open, expansive savannah landscape at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers. Mapungubwe developed into the largest kingdom in the sub-continent before it was abandoned in the 14th century. What survives are the almost untouched remains of the palace sites and also the entire settlement area dependent upon them, as well as two earlier capital sites, the whole presenting an unrivalled picture of the development of social and political structures over some 400 years.
The history of the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape dates back 210 million years ago when one of the earliest plant-eating dinosaurs, Plateosauravus (Euskelosaurus), was known to have lived in the area.
The Mapungubwe area became a focus of agricultural research in the 1920s through the efforts of the botanist Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans. Pole Evans was instrumental in the creation of the Botanical Survey Advisory Committee, which was tasked with coordinating botanical research throughout the Union of South Africa. One of the network of botanical and research stations set up by the Botanical Survey was situated in the Mapungubwe area. At the request of General Smuts, the government set aside a block of nine farms in this area as a preserve for wildlife and natural vegetation in 1918. A few years later this became known as the Dongola Botanical Reserve.
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[@frederikbrits9559]

Naby my huis......naby my voetspore

[@jameslaurie8912]

I enjoyed the holiday with you. Well presented. Thanks

[@stephenjewkes4699]

Discovered your videos for the first time on Sunday. Addicted now and have watched many of them the last two days. Great presenters, and awsome video footage of the area you are travelling in. When are you guys heading up to Malawi, great places here to see, I know it's a long drive but you are equipped for the trip😀

[@shaunmoller2997]

Wat n mooi plek verseker daar kuier dankie julle twee vir share

[@charlottevanheerden1107]

Amazing mooi!! Dis 'n moet en beslis op my bucket list! Dankie vir die mooi video's

[@Mr09260]

Great Video Guys >> I love the NW Transvaal

[@hermanvanrensburg4901]

Lekker man lekker! Dankie, ek het nou landskappe en plekke van Mapungubwe gesien wat glad nie in ander videos of TV programme uitgekom het nie. Pragtige plek.

[@joseph4481]

Great video guys!

[@mazambane286]

Great to see the place again. Back in day this was a government owned "farm" reserved only for cabinet ministers, generals and special guests. As well as research scientists. The SAP had a base called Victor Delta Wes right up in the far corner where SA, Botswana and Zim meet. I was privileged to be stationed there in the 1980's. All 5 of us that is.

[@edwildlife2896]

Ah the ever Awesome Mapungubwe! Such a beautiful place and what a great video guys, thanks for sharing!

[@dirktheron3425]

Ai julle maak my lag elke keer, love julle videos ;-)

[@tommyhartvig5495]

absolutely amazing got to go there after seeing your and Edwards and his gangs videos from here

[@CasperLabuschagne]

One should always regard whatever UNESCO says or does with a healthy dose of scepticism since any declaration from UNESCO is in support of a specific political narrative. For as long as the planet Earth had an atmosphere, the climate has been changing in a never-ending cycle between extreme hot and extreme cold periods with mini cycles alternating between hot and cold between the major cycles. I studied archaeology and there is a well-founded theory that the people of Mapungubwe and that of Greater Zimbabwe (the ruins, not the country!) were the same with Mapungubwe a southern outpost of the Greater Zimbabwean civilisation. As with every other manifestation of civilisation or progress in Africa, it is the tribal chief with a strong force of warriors that envy the wealth of the affluent elitists culture situated beyond the horizon that has forever destroyed progress in Africą. Thus it was simply a matter of time before outposts of progress such as Mapungubwe and Greater Zimbabwe would be attacked and burnt to the ground. For early-iron age cultures in Africa, farming and crop cultivation is hard work with herding livestock being easier work while the easiest way to make a good living has forever been to have a strong force of warriors that will take what your neighbouring tribes have cultivated through intense labour. This does not support the reigning narrative concerning the "highly developed African civilisation of Mapungubwe" but all the major aspects regarding the layout of Mapungubwe was that of a secure mountain fortress that could be defended against military threats where a clear and present-danger persisted during the brief period that Mapungubwe was occupied.

[@maphirimutshutshu2128]

beautiful

[@martincordner9611]

How much do these trips cost I would like to plan an extensive trip 4x4 so I need to have a rough idea

[@Mr09260]

Just use a Bean Bag its far quicker to set up

[@TheContentSafari]

For video a bean bag does not work as well unfortunately.

[@dumanimjo609]

Dude looks a little bit like Jean de Villiers

[@seavale11]

ya after noah s floud stuff change dramatically so people moved drastically..

[@Mr09260]

Have you SEEN the view at Mazhou campsite >> you obviously havent been there

[@TheContentSafari]

We have camped there yes, and it has a great view :)

[@Mr09260]

Why stay in Chalets >> Stay in the Campsite >> you are KITTED out for that >> Act the Image Guys

[@TheContentSafari]

The campsite was fully booked, so we opted to be in the park than not at all :)