Mashutti Country Lodge, Tzaneen

Three conference venues catering for 8-200 delegates with an overhead projector, whiteboard, television, flip chart, notebook projector. The Kruger National Park is a mere hour¿s drive from Mashutti, making it an ideal stop over on route to the magnificent big five safari adventures. Just outside the town of Tzaneen on the extreme Northeast lowveld of South Africa, the Tzaneen Dam is located in a scenic part of the country and is stocked with Florida strain Largemouth Bass. Fish in the 3 to 4 kg range are caught on a regular basis. The dam is a fixture on the tournament circuit being the venue for several competitions, including the annual Tzaneen Bass Classic held in June of each year. The hot summers, mild winters and water temperatures that seldom drop below 17 degrees Celsius make this a year round Bass fishing venue. Agatha Crocodile Ranch offers adventurous daily tours through the ranch, an opportunity to touch a baby crocodile and also to feed the bigger crocodiles, a curio shop and a local art gallery. Agatha Crocodile Ranch is a complete crocodile farm that offers tours to visitors all over the world. Sunland ¿Giant¿ Baobab tree: Carbon dating has been used to estimate the Big Baobab¿s age at ± 6000 years. To put this in perspective the tree is possibly older than the Giza Pyramids and was certainly here thousands of years before the birth of Jesus Christ. Sunland¿s Baobab is 22 meters high, and is some 47 meters in circumference. It is still (and is likely to remain so) "the record holder for the species", according to the SA Dendrological Society. They squared off a natural vent in the trunk to make a door and installed a railway sleeper pub inside the trunk, complete with draft beer, seats, a music system and space for nearly 60 people ¿ Tzaneen Museum