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Barberton Accommodation: Nearby towns with accommodation:
Kruger Park Accommodation | Komatipoort Accommodation | Malelane Accommodation
White River Accommodation | Marloth Park Accommodation | Nelspruit Accommodation
Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin
in the 1880s gold rush in the region. It is situated in the De Kaap Valley and is
fringed by the Mkhonjwa Mountains. It is 43km south of Nelspruit and 360km to the
east of Johannesburg.
The mountains around Barberton are the oldest in the world dating back 3.5 Billion
years, and these mountains include some of the oldest exposed rocks on the planet
(only rocks from Isua Greenstone belt in Western Greenland are older). These
volcanic rocks, which scientists call the Barberton Greenstone Belt, have given
up direct evidence of conditions of life on the surface of the very early earth.
This reserve is situated in the Barberton Mountain lands and is the Mpumalanga
Parks Board's largest reserve, extending over 500 square kilometers.
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