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Ladysmith Accommodation: Nearby towns with accommodation:
Amphitheatre Valley Accommodation | Champagne Valley Accommodation | Geluksburg Accommodation
Estcourt Accommodation | Winterton Accommodation | Bergville Accommodation
Ladysmith (2001: pop. 225,452) is a town in the uThukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is 230 kilometres (140 mi) north-west of Durban and 365 kilometres (227 mi) south of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textile and tyre production. Tyres are produced by Dunlop near to Steadville.
Ladysmith is located on the banks of the Klip River (stone river), with the central business district and a large part of the residential areas located within the flood basin of the river. It is on on the foolhills of the Drakensberg mountains, about 26 km from the Van Reenen pass.
25 kilometres (16 mi) from Ladysmith is one of South Africa’s popular wildlife sanctuaries, Spioenkop Nature Reserve. This 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) reserve is home to animals such as the rhino, giraffe and zebra. The sporting activities that Spioenkop offers include hiking, horse riding, angling, yachting, water-skiing and power boating. Spioenkop is also supplies other parts of Gauteng with water because in Gauteng there is a shortage of water.
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