August 3, 2013 (Part 2)
What is standing between a Saturday morning in Gauteng and a Saturday afternoon in the North West Province? The Hartbeespoort Dam is what. The Dam wall was constructed in 1925, and the current capacity of the dam is 205 million cubic metres, so it's big. Because of its location one must cross it in order to access the North West Province, so we've been across it several times already, but had yet to stop and take it in (read: I had not yet had a chance to take pictures of it).
As it turns out, there is more than one way to get a good look at the dam. In 1973 a cableway was built to transport visitors to viewpoints at the top of the surrounding mountains, however the cableway fell into disrepair and was shut down in 2005. Feat not- in 2010 new owners took over, and the cableway is back up and running. And so, you guessed it, up we went.
Check out us checking out the dam, both from the shoreline and from way up above via the arial cableway.
As it turns out, there is more than one way to get a good look at the dam. In 1973 a cableway was built to transport visitors to viewpoints at the top of the surrounding mountains, however the cableway fell into disrepair and was shut down in 2005. Feat not- in 2010 new owners took over, and the cableway is back up and running. And so, you guessed it, up we went.
Check out us checking out the dam, both from the shoreline and from way up above via the arial cableway.
Beer at the top? Don't mind if we do.
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