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Date: 2014 Type: Geological Site Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 25°52'59,72" S 31°05'51.39" E Alt: 1439m

One of the picnic / geosites along the trail. The Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail was initiated some 10 years ago as a way to protect and promote the Barberton Greenstone Belt (Barberton Mountainlands), a unique geological phenomenon with associated biodiversity, not a few species of which are endemics. The geotrail, along the route from Barberton to Bulembu in Swaziland, was developed to raise awareness of the mountainland and to encourage tourism and local economic development. Such is its importance that the Barberton Greenstone Belt has been tentatively listed as a World Heritage Site. (A short history of the Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail)