Near Harrismith, Free State province

Located on the N3 highway between Johannesburg and Durban, Harismith is an important crossroads in South Africa's land trade routes.

Nestled in the foothills of the Drakensberg, it is close to the Northern Berg and the Amphitheatre and Mont-Aux-Sources are easily accessible from here.

Harrismith is also home to the largest truck stop in the Southern Hemisphere, Highway Junction, and the centre of one of the five wool producing districts of Southern Africa.

PHOTO SOURCE: Friedrich von Horsten, courtesy of, and copyright, South Africa Tourism, a department of the government of South Africa, used with permission.

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