With an array of attractions to explore the Lowveld Legogote is well known for the Sudwala Caves (one of the oldest Caves in the World), the quaint Village of Kaapsehoop and its wild horses, the mesmerising butterfly garden in the White River Area and the Lowveld Botanical Gardens that offers several hiking trails, the largest collection of cycads and an African rainforest.
Place record
Legogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
- Coordinates
- 30.5470, -25.2250
- Updated
- 20 Jul 2026

A Glimpse at the Legogote Region in Mpumalanga, Lowveld
With an array of attractions to explore the Lowveld Legogote is well known for the Sudwala Caves (one of the oldest Caves in the World), the quaint Village of Kaapsehoop and its wild horses, the mesmerising butterfly garden in the White River Area and the Lowveld Botanical Gardens that offers several hiking trails, the largest collection of cycads and an African rainforest.
Location Map
Legogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
How we know this
- 01 New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper https://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsmpl/mpumalanga_lowveld.htm
Last updated · 20 Jul 2026
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Legogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013762
South African History Online (2011) 'Legogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013762 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Legogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013762, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Legogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013762. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Legogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013762.
Further reading
Nelspruit an Overview
Esther Mahlangu
Kruger National Park
Hazyview
Sudwala Caves, Nelspruit
Mpumalanga
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