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Gold Panning (1 hour):
Experience the thrill of finding gold like the early diggers did! Pan a select area of the river, where you will be
shown how to pan for gold, and for an hour you can pan out as much as you like, and you can keep all that you find.
Your guide is qualified and registered with the Mpumalanga Tourism Authority and will be able to give you information
on the history of the region and the gold rush era. You will be awarded a certificate of participation to ratify that
any gold in your possession was from a tourist activity. Tours are available from 10am until 3pm daily. Bookings
essential. Minimum number of people may apply.
Rates: R165/adult, R75/child under 12 years
Bookings: (+27) (0)13 764 3399
Ghost Tour (2½ hours):
Tours depart at Twilight; you follow the guide in your own vehicle to visit areas of high paranormal activity (either
Alanglade House Museum, or the old Diggings Site where the first diggers lived and worked their claims in 1873).
After dark you drive to the Historic Cemetery and explore the grave yard, ending with a complementary sherry or juice at
the famous Robbers Grave.
Cameras are a must so that you can capture orbs and images if they occur. Ghost apps on cellular phones and hand-held
ghost detectors are welcome. The success of the tour depends on the energy brought forward by the visitors and we cannot
guarantee anything. The tour is safe and no unpleasant energy has ever been encountered. Your guide is qualified and
registered with the Mpumalanga Tourism Authority and does not profess to be psychic.
Tours are on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and the minimum number of guests is 4 unless by special arrangement. Tours for more
than 4 can be booked for any day. Bookings are essential.
Rates: R175/adult, R95/child under 12 years
Bookings: (+27) (0)13 764 3399
Village Tour:
You could tour the museums of Pilgrim’s Rest all on your own, but touring with an experienced, qualified and registered
tour guide gives you a much better, in depth perspective of the life and times of the diggers on the Gold Fields.
Museums visited include the Pilgrim’s and Sabie News, the Central Garage, the Victorian House Museum, the Dredzen Shop
Museum, and Thelwells (a tribute to the history of the Sekakuni People of the area, with reference to the Sekakuni Wars).
Other points of interest include the Patterson Memorial, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Lodge Blyde, Methodist Church,
the Old Post Office and the Sacred Heart Catholic Church as well as the Historic Cemetery and the Robber’s Grave.
Guided Village tours are available daily and a minimum number of people may apply. Bookings essential.
Rates: R95/adult, R65/child under 12 years
Bookings: (+27) (0)13 764 3399
Alanglade Tour
Alanglade was the Mine manager's residence. Here you will get a glimpse of the daily family life and
history of the Barry family. A minum number of people may apply. Prior booking essential.
Rates: R30/person
Bookings: (+27) (0)13 764 3399
School/Large Group Tours:
Tours can be tailor-made to suit your needs, combining tours of the Village Museums, Gold Panning or Alanglade
House Museum and adapted to interests of the guests, time constraints and budget. School tour organisers are
welcome to request that certain points be included in the tour to reflect the school curriculum. After the tour
each learner is given a question sheet to fill out as part of the excursion. Prior booking essential.
Rates: on application
Bookings: (+27) (0)13 764 3399
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Big Swing
Experience
the adrenaline rush of the world's highest cable gorge
swing with a 68 metre (18 storey building)
freefall. 0-160km/h in 2.3 seconds! Or fly
across the 80 metre high gorge on the High Wire
slide. Located at the Panorama Gorge in Graskop
town (15km).
The
first pioneers feverishly panned for alluvial gold in
the rivers and streams of the region - some made a
fortune, others lost their boots. Relive the gold
fever at the 
There is no better place to
experience the four seasons of Mother Nature, than on
the Pilgrim's Rest golf course. This beautifully
manicured 9-hole course in exquisite and peaceful
surroundings on the banks of small stream, is situated
just out of town on the R533 road to Lydenburg.
The
magnificent sandstone clubhouse was once a school in
Rustenburg (about 500km away in the North West
province). Each stone was carefully numbered
when it was dismantled, before it was transported and
re-erected in Pilgrim's Rest in 1985.
