Baberton
Baberton, also known as Baberton Mains, is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, located south-west of the Edinburgh City Bypass and Wester Hailes and south of the Shotts Line railway line.
The village of Juniper Green is situated to the south of Baberton and Baberton Golf Course is to the west.
Getting to Baberton
From Mbombela, follow the R40 for about 45 km. It is about half an hour's drive. From Badplaas, follow the R38 for about 75 km, under an hour's drive through some of the best scenery in Mpumalanga. It 360 km (220 mi) east of Johannesburg. The nearest large airport, Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport just outside Mbombela, is about an hours away by car. A number of inter city bus services stop in Barberton
Worth seeing
Aerial cableway. This 20-km long cableway was built in the 1930s by the mining industry to carry ore between Havelock mine in Swaziland and Barberton. However in early 2011, thieves looking to steal metal from the cableway base resulted in the entire 20-km system collapsing. As a result there will soon be not much left of this artifact.
Things to do
De Brug Ostrich Farm, Just outside town on the road to Kaapsehoop,. Tue-Sun from 10AM.
- 01Songimvelo Game Reserve
This reserve is in the Barberton Mountain lands and is the Mpumalanga Parks Board's largest reserve, extending over 500 km².
Getting around Baberton the local way
- Go nextDay trips out of town are easily made from the railway and bus stations, see Edinburgh#Go next for suggestions.
From Wikivoyage: Edinburgh/New Town, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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