Phalaborwa Info and Accommodation

According to geologists, about 2000 years ago a spectacular volcanic eruption took place in the Phalaborwa area. As a direct result a gigantic volcanic pipe was formed.This volcanic pipe is richly loaded with minerals and metals such as copper, mica, gold, iron, vermiculite, phosphate and zirconium.Hundreds of years ago Sotho tribes first settled in the area bounded by the Olifants and Letaba rivers. They soon realized they were settling into an unfavorable area and relocated back to this fertile bushveld valley.They named the area Phalaborwa and settled here. Evidence of mining in clay smelting ovens of iron and copper abound in the area.The name Phalaborwa means "better than the South". Our town was crowned as the Cleanest Town in South Africa for 2005.