Barites Mine and Waterfalls near Ngwenya
Malolotja Nature Reserve Eswatini V459+G2 Forbes Reef, Eswatini, SwasilandBarites Mine and Waterfalls near Ngwenya To be led by Yael Uzan-Tidhar horlebein@icloud.com This is new NHSe hike in a scenic valley along a beautiful, peaceful river with a waterfall at each end. We will park at the lower end of the river by a waterfall on a tributary, and walk along and through the river to reach the second waterfall and an old, abandoned barites mine dug into the mountainside. Barite occurs in the Onverwacht Group just to the west of Ngwenya in the Londozi Valley. It was discovered in 1937 and mining continued from 1945 to 1976 from small …
