Polokwane is a fast-growing and modern city with excellent infrastructure and amenities. It boasts with a wide range of shopping and business facilities ranging from light industry engineering, and manufacturing facilities to professional services such as legal, engineering and financial institutions. A wide range of medical services and facilities are available. Modern shopping malls provide a wide range of items as well as ample recreational facilities including theaters and up-market restaurants.

Polokwane is also a city of art and culture. Apart from its extensive art collection, the city has more public sculptures per capita in its parks than anywhere else in South Africa. Many may be seen on the Civic Square. The sculpture featuring a family group of giraffe has become an icon of the city. There are also a number of museums and historical sites presenting the history and cultural heritage of the northern territory. Many beautiful historic buildings such as the Irish House, which houses the Polokwane Museum, and the home of coach magnate Doel Zeederberg, who pioneered a passenger stage coach service between the then named Polokwane and Bulawayo in 1894, can be seen in the city. The Roman Catholic Church dating back to 1934 is considered one of the province's finest pieces of architecture.

The Bakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-air Museum 9 km from the town on the Chuniespoort Road, features a traditional and a modern-day Northern Sotho village environment, preserving the architectural and cultural styles of these fascinating people. Experience the traditional ways of life and watch demonstrations of the making of handcrafts. A curio shop and tea garden are on the premises.

The town was established in 1886 after the Voortrekkers decided to seek a healthier and safer area south of the Soutpansberg Mountains and General Piet Joubert and his people settled on erven made available by the old Zuid- Afrikaansche Republiek. It soon became an important staging point for destinations to the north. When gold was discovered at Eersteling in 1871, the economy of the town flourished.

Significant landmarks in the area include the impressive University of the North and the Zion City at Moria.This is the seat of the Zion Christian Church, an entirely black denomination with the largest following in South Africa. During Easter Weekend each year, millions of followers congregate here.

A new attraction in Polokwane is the Meropa Entertainment and Casino Complex with its gambling tables, slot machines, as well as attractions such as a bird, reptile and butterfly park and traditional cultural village.

A host of reserves are found in and around the town. The Polokwane Game Reserve adjacent to the city is one of the largest municipal- owned game reserves in South Africa. It offers more than 21 game species and a one-day hiking trail over 20 km with overnight accommodation. The Polokwane Bird and Reptile Park houses many interesting species and has snake demonstrations.

Bird Park	Debegeni Falls	Craft Market	Meropa Casino

Polokwane district is considered one of the premier hunting destinations in South Africa. Adventure options are also available in Sekhukhuneland on the R37 to Chuniespoort and Lydenburg. This remote region is an area of great scenic beauty where traditional African customs are still practised in the mountain strongholds of the Drakensberg escarpment. The area offers superb 4x4 routes through unusual and dramatic mountain country. The Polokwane Game Reserve conserves one of the last remaining, undisturbed examples of a very localised vegetation type known as the Polokwane Plateau false grassland. Within this vegetation type there are several interesting plant communities ranging from Acacia thickets to open red grass plains. It is around these open grasslands that one finds a very localised bird species known as the short-clawed lark. Another interesting feature is the mountain aloe forest on the northern slope of a low ridge.

Olifants Trail	Marensky Dam	Hiking Trails	The Outdoors