Starting the drive back to Joburg-- following Andres directions instead of gps has led us to the wonderful discovery of Dullstroom on the R540. It also had better quality roads and less tolls to wins all around, but now to tell you about Dullstroom.
It certainly is a tourist stopping point, there are men to point you in the direction of parking and they will watch your car for a small R5 fee upon exiting--though J and I still took our valuables with us. We walked along the road to Anvil Ale brewing.
Anvil Ale has free beer samples and a small menu of food for lunch, which was just what we were looking for to keep J from being hangry. Of the beers sampled the west coast IPA was by far the best. They manage a great IPA flavor and just a kiss of bitter without slamming you in the face with the double and triple hopped madness of brewers like surly. Their blonde ale was also very smooth. Anvil has been open since 2009, but their brewmaster has been brewing for over 30 years.
J and I both got ham, cheese and tomato sandwich melts, I had a mocha and J had a full size of the IPA. Total bill R150 with tip.
We thought about getting pie at the Rose but as that would be difficult to eat while driving, we opted for Udderlyfabulous milkshakes. They have a very large selection of over 20 favors ranging in price from R30-40. I got a crunchy which uses my favorite candy bar the crunchy which is honeycomb candy in chocolate, and J had a coffee shake with whipped cream. For R65 we left Dullstroom full and happy. If traveling this direction I highly recommend making this stop.
From Dullstroom it was a quick few minutes to Belfast and then back on to the N4 which is a toll road, but by taking the path we did, we payed 1 less toll than we did on the way out to Kruger.
*photos and links will be uploaded on July 15th.
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