• The temperature in the Free State varies from hot in summer (November to February) to very cold in winter (May to August). Snow is experienced in some parts of the province.

• This province is malaria free.

• Wi-Fi is not freely available in some rural parts of the province.

• Bloemfontein has its own airport.

• There are a number of state and private hospitals throughout the province.

• The best way to explore the Free State’s goldfields is the Goldfields Route, which takes visitors on an intriguing trail of gold prospecting and gold discovery.

• A small airport and a branch of the main railway between Johannesburg and Cape Town serve Welkom.

In Brandfort, your clients can visit the former home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Struggle icon and former wife of Nelson Mandela, who was banished here during apartheid.