• If you’re on a tight budget, consider Limpopo’s game lodges and safari destinations as they are often more affordable options than elsewhere in the country.

• For an authentic experience in a living museum (a far cry from a touristy theme village) visit the Bakone Malapa Museum 9km outside Polokwane. It’s a great place to buy arts and crafts.

• Be sure to photograph a giant baobab tree (Adansonia digitata), one of Africa’s longest living trees. Known as the ‘upside down’ tree, you’ll find them all over Limpopo, especially in the north.

• Try to avoid Polokwane at Easter, when millions of members of the Zionist Christian Church flock to Moria, just outside the city. Also try to avoid Musina and its approach roads to and from the Zimbabwean border at holiday times, particularly over the December holidays.

• If you’re interested in local Venda myth and legend, take a guided trip to Lake Fundudzi from the Khoroni Hotel in Thohoyandou.

• The Venda and Tsonga regions of Limpopo are noted for their arts and crafts. Shop for pottery, woodcarvings, tapestries, paintings, basketwork and beadwork.

Limpopo boasts three national parks: Marakele, Mapungubwe and the Kruger National Park.