Tzaneen is an attractive subtropical garden town with a colourful profusion of indigenous and exotic flowers and vegetation. An above average summer rainfall and temperate climate all year round ensures that everything grows here in great abundance - nuts, avocados and other vegetables, fruits (especially citrus fruits, mangoes, bananas and litchis), coffee, tea and cotton. Close by are extensive emerald green tea plantations and the surrounding mountain slopes are heavily forested with timber plantations of pine and blue gum.

Tzaneen is the second largest town in the Northern Province and is situated in the foothills of the impressive Wolkberg (Cloud Mountain), the northern reaches of the Drakensberg Mountain range. The town is the commercial center for the district with 80 000 people residing in its area of jurisdiction and 650 000 people residing within a 30km radius.

Tzaneen is the ideal center from which to explore the region. Within easy reach the visitor can find archaeological sites, the biggest baobab tree, wildlife and nature reserves and a full range of quality tourism facilities and services, catering for all needs and interests of the visitor. Its unique natural scenery provides the most beautiful background for all the recreational and other tourism products and services, in the country. Tzaneen is also a birders paradise!

Distances from Tzaneen to Polokwane (Pietersburg) = 89km, Pretoria = 362 km, Johannesburg = 420 km, Hoedspruit = 120km, Phalaborwa = 115km, Louis Trichardt = 114km