Kriel property guide

Kriel at a glance

The little redbrick town of Kriel, its houses laid neatly side-by-side, lies some 100 km east of Johannesburg.

Kriel lies in the heart of Cosmos country, its roads' borders a blanket of the gentle pink, purple and white autumn flowers that bop gently in the breeze in defiance of the town's haystacks.

Kriel lies on the Rainbow Route that links Mpumalanga to the KwaZulu-Natal coast; the nature reserves in and around Kinross, Bethal and Kriel alive with small game and a rich bird life. But its main attraction is a tour of its power stations.