Mpumalanga, the Province of the Rising Sun, was formerly known as the Eastern Transvaal. Straddling the Highveld and Lowveld and the slopes in-between, it opens up, among its many spectacular visual assets, immeasurable opportunities for jumping, flying and floating downhill. Criss-crossing the region, the wagon-roads of old creak with tales of heroism and highway robbery, dynamite and disease. Nowadays, however, the conflicts of yesteryear have given way to a fast-growing tourism focus.