Paddling near Vereeniging, Gauteng

Vereeniging sits on the Vaal River in southern Gauteng, where the Vaal Barrage impounds a broad stretch of flatwater right on the city's doorstep. The area is the heartland of Gauteng paddling, with calm dam paddling on the Barrage and the larger Vaal Dam upstream, plus the Klip River running through nearby Meyerton providing one of the few year-round moving-water runs in the province.