The Midlands Meander Route - R 101 - goes through Balgowan in the heart of the Natal Midlands. Balgowanis not much more than a romantic old trading store and a train station where the local timber is picked up. But there is something special about the village.

Michaelhouse is the boarding school for boys with the best reputation in South Africa. Anyone boy who attends school here, meets the standards for belonging to the elite of the country one day. The huge complex, built in the English brick gothic style, includes a beautiful and spacious chapel which is open to the public.