Ebenezer Dam is a popular and particularly pretty dam visited often by locals and visitors for picnics, camping, birding, fishing and boating. The early morning mists that tend to cover the dam lend a mysterious atmosphere to the first part of the day, and can make it chilly. Ebenzer has a large surface area of 386ha (roughly a third of the size of Hartbeespoort dam) and supplies water to Tzaneen and the surrounding area.