This part of the Eastern Cape offers peace and seclusion along a remote and spectacular subtropical coastline.
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KwaZulu-Natal Dropdown content’s finest game reserve offers an unsurpassed variety of wildlife-spotting activities, from night drives to self-guided walks and even donkey trails.
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A tour around the vast, sprawling township – South Africa’s largest – provides a graphic idea of how the majority of black South Africans live.
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Durban Dropdown content, Africa’s busiest port, boasts a large Indian population, brightly coloured Hindu temples, buzzing markets and zinging curries. For more information, see the section on Durban.
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Hike in the “dragon mountains”, which harbour South Africa’s highest peaks, plus waterfalls, rock art and awesome panoramas.
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Beautifully decorative Basotho Dropdown content huts are characteristic of the eastern Free State’s Maloti Route Dropdown content.
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Encounter elephants and the rest of the Big Five at the end of the Garden Route Dropdown content.
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Find traditional handicrafts in rural and urban areas alike, such as the Venda region of Limpopo Dropdown content.
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The Cape’s wine estates combine stunning scenery, Cape Dutch architecture and some fine vintages.
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The most precipitous pass in Southern Africa, connecting Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal Dropdown content.
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Spot wildlife on a guided hike in Kruger National Park Dropdown content.
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The rocky promontory south of Cape Town is one of the most dramatic coastal locations on the continent.
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The Garden Route’s most spectacular coastline, where you can cross Storms River Mouth by footbridge.
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View cheetahs, meerkats and other desert dwellers amid the harsh beauty of the Kalahari Dropdown content.
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Following the winter rains, Namaqualand Dropdown content’s normally bleak landscape explodes with colour in the stunning Northern Cape Dropdown contentregion.
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Cape Town’s oldest residential area is filled with colourful Cape Dutch and Georgian architecture.
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Get spine-tinglingly close to lions and other big game at Southern Africa’s ultimate wildlife destination.
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Fierce, rugged and hot, the Richtersveld has some of the most dramatic mountainscape in the country, sparsely populated by science-fiction vegetation.
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Johannesburg Dropdown content offers the best nightlife in South Africa, attracting top musical performers from around the country and abroad.
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The most spectacular way to ascend Cape Town’s famous landmark is also the easiest – the revolving cable car.
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Slide down mountainous dunes or watch whales from the high vantage point they provide.
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Just half an hour from Cape Town is the notorious offshore jail where political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, were incarcerated.
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Regularly visiting the southern Cape Coast, whales often approach surprisingly close to the shore.
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