What to see and do in South Africa

Western Cape Eastern Cape Free State Province Gauteng Northern Province

Mpumalanga North West Region Northern Cape KwaZulu Natal

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Cape Town & Cape Peninsula Victoria & Alfred Waterfront The Waterfront Craft Market Two Oceans Aquarium Table Mountain Firing of the noon gun at Lion Battery, Signal Hill Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens Beaches Chapman’s Peak Drive Constantia Wine Route Bird Sanctuaries

The Winelands The Garden Route Tsitsikamma National Park between Humansdorp and Knysna The Wilderness National Park near George The West Coast The Cederberg

 

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Hot sulphur springs at Aliwal North Trout fishing at Barkley East and Rhodes Kouga Coast East London Beaches Mpongo Park game reserve King William’s Town Hogsback, in the scenic Amatola Mountains

Port Elizabeth & environs Beaches Oceanarium Settlers Park Nature Reserve Snake Park Apple Express narrow-gauge train ride Addo Elephant National Park Grahamstown Mountain Zebra National Park near Cradock

 

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Angling & watersports on Vaal Dam Rock art near Bethlehem, Ficksburg, Ladybrand & Wepener Bloemfontein

Willem Pretorius Game Reserve, near Winburg Golden Gate Highlands National Park

 

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Pretoria Pretoria Zoo Voortrekker Monument The State Theatre Union Buildings Art Galleries Museums Magaliesberg mountain range

Johannesburg Gold Reef City Art Galleries Museums Theatres Johannesburg Zoo Zoo Lake Vaal River

 

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Mineral hot springs at Warmbaths Game farms Waterberg Mountain Range

Pietersburg, and nearby Magoebaskloof Pass Northern part of Kruger National Park Soutpansberg Mountain range, cradling Louis Trichardt

 

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Botshabelo Mission Station near Middelburg Battlefields of the Highveld area Trout fishing: Belfast, Dullstroom, Machadodorp & Lydenburg Sabie Graskop Gold rush towns of Pilgrim’s Rest and Barberton Nelspruit

Scenic beauty of the escarpment plunging down to the Lowveld Blyde River Canyon God’s Window Bourke’s Luck Potholes Waterfalls Kruger National Park and adjoining game farms Mineral springs at Badplaas

 

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Crocodile River valley, home of talented artists, potters and craftsmen and women Magaliesberg mountain range Sheltering the Hartebeespoort Dam and the town of Magaliesburg

Rustenburg area The Marico District Faan Meintjies nature reserve near Klerksdorp

 

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Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, which, together with the Botswana National Park, forms one of the largest natural eco-systems in the world Augrabies Falls National Park

Kimberley’s “Big Hole” Namaqualand, with its spectacular wild flower carpets in spring, and the harsh moonscape of the Richtersveld

 

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Battlefields of the Midlands and Northern Kwazulu Natal The Drakensberg North Coast (sometimes called the Dolphin Coast)

Durban Pietermaritzburg Game Reserves: Hluhluwe, Umfolozi, Itala South Coast (Amanzimtoti to Port Edward)