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Manyeleti Game Reserve
During the apartheid era, the 23,000-hectare Manyeleti was the only wildlife reserve that blacks were permitted to visit. Due to its unfenced boundary with Kruger there is no shortage of animals here (including the Big Five), but you may have to look a littler harder than in Sabi S
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Dargle Valley Pottery
Started by famous South African potter Ian Glenny, this old-school, ‘70s-style pottery place is at the earthy and rural end of Ardmores range of arts centres but no less captivating for that. You can wander through the barnlike gallery and watch the current local potter as he turns
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Fort Klapperkop
This fort was one of four built to defend Pretoria, although in the end it was never used for that purpose. Located 6km south of the city, it’s one of the best-preserved forts in South Africa, and its museum tells the story of the country’s military history from 1852 to the end of
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Regina Mundi Church
This church – the largest Catholic church in South Africa, with a capacity of 5000 – was an important meeting point during the apartheid years and was central to the struggle. During the 16 June 1976 student uprisings, students sought refuge inside the church, but the police follow
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Museum Africa
This museum is housed in the impressive old Bree St fruit market. The thoughtful curatorship features exhibitions on the Treason Trials of 1956–61, the development of South African music and the history of housing in the city. The satirical ‘Cartoons in Context’ are worth a look, a
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Church St
The pedestrianised portion of this street, between Burg and Long Sts, hosts a flea market (8am to 3pm Monday to Saturday) and has several art galleries. At the Burg St end The Purple Shall Govern memorial is a piece of graphic art by Conrad Botes commemorating a 1989 anti-apartheid
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CP Nel Museum
Extensive displays about ostriches and Karoo history make up this large and interesting museum, housed in a striking sandstone building completed in 1906 at the height of ostrich fever.Included in the ticket price is admission to Le Roux Townhouse , decorated in authentic period fu
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Arderne Gardens
Planted by botanist Ralph Arderne in 1845, these shady gardens represent the oldest collection of trees in the southern hemisphere and include bamboo, fir, gum and enormous Moreton Bay fig trees. It’s a lovely place to wander around for an afternoon, and is especially colourful on
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Bloemfontein Zoo
Opened by the Prince of Wales – the future Edward VIII – in 1925, Kings Park is the city’s largest green open space and home to more than 4000 rose bushes. It’s a wonderfully colourful and deliciously fragrant place. Inside the park, you’ll find the Bloemfontein Zoo . Established i
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East London Museum
One of the first coelacanths, a type of fish thought to have become extinct over 50 million years ago, was discovered nearby in 1938; the stuffed original is on display here. Given the Eastern Capes rich past the museum is worth a visit, with an excellent natural history collection
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World of Birds
Barbets, weavers and flamingos are among the 3000 birds and small mammals – covering some 400 different species – that can be found here. A real effort has been made to make the aviaries, which are South Africa’s largest, as natural-looking as possible, with the use of lots of trop
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Cape Town Holocaust Centre
This small museum, in the same complex of buildings as the South African Jewish Museum, packs a lot in with a considerable emotional punch. The history of anti-Semitism is set in a South African context with parallels drawn to the local struggle for freedom. Downstairs you can watc
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Table Mountain
Around 600 million years old, and a canvas painted with the rich diversity of the Cape floral kingdom, Table Mountain is truly iconic. You can admire the showstopper of Table Mountain National Park and one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature (www.new7wonders.com) from multiple angle
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Natale Labia Museum
Call ahead to see whether anything is showing at this charming Venetian-style mansion, a satellite of the South African National Gallery. The house still belongs to the family of the Italian count Natale Labia who had it built in 1930 when it served as the Italian legation. The int
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Delville Wood Memorial
This monument was built to honour the 2000-plus South African soldiers who fell during a five-day WWI battle. The ensemble’s elements include Alfred Turner’s sculptures of Castor and Pollux, representing the unity of British and Boer soldiers, Anton van Wouw’s statue of General Hen
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Four Passes Route
Continue past the end of the town along Rte 45 until you reach the spectacular Franschhoek Pass. Together with the Helshoogte Pass on Rte 310, Viljoen’s Pass and Sir Lowry’s Pass (the most stunning of the lot) on the N2 highway, this forms part of the roughly circular Four Passes R
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Kings Park
Opened by the Prince of Wales – the future Edward VIII – in 1925, Kings Park is the city’s largest green open space and home to more than 4000 rose bushes. It’s a wonderfully colourful and deliciously fragrant place. Inside the park, you’ll find the Bloemfontein Zoo. Established in
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Jan Smuts Statue
Two statues of Jan Smuts, former general and prime minister (1870–1950), stand at opposite ends of Government Ave. The more attractive and abstract one by Sydney Harpley is in front of the South African National Gallery. When unveiled in 1964, though, a storm of protest resulted in
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uShaka Marine World
Divided into areas including Sea World and Wet’n’Wild, uShaka Marine World boasts one of the largest aquariums in the world, the biggest collection of sharks in the southern hemisphere, a seal stadium, a dolphinarium, marine animals and exhibits, a mock-up 1940s steamer wreck featu
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Subeng River Dinosaur Footprints
Dinosaur footprints abound near Leribe. About 7km north of town (en route to Butha-Buthe) are the Subeng River footprints. At the signpost, just before the road crosses the river, walk down about 500m to a concrete causeway. The worn footprints of at least three species of dinosaur
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