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KwaZulu Cultural
At Ondini is the KwaZulu Cultural-Historical Museum, with excellent exhibits on Zulu history and culture. It also has one of the country’s best collections of beadwork on display. Theres a good selection of books for sale.
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Rudd House
This townhouse is a fine example of the residences constructed for rich Kimberlites in the 19th century. Named after Rhodes’ partner, who built the house in 1888, it has a fernery and a gorgeous rooftop summerhouse.
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Polokwane Art Museum
This museum is worth ducking into for its modern take on colonialism, many depictions of Nelson Mandela and interesting display on women and art in South Africa. It features artists from Limpopo and across the country.
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Reinet House
This Dutch Reformed parsonage, built between 1806 and 1812, is a beautiful example of Cape Dutch architecture. The cobblestoned rear courtyard has a grapevine that was planted in 1870 and is one of the largest in the world.
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Sunland Big Baobab
On the road to Modjadji, look out for signs to this 22m-high boabab, with a 47m circumference. According to carbon dating it’s 6000 years old. A bar occupies the two cavities inside the tree, which 60 drinkers have squeezed into.
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Emerald Vale
Half-hour tours of this brewery in a converted barn on a working farm include tasters of the four ales and an iced tea. The bar-restaurant (mains R65) serves food to complement the beer, including burgers and jalapeño poppers.
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Monk’s Cowl
Within uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Monk’s Cowl, another stunning slice of the Drakensberg range, offers superb hiking and rock climbing. Within the reserve are the three peaks Monk’s Cowl, Champagne Castle and Cathkin Peak.
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Mt Thesiger
Just north of the town centre on the banks of the Mzimvubu River, a sealed road (Concrete Rd) climbs to this favourite sunset spot – a flat-topped hill with a disused airstrip and one of the more spectacular views on the Wild Coast.
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Hester Rupert Art Museum
Located in one of South Africas oldest churches, a Dutch Reformed Mission church consecrated in 1821, this collection of South African paintings (and a few sculptures) from the 1950s and 60s includes the likes of Irma Stern.
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Cape Vidal
Twenty kilometres north of Mission Rocks (30km from St Lucia Estuary), taking in the land between Lake Bhangazi and the ocean, is Cape Vidal. Some of the forested sand dunes are 150m high and the beaches are excellent for swimming.
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Giant’s Castle
Established in 1904, mainly to protect the eland, Giant’s Castle is a rugged, remote and popular destination, with varying dramatic landscapes. The Giant’s Castle ridge itself is one of the most prominent features of the Berg.
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Entertainment Centre
As well as housing smoking and nonsmoking casinos, this two-storey centre has food courts, shops, cinemas and the Superbowl performance venue. Its style might best be described as nouveau Flintstone, embellished by a jungle theme.
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Mitchell’s Pass
To experience a little history of the region take a drive over the magnificent xxx. Completed in 1848, it became the main route onto the South African plateau to the north, remaining so until the Hex River Pass was opened in 1875.
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Walker Bay Reserve
There are good walks here, and birdwatching, along with the impressive Klipgat Caves, site of an archaeological discovery of Khoe-San artefacts. Dyer Island, a breeding colony for African penguins, is 7km off the Danger Point coast.
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Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve
Umgeni Valley Nature Reserve has giraffes, zebras, antelopes and six walking trails. Around 260 bird species have been recorded here. Families might like to stay at the reserve’s self-catering chalets or cottages (per person R170).
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Maguga Dam
This very scenic dam is on the Komati River, and was constructed to provide irrigation and energy to local communities. With its glittering waters surrounded by the muscular hills of the highveld, it fits the picture-postcard ideal.
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Long Tom
A replica of Long Tom, a Boer gun capable of heaving a shell 10km, is near the town hall. Long Tom was put out of action by a British raiding party during the Anglo-Boer War siege, but not before it had caused a great deal of damage.
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Leopard Statue
On the approach to Chapmans Peak Drive from Hout Bay look for this bronze leopard statue. It has been sitting there since 1963 and is a reminder of the wildlife that once roamed the area’s forests (which has also largely vanished).
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KwaMuhle Museum
This was formerly the Bantu Administration headquarters, where Durban’s colonial authorities formulated the structures of urban racial segregation (the ‘Durban System’), which were the blueprints of South Africa’s apartheid policy.
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Kalahari
Occupying the mission station established by Reverend Schröder in 1875, the museum focuses on local social history, with domestic and agricultural artefacts. Displays cover the Upington 26, who were wrongly jailed under apartheid.
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