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Penguin Rehabilitation Centre
Next to Seal Point Lighthouse, this haven for endangered African penguins is funded entirely by donations. You can adopt a starving penguin (R600) that will be cared for and released when healthy.
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Time Ball Tower
Built in 1894, this was once used to signal the time to ships in the bay: when the big red ball on the roof was lowered down a metal spike, ships masters in harbour could adjust their chronometers.
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Woodhead Reservoir
This is one of five reservoirs created on top of Table Mountain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is named after Sir John Woodhead, the mayor at the time when it was completed in 1897.
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Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve
Found on a river mouth just north of town, the reserve is home to many bird species (despite its small size: 2600 sq m). Trails lead through stunning dune forest, across the lagoon and onto the beach.
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SA Mission Museum
The South African Missionary Society was founded by Reverend Vos in 1799 with the aim of converting slaves to Christianity. This church, dating from 1804, was South Africas first official slave church.
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PheZulu Safari Park
PheZulu Safari Park is a reptile park, game park (with impalas, zebras, giraffes and others) and a small Disneyland-style traditional Zulu village. Game drives are available (R150 per person).
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Drostdy Wines
Built in 1806 and almost destroyed in an earthquake but completely restored, Drostdy is worth a visit. Informal help-yourself tastings take place by candlelight in the atmospheric former jail.
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Three Anchor Bay
This small, rocky beach has easy access from the promenade. Its from here that the bohemian poet Ingrid Jonker, considered the Sylvia Plath of South Africa, committed suicide by drowning in 1965.
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Gustav Klingbiel Nature Reserve
Gustav Klingbiel Nature Reserve is 20 sq km of prime birdwatching territory, but those not into our feathered friends can look out for zebras, impalas and kudus. Its 3km east of town along Rte 37.
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Vasco da Gama Clock
This florid Victorian monument on the embankment, just east of Stalwart Simelane St, was presented by the Portuguese government in 1897 to mark the 400th anniversary of Vasco da Gama’s sighting of Natal.
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Muizenberg Synagogue
Muizenberg had a large Jewish population in the 1920s and ‘30s and this red-and-white painted synagogue dates from that era. It still opens for services on Friday nights, Saturday mornings and Jewish holidays.
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Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
This small nature reserve is 8km southeast of town and set within a timber plantation. There is a 10km scenic drive, plus hiking trails ranging from 5km to 18km. A hiking map is available at the entrance.
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Graham Beck
Tastings of award-winning syrah and the world-class bubblies (R75) are in a striking modern building with huge plate-glass windows. The winery comes as a breath of fresh air after all those Cape Dutch estates.
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Isandlwana Visitors Centre
The Isandlwana Visitors Centre has a small museum; the entrance fee includes the battlefield. The battlefield itself is extremely evocative. White cairns and memorials mark the spots where British soldiers fell.
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Old Harbour Museum
The museum doesn’t have a lot going for it, but outside there’s a display of old fishing boats and the admission fee includes entrance to the more interesting Whale House Museum and the Photographic Museum.
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Standard Bank Art Gallery
A wonderfully light-filled building featuring regularly changing exhibitions by important South African artists. It also has a permanent African art collection, some of which is on display at Wits University.
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Van Ryn Brandy Cellar
This brandy distillery runs superb tours, which include a barrel-making display and end with your choice of tasting. Options include pairing brandy with chocolate or charcuterie and sampling brandy cocktails.
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Elephants for Africa for Ever
Anyone for football with an elephant? Popular conservation centre Elephants for Africa for Ever offers up-close ‘elephant interactions’. It’s 11km north of Mooketsi on Rte 36, 200m after the second bridge.
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Hugh Exton Photographic Museum
Set in a restored 19th-century church, this museum covers Polokwane’s first half-century and the second Anglo-Boer War through the work of the prolific photographer Hugh Exton, who left 23,000 glass negatives.
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Dresden Store
The Dresden Store is a general store recreated as it would have been in 1930s, complete with flying ceramic ducks on the wall. Admission includes entry to the Printing, House and Central Garage Transport Museums.
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