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Robert Stanford Estate
The white wines here are good, particularly the sauvignon blanc. There’s also a small distillery producing grappa and a charming country restaurant open for lunch.
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Shell Museum
The Shell Museum, next to Jeffrey’s Bay Tourism, contains over 350 deep-water and rare shells. Out of the sea they look beautiful but rather sad in their glass boxes.
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Lydenburg Museum
On a rainy day, Lydenburg Museum is worth poking your nose into. It’s located at the entrance to Gustav Klingbiel Nature Reserve about 3km east of town along Rte 37.
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Water Slide
At the eastern end of Muizenbergs promenade, this popular attraction is packed with children and families enjoying the twisting slide and splashing in the shallow pools.
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Engelhard Dam
This dam on the Letaba River along the S62 is worth a visit. Waterbucks and lions are regularly sighted here, and en route you may pass elephants, buffaloes and steenboks.
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Colonial
There are plenty of colonial-era buildings that are worth a look: the defunct Rissik St Post Office and City Hall , now a sometime concert venue, are among the finest.
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Shell House
Another of the art deco buildings on Greenmarket Sq, this building once housed the South African headquarters of petrochemicals company Shell. Its now a hotel and restaurant.
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Hector Pieterson Memorial
North of Vilakazi St is Hector Pieterson Sq. It’s named after the 13-year-old who was shot dead in the run-up to the Soweto uprising in 1976, and it features this poignant memorial.
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Luchaba Nature Reserve
Luchaba Nature Reserve is on the Mthatha Dam, next to the water-sports area. The reserve has zebras, wildebeests and antelope species, as well as many species of wetland birds.
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KwaZulu
Located 2km west of the train station on the continuation of Hoosen Haffejee St and spread over 4200 sq m, these gardens have exotic species and indigenous mist-belt flora.
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Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School
Just off Dragon Peaks Rd are South Africa’s singing ambassadors the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School. There are public performances at 3.30pm on Wednesday during school terms.
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Paarl Museum
Housed in the Oude Pastorie (Old Parsonage), built in 1714, this museum has an interesting collection of Cape Dutch antiques and relics of Huguenot and early Afrikaner culture.
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Alanglade
A former mine-manager’s residence at the northern edge of town, beautifully decked out in 1920s style with original artefacts. Tours need to be booked 30 minutes in advance.
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Port Natal Maritime Museum
On a service road running parallel to Margaret Mncadi Ave you can explore two former steam tugs and see the huge wicker basket once used for hoisting passengers onto ocean liners.
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Mohale Dam Visitors Centre
The visitors centre is 15km from the main road, signposted west of Mohale village. It offers dam views, a guided tour (M10) and boat cruises (per person from M100; book ahead).
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Great Fish River Museum
Housed in the former Dutch Reformed Church parsonage (1849), the museums exhibits cover local topics including 19th-century pioneer life. Find it behind the Municipal Building.
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City Hall
Dominating the city centre is the opulent 1910 Edwardian neobaroque City Hall. In front of the hall is Francis Farewell Square , where Fynn and Farewell made their camp in 1824.
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Namaqua House
On the corner of Shortmarket St, Namaqua House is of the City Bowls many art deco gems. Baran’s cafe here has a wrap-around balcony providing a great view over Greenmarket Sq.
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Macrorie House Museum
Built in 1860, this old family residence is furnished in Victorian style. Here you’ll find furniture and items of the early British settlers, and plenty of documented ghosts!
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De Grendel
The closest of the Durbanville wineries to Cape Town has a jaw-dropping view of Table Mountain from its tasting room. Theres also a good restaurant and a large fynbos garden.
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