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Langa Quarter
An old primary school is the base for this impressive social enterprise project, which aims to transform the surrounding area into a precinct for galleries, shops, restaurants, bars and cafes with broad, cross-cultural appeal. Theres a cafe, gift shop and Table Mountain Yellow Fram
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Addo Elephant National Park
Located 70km north of Port Elizabeth, South Africas third-largest national park protects the remnants of the huge elephant herds that once roamed the Eastern Cape. When Addo was proclaimed a national park in 1931, there were only 11 elephants left; today there are more than 600 in
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Green Point Stadium
Shaped like a wavy cloud and wrapped with a glass-fibre membrane designed to catch and reflect natural light, the 68, 000 seat, 258m-tall Green Point Stadium is Cape Town’s most striking piece of contemporary architecture. Find out more about the new stadium and South African socce
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Knysna Lagoon
The Knysna Lagoon opens between two sandstone cliffs known as the Heads – once proclaimed by the British Royal Navy to be the most dangerous harbour entrance in the world. There are good views from the eastern head, and from the Featherbed Nature Reserve on the western head.The bes
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Tokai Forest
This wooded section of Table Mountain National Park, south of Constantia, is a favourite spot for picnics, mountain biking and walks. The most challenging walk is the 6km hike up to Elephant’s Eye Cave , within the Silvermine section of the park; the zigzag path is fairly steep and
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Mkhaya Game Reserve
This top-notch and stunning private reserve was established in 1979 to save the pure Nguni breed of cattle from extinction. It’s known, however, for its black and white rhino population (it boasts that you’re more likely to meet rhinos here than anywhere else in Africa and, judging
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Cat Conservation Trust
If you’re feeling slightly blasé about the Big Five, it’s time to head for the Small Four at the Cat Conservation Trust, a project run by Richard and Marion Holmes. The servals, caracals, African wild cats and black-footed cats are little known and much maligned by farmers, but the
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Malolotja Nature Reserve
The beautiful reserve is a true wilderness area that’s rugged and, in the most part, unspoiled. The terrain ranges from mountainous and high-altitude grassland to forest and lower-lying bushveld. The reserve is laced by streams and cut by three rivers, including the Komati River, w
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Schotia Game Reserve
Schotia Game Reserve is contiguous with Addo (accessed from the N10 south of Paterson). Aiming to evoke the bush before humans arrived, Schotia was the first local reserve to introduce lions that hunt for themselves; their numbers have since been reduced from 18 to seven, to give t
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Ndumo Game Reserve
A little further west, the Ndumo Game Reserve is beside the Mozambique border and close to the Swaziland border, about 100km north of Mkuze. On some 10,000 hectares, there are black and white rhinos, hippos, crocodiles and antelope species, but its the bird life on the Phongolo and
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Casa Labia Cultural Centre
This magnificent seaside villa built in 1930 was once the palatial home of Italian ambassador Count Natale Labia and his South African wife. It now hosts a program of concerts, lectures and events, as well as housing works from the Labia family’s art collection (including paintings
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Greenmarket Square
This cobbled square is Cape Town’s second-oldest public space after the Grand Parade. It hosts a lively and colourful crafts and souvenir market daily. Apart from the Old Town House, the square is also surrounded by some choice examples of art deco architecture, including Market Ho
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Long Street
A stroll along Long St is an essential element of a Cape Town visit. This busy commercial and nightlife thoroughfare, partly lined with Victorian-era buildings featuring lovely wrought-iron balconies, once formed the border of the Muslim Bo-Kaap. Along it you’ll find the Palm Tree
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Ithala Game Reserve
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife’s Ithala Game Reserve is severely underrated. It has all the assets of a private wildlife reserve but much lower prices. It also doesn’t get the crowds that flock into Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, as it’s slightly off the main routes, but its captivating in its own way.
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South African Museum
South Africa’s oldest museum may be showing its age, but it does contain a wide and often intriguing series of exhibitions, many on the country’s natural history. The best galleries are the newest, showcasing the art and culture of the area’s first peoples, the Khoekhoen and San, a
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Moffat Mission
The London Missionary Society established the Moffat Mission in 1816. It was named after long-serving Scottish missionaries Robert and Mary Moffat. They converted the local Batlhaping people to Christianity, started a school and translated the Bible into Tswana. The mission became
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Karoo National Park
The Karoo National Park covers 330 sq km of impressive Karoo landscapes and representative flora. Lions have been reintroduced and you might also spot black rhinos. More commonly sighted are dassies (agile, rodentlike mammals, also called hyraxes) and bat-eared foxes. Larger mammal
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Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary
While it doesn’t have the drama or vastness of some of the bigger South African parks, this tranquil reserve near Lobamba is well worth a visit: it’s beautiful, tranquil and easily accessible. The landscape is another highlight; its terrain is dominated by the Nyonyane Mountain, wh
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Anglo
The Brits and Boers really had it out in the land surrounding Kimberley between 1899 and 1902. The siege of Kimberley lasted for 124 days before the British army of Lords Roberts and Kitchener relieved the town on 15 February 1900. The Honoured Dead Memorial, for those who lost the
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Iziko Slave Lodge
Dating back to 1660, the Slave Lodge is one of the oldest buildings in South Africa. Once home to as many as 1000 slaves, the lodge has a fascinating history; it has also been used as a brothel, a jail, a mental asylum, a post office, a library and the Cape Supreme Court in its tim
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