ADVENTURING THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA

Note: This info is forever changing, so before you go please double check that the information is up to date! If you have additional resources you think would benefit the wider community please email us!

Port Elizabeth: 

• St Croix Island is home to the largest breeding colony of African penguins in the world

• Go surfing or just enjoy the beach — with white sandy beaches and warm water you won’t need an 8 mm wetsuit if you go swimming

• Cape Recife Nature Reserve — small reserve is considered the best spot for sighting marine and freshwater birds 

• Visit the Opera House — the last Victorian opera house in the Southern Hemisphere

• Addo Elephant Park — the third largest national park in South Africa, the park has expanded to conserve a wide range of biodiversity, landscapes, fauna and flora.

• Makhanda (formerly known as Grahamstown) — National Arts Festival - the largest arts festival on the African continent and one of the largest performing arts festivals in the world

• Visit local museums — The Volkswagen AutoPavilion; The Old Railway Museum; The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum

Bethulie — visit The Book Hotel “The Royal”

Durban:

• Check out Drakensberg mountains, ski resort- Tiffindell, Royal Natal National Park

• Popular beaches include: Umhlanga Rocks Beach, North Beach, Umdloti Beach, Amanzimtoti, Ansteys Beach, Zimbali Beach, and Willard Beach in Ballit

• Head further up the coast to St. Lucia and kayak with hippos or watch Leatherback and Loggerhead turtles lay eggs. For the scuba diving enthusiasts, Sodwana Bay, Aliwal Shoal, and Protea Banks offer some of the best scuba diving in South Africa. Check out Cape Vidal Beach

• Home to the Golden Mile – a stretch of beautiful coastline that is the pride and joy of KZN

Pretoria:

• Yadah Castle Hammam (Turkish Bath House)

Johannesburg:

• Apartheid Museum — the pre-eminent museum in the world dealing with 20th century South Africa, the museum illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid.

• Maboneng Precinct — at the epicentre of a cultural renaissance with a mix of restaurants, coffee shops, clothing boutiques, art galleries, and retail and studio space, and more… Sundays they host Market On Main 

• The Arts Alive Festival — street art walking tours on first Thursdays of the month. communities are invited to celebrate our cultures through the arts during Heritage Month

• Don’t miss out on the Yswawa Tea Room and Real Mexican Food Real Easy at pop up markets

Mpumalanga:

• Do the Panorama Route:

  • Visit Blyde River Canyon — one of the largest canyons on Earth, and it may be the largest 'green canyon' due to its lush subtropical foliage

  • Viewing it from God’s Window is incredible

  • Waterfall Hunting — Horseshoe Falls, Lone Creek Falls, Berlin Falls, and Mac-Mac Falls

Safari Lodges:

• Balule Nature Reserve — email Elize Taylor

• For special deals: email Priscilla Macy or Pam Buttner, or check out Karongwe River Lodge

• Other Safari’s that people have recommended — Shindzela, Elephant Plains, Kambaku Lodge

• What to Pack: Items things for windchill (ear coverings, scarf, fingerless gloves), if you go on a long drive you’ll be peeing in the bush- so ladies bring what you need accordingly, allergy medicine, Tylenol and a reuseablewater bottle

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