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South Africa provides natural beauty in a number of forms: beaches, mountains, deserts, nature reserves and wildlife (the big 5!), winelands, extreme adventure sports and great restaurants.The country is made up of 9 provinces, each with their own distinct characteristics.

The main tourist destinations include Cape Town, Kruger National Park, and the Garden Route.

South Africa also has a thriving art culture. Local artists continue to flourish in the cities and in smaller communities.

South Africa is not without its problems - unemployment and the resulting poverty which results in some crime, so watch your belongings in the same way that you need to in most major cities.
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Travel and Tourism Guides for Popular Cities in South Africa

  1. Cape Town
  2. Johannesburg
  3. Durban
  4. Kruger National Park
  5. Lajuma Research Station
  6. Pretoria
  7. Stellenbosch
  8. Plettenberg Bay
  9. Port Elizabeth
  10. Nelspruit
  11. KwaZulu Natal
  12. Knysna
  13. Sun City
  14. Oudtshoorn
  15. Hermanus
  16. Mpumalanga
  17. Kruger Park
  18. Bloemfontein
  19. Robben Island
  20. Wilderness
  1. Franschhoek
  2. Hluhluwe
  3. Mossel Bay
  4. East London
  5. Capetown
  6. Panorama
  7. Coffee Bay
  8. Addo
  9. Paarl
  10. Komatipoort
  11. Hoedspruit
  12. Ndwana
  13. George
  14. Hazyview
  15. Sodwana Bay
  16. Graaff Reinet
  17. Limpopo
  18. Stormsrivier
  19. Jeffreys Bay
  20. Somerset West
  1. Pezulu Tree House Game Reserve
  2. Simon's Town
  3. St Lucia
  4. Pietermaritzburg
  5. Swellendam
  6. Centurion
  7. Polokwane
  8. Botswana
  9. Cape Point
  10. Phalaborwa
  11. Montagu
  12. Winterton
  13. Table View
  14. Krueger National Park
  15. Kaapstad
  16. Port Nolloth
  17. Richards Bay
  18. Strand
  19. Grahamstown
  20. Muizenberg
  1. Bela Bela
  2. Clarens
  3. Pilgrim's Rest
  4. Soweto
  5. Citrusdal
  6. Sani Pass
  7. Benoni
  8. Cintsa
  9. Midrand
  10. Kimberley
  11. Table Mountain
  12. Thohoyandou
  13. Pilanesberg National Park
  14. st. lucia
  15. Entabeni Game Reserve
  16. Robertson
  17. Drakensberg
  18. Boksburg
  19. Desolation valley
  20. Umhlanga Rocks

Travel and Tourism Guides for Regions in South Africa

South Africa Travel Blogs

Jetsetting to Johannesburg!
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Jul 18, 2008 - Jul 24, 2008
This is Tuesday afternoon. I am currently lounging on the outdoor terrace of my hotel—the Holiday Inn Maputo. It is one of the few better hotels that sit right on the beach. Writing this journal is difficult, because I am constantly being distracted by the beautiful beach sprawled out before me. Maputo is a very poor city, though you would never know it from this viewpoint. This morning we had more orientation meetings, but the rest of the day is now free time. I will be traveling to ...
134 photos 3,106 words 105 comments
Durban
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May 30, 2006 - Jun 09, 2006
May 30th The feelings I experienced while stepping off the plane for the first time in Africa were quite overwhelming. It was my 5th continent to visit and I was ready to explore with my Lonely Planet guide in my hand (even though I was incredibly jet lagged)! I could not stop looking out the window of my coach on the way to the hotel. Durban was a very green city. It was a delight to see so much land presently uncultivated. The city was made up of a province called KwaZulu-Natal, which w...
114 photos 4,163 words 104 comments
Hello Africa
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Apr 03, 2006 - Jul 31, 2007
Our last bit of sightseeing.  Today we set out on a trip to Cape Point, that in the summer would be fantastic, but we unfortunately didn't pick the right day for it. Our guide first of all took us to a place on the coast  - Hout Bay - where we could go on a boat to a little island to see seals.  There were nine of us on the bus, and nobody moved - we felt sea sick just looking at the swell today.  Next stop was a penguin colony, and thankfully on land.  Several thousa...
1,079 photos 71,946 words 153 comments
Cape Town
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Nov 02, 2006 - Dec 27, 2006
I almost didn't go up it... if i knew what iwas going to miss out on i would have been so upset! Table mountain is absolutely spectacular, its a national park and has all sorts of interesting plants and lizards and things. at one point, when i was the only person on the footpath for ages, i actually got stopped by a lizard who was crossing the path to grab a fly. it was really funny, then it just sort of scuttled off. And the view is phenomenal. When i was up there it was partly clear and par...
140 photos 14,208 words 81 comments

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