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Zululand |
| Ancestral home of the Zulu nation, Zululand offers tourists
a variety of spectacular terrains - from sparse bushveld and grassy
plains teeming with game to sugar plantations and wetland swamps.
The Umfolozi-Hluhluwe, Ndumo and Makhuze game parks have excellent
facilities for animal and bird viewing. The greater St. Lucia wetland
Park, recently proclaimed a world heritage site is the largest estuarine
system in Africa, offering visitors exceptional outdoor experiences,
from boating with hippos to scuba diving with coral reefs. |
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- Maputaland
The coastal plain in north-eastern Kwa-Zulu, containing
Ndumo and Mkhuze game reserves, the Tembe Elephant Park,
the Kosi Bay National Park and Lake Sibaya.
- Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park
It is the largest protected wetlands and annual breeding
ground of the Leatherback Turtle in South Africa.
- Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park
It is one of the largest game reserves in Southern Africa,
offering big five, lots of wildlife and viewing facilities.
- Shakaland Village and Hotel
This will give you an authentic Zulu cultural experience.
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Overberg |
| Overberg literally means 'over the mountain', is Africa's
most southerly region. It extends from mountain foothills through
verdant wheatfields and vineyards to the Indian ocean coastline. Cape
Agulhas is where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet. The waters off
the overberg coast have become a popular breeding ground for whales. |
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- Whale watching
Every year from July to Novemeber, Southern Right Whales
come into the waters around Hermanus. This brings thousands
of out of season visitors to some of the world's best land
based whale viewing.
- Swellendam
It is the most charming of towns at the foot of Langeberg
range of mountains. The Bontebok national park and Breede
River are nearby attractions.
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West Coast |
| The largest and the most varied region of the Western
Cape. The West Coast offers a 400 meters shoreline dotted with picturesque
harbors and fishing villages set amid fields of wildflowers. Inland,
the rolling golden wheatfields, fruit and the wine farms of the Swartland
and the Olifants River Valley rise to the rugged Cedarberg mountains. |
| Top Sights |
- Langeberg Lagoon & West Coast National Park
One of the country's largest wetlands and a paradise for
bird lovers, hikers and wild flower enthusiasts.
- Spring flowers
In the months of August-September annual wild flower shows
are held at Clanwilliam, Hopefield and Darling.
- Cedarberg
It is a wilderness area for camping, hiking, watersports,
bird watching and wild flower viewing.
- Club Mykonos Resort & Casino
It is a great waterfront location with amenities and entertainment
area.
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Wild Coast |
| It stretches from Port St. Johns in the north to Kei
Mouth in the south. This stretch of coast offers some of the best
angling, hiking, and diving and of course the magnificent casinos. |
| ~ Top Sights ~ |
- Port St. Johns
There are many top quality resorts and the stretch offers
excellent surf, fly and spear fishing as well as deep sea
charters.
- Hole in the Wall
A striking rock formation, 8 kms from Coffee Bay.
- Nelson Mandela Museum
In Umtata recounts the life of the world icon. Mandela's
birthplace, Qunu, is nearby.
- Wild Coast Sun
A casino, golfing and beach resort on the border with Kwa-Zulu-Natal.
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Battlefields |
| Situated in KwaZulu-Natal, between the Free State and
Mpumalanga borders lies the area known as battlefields. Some of the
most important battles in South African history were fought here;
Zulu vs Boer, Zulu vs the British and Boer vs British. One of the
most terrible battles of this region was the Battle of Blood River
where the river ran red with the blood of the Zulus.
This place is studded with hills, dams and trout streams.
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