SOUTH AFRICA
WHY TRAVEL HERE?
The ‘Rainbow Nation’ is a magnet for travellers for many reasons. Cape Town is widely regarded as one of the top tourist capitals in the world, with its scenic mountains, world-class winelands and restaurants, great range of beaches and a myriad of activities, like whale watching, to enjoy.
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The Kruger National Park tops the ‘Big Five’ parks in South Africa for superb game viewing and is easily accessible by regular scheduled & private charter flights. The Drakensberg offer spectacular mountain scenery, hiking and San/Bushman rock art, while the country has a vast choice of top beaches along the Garden Route, Eastern Cape & the Maputaland Marine Reserve several hours north of Durban in the Isimangaliso (formerly St Lucia) Wetland Park.
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Having eight World Heritage Sites in its fold, South Africa also enjoys, on average, 50 sunny hours per week, and has excellent world-class facilities in terms of lodges & hotels, competitive car hire and well-kept roads to self-drive, in addition to a well-priced network of internal flights to most major cities & hot spots like Kruger NP .
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
SOME MORE TO EXPLORE (see map)
1. Addo Elephant National Park
2. Cape Peninsula National Park
3. Cape Town
5. Garden Route
6. Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve
7. Karoo National Park
8. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
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17. Sabi Sands & Lowveld Reserves
18. Shamwari Game Reserve
19. Isimangaliso (St Lucia) Wetland Park
20. Sun City
21. The Eastern Cape & The Wild Coast
23. Tswalu Private Reserve
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INTERESTING FACTS
Size
People
Languages
Population
Capital
Per Capita GDP Currency
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Head of State
1 220 200 sq. km
73% mixture of Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Lebowa, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitshonga, Swati, Ndebele, 9% Coloured, 9% Afrikaner European, 6% British European, 3% Indian
Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Lebowa, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Swati , Ndebele
Approximately 39 million people
Pretoria (administrative) Cape Town (legislative)
US$2900
Rand
$1/R14
GMT / UTC +2 hours
President Ramaposa