Breakaway Destination Guides (International)
Breakaway’s Travel World
A Guide to Golden Lands and Faraway Places
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 South Africa Introduction
South Africa
'Land of the The Rainbow Nation' South Africa is one of the most beautiful and diverse countries you could wish to visit - offering amazing scenery, increasable wildlife, fascinating
culture and outstanding value for money.
What to See
Kruger National Park - This vast park features fantastic wildlife safaris alongside landscape attractions like the 'Blyde River
Canyon' and 'Pilgrim's Rest'.
Kwazulu Natal - In the shade of the Drakensberg mountains, Zulu women sell their wares and show visitors the skills of grass-weaving
(uhasha) or threading exquisite bead designs.
Wild Coast - (near Port St Johns) Africa untrammelled reveals itself in the rolling hills of the Eastern Cape. Pipe smoking women,
distinctive red blankets, clicking Xhose language and haunting music.
Port Elizabeth - An eccentric reminder of Britain in South Africa, the 'windy city' has find beaches a pyramid and an Oceanarium.
Karoo National Park - (near Beaufort West) The dinosaur skeleton park of this arid region attracts paleontologists.
Cape Town - South Africa's 'mother city' has the renovated 'Victoria and Albert Docks', 17th-century pentagonal
castle and the Parade's flower sellers.
District Six Museum - (In Cape Town) Homage to a once thriving, racially mixed community, destroyed under apartheid.
Robben Island - (off Cape Town) Nelson Mandela's prison cell draws many to the once-forbidden island, with views of Table Mountain,
it holds curiosities like a Muslim kramat (shrine) leper church and governor's house.
Activities
Hike the five-day Otter Trail in Tsitsikamma National Park.
Shop for spices and curios in Durban.
Grove to jazz, hip-hop and kwaito at Cape Town's North Sea Music Festival.
Ride an Ostrich in South Africa's Little Karoo.
Swim with Jackass penguins at sheltered Boulders Beach, near Cape Town.
Take a township tour to Soweto
Roll dice at a casino in Swaziland.
Footnotes:
 Will I be able to swim in the Sea?
Sea temperature is an important factor if you are planning to splash about on the beach. As a rule the sea is generally warmer towards the end of the summer season and
most holiday makers find 20-25° is a comfortable temperature. www.sea-temperature.com is a excellent round-up of the world's
waters, complete with current, average and recent temperatures.
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African Guides
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