South Africa
Republic of South Africa
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About South Africa
South Africa is a large, diverse and incredibly beautiful country with a wide variety in landscape and wildlife with deserts, snow-covered mountains, forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps. It offers a large diversity of African cultures with the chance to visit traditional tribal villages, reserves and sprawling townships.
Some of the must see beauties include:
- Cape Town - the mother city with its famous landmarks Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope
- The famous Cape Winelands around Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek.
- The Garden Route
- The Kruger National Park (KNP) or one of the smaller parks, like the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Park or the Addo Elephant National Park
- Durban - especially the Indian market and the beaches
- The Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park
- The Drakensberg mountain range, if you like hiking
- The semi-desert Karoo and the famous ostrich farms near Oudtshoorn, as well as the Big Hole in the diamond city of Kimberley.
Top destinations in South Africa
Cities in South Africa
- Bloemfontein
- Cape Town
- Drakensberg
- Durban
- East London
- Fish Hoek
- Graskop
- Hermanus
- Hoedspruit
- Hout Bay
- Jeffreys Bay
- Johannesburg
- Knysna
- Kommetjie
- Mossel Bay
- Nelspruit
- Oudtshoorn
- Port Elizabeth
- Pretoria
- Salt Rock
- Springs
- Stellenbosch
- White River
- Wilderness
General information
- Capital: Pretoria
- Language: 11 official languages: Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Sesotho sa Leboa, Setswana, SiSwati, Tshivenda, and Xitsonga
- Climate: South Africa has a great variety of climate zones, from the extreme desert of the Kalahari near Namibia to lush subtropical climate along the border with Mozambique
- Timezone: UTC+2
- Currency: 1 Rand (ZAR) = 100 cents
- Electricity plugs: m (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 45.3 Million (UN, 2005)
- Interl. accesscode +27
- Toplevel domain .za
- Travel alert: EnjoyYourWorld strongly advises you to take necessary precautions for a safe travel. For more info please follow this link
Good to know
South Africa's ethnic diversity carries many cultural identities of different racial and language groups which can be found throughout the country, each with their own food, music, and dance.
The people are very friendly and always prepared to help you on your way and advice you.
Religion: Christian 68%, Muslim 2%, Hindu 1.5%, indigenous beliefs and animist 28.5%
National holidays: Freedom Day, 27 April
Travel tips
Golf mecca!
South Africa - especially the Garden Route - has the most beautiful golf courses! We had our golf holiday organized by Platinum Golf Tours (www.platinumgolf.co.za). They are highly professional, listen to your wishes and know what they are talking about. We opted for a self-drive holiday, but they also organize guided tours. Speak to Jessie, she's wonderful!
Posted on 10-04-2008 by Janneke Waterkant
Daktari Wildlife Orphanage
If you are looking for accommodation while you are traveling in the Limpopo Province, you can stay with Ian and Michele at Daktari. It's a non profit organisation where they invite local underprivileged children for an educational week using their wildlife orphanage as a medium. Friendly and family atmosphere. Their website address is www.africanorphanage.com
Posted on 01-10-2007 by Ina Thomsen
See Wild life
When you're in South Africa you cannot miss going to one of the many wild life parks there. We visited Addo Elephant Park and Kruger. Both are very recommended!Posted on 23-12-2006 by estetika
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