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12 Best South African Experiences |
South Africa is well endowed with a large assortment of wonderful experiences so much that it is almost impossible to come up with a list of the very best experiences.
You can enjoy the sweet scent of desert that amazingly turns into a colourful carpet of flowers in Spring or you can choose to see the big five in one of the world’s most recognized national parks or simply take a journey to a deeper understanding of the country and humankind through some of the country’s heritage sites.
There are vibrant cities and thrilling townships to give you a memorable South African urban experience and there are blue flag beaches to chill out on - There are just a lot of wonderful South African explorations to spoil your choice.
South African Tourism has listed the top 12 experiences that can give you fabulous fun. They include tours of the Drakensburg, Kruger National Park, Venda Art route, Namaqualand, Soweto, St Lucia Wetlands, Whale Watching, Sun City, The Cape Town Heritage Route, Garden Route, Backpacking and the Maloti route of the Free State province.
There are however, a lot more South African experiences to suit any holiday of your choice.
| | | Once the symbol of oppression, Robben Island is now a ‘cultural and conservation showcase for the new South African democracy’, an international icon of the triumph of good over evil....
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| | | There are Kruger National Park fans who never venture south of the Crocodile River – they call it ‘the zoo’.
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| | | South Africa's famous Garden Route started off only encompassing a narrow coastal stretch of 300 km between Mossel Bay and the Tsitsikamma Mountains....
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| | | The Northern Cape's Namaqualand region is unique in every way. During the springtime this gentle desert erupts into a myriad of wildflowers in dazzling array....
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| | | So, where to? Soweto , of course! The biggest and most populous of all townships in South Africa is now buzzing with a new spirit of celebrating the unique culture, heritage and history of struggle....
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| | | There are few places in the world where you can meet at least four world-class artists in the space of a day.
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| | | The Western Cape is home to the most colourful Wine Route in the world, with local wine estates beautifully appointed marvels of décor, landscaping and ritual. Here’s a selection of Cape wine estates to introduce you to the lure of the vine…...
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| | | The soaring peaks of South Africa’s Drakensberg mountain range run in a ragged sickle shape along the eastern part of the country, dividing KwaZulu-Natal’s highlands from Lesotho....
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| | | South African nature lovers were thoroughly alarmed when a large mining company announced its plans to mine the ancient dunes of Lake St Lucia for titanium and related minerals in the early 1990s....
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| | | Leaving behind their icy feeding grounds off Antarctica, the Southern Rights head for warmer climates to mate and calve.
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