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There is a lot of scenery to view in South Africa so much that you can fit in a scenic route within any other holiday that you maybe enjoying in South Africa. Every province has its own unruffled scenic routes.
Some of the popular routes include the Garden Route which is an icon of scenic beauty, the Lighthouse route which runs in secluded places along the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. If you take the Panorama Route in Mpumalanga you can view God’s Window, Lisbon Falls, Bourkes Luck Potholes, the Blyde River Canyon and three Rondavels.
Read more about South Africa’s amazing scenery under this section of the site.
| | | The hedonistic Edward VII revelled in South African wines, especially when he was Prince of Wales, while Napoleon quaffed it to console himself in exile. The flavour and quality of the renowned Cape wines continue to exert a strong international appeal.
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| | | Mamre is situated between Darling and Atlantis, within an hour's drive of Cape Town.
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| | | Art is a way of life for the people of the Limpopo province. Every piece of art, whether by world-renowned artist or villager, has something extraordinary about it. It is little wonder that one of the world’s longest art routes is in this province.
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| A mission station route has been established north of Cape Town, along the sparsely populated west coast. There the landscape varies between wild white sand beaches washed by icy Atlantic Ocean breakers, to the mystical Cape Folded Mountain ranges, to rolling croplands of canola, wheat and vineyards.In early spring, this dry land is often carpeted with short-lived but colourful flowers.
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| | | The region stretching from Clarens to Ladybrand in the Free State offers the perfect self-drive option, but make sure you have enough time to enjoy a few interesting stopovers along the way.
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| | | Taking in the evocative towns of Dullstroom, Lydenburg, Machadodorp and Waterval Boven, the Highlands Meander is for those who love big skies, rolling mountains and cool, crisp air.
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| | | Many 19th century South African passes, especially those in the Western Cape, are considered engineering marvels. Still in daily use, they offer travellers some of the most scenic drives in the world. Chillingly, each of those featured here is said to be haunted.
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| | | The N12 that runs from Witbank and passes through Johannesburg, Kimberley, Beaufort West and on to George is known variously as the alternative route to the tolled N1 to Cape Town, the scenic route, the diamond route, the battlefields route or the cultural route. To travellers in the know it is simply the Treasure Route.
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| | | You are about to enter a place as ancient as it is futuristic; a place where you can look back 13 billion years to the birth of our universe; a place where pre-dinosaurs roamed the Earth 250-million years ago; a place where 25 000 years ago the world’s first people looked into the heavens and followed the stars. A place called the Karoo Highlands.
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| | | From the misty heights of the Magoebaskloof mountains to the rolling bushveld plains of the Lowveld, the Valley of the Olifants Route highlights the best of the Limpopo’s natural diversity and culture.
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