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Cape Point / Cape Aghulus   Cape Town

Cape Point / Cape Aghulus, Cape Town

 22 Reviews  Cape Agulhas the REAL end of Africa!! Most people mistake Cape Point just a short drive from Cape Town for the southern most point of Africa. Heard same rubbish being told by touristguides. A glance... 

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Game Reserves   Johannesburg

Game Reserves, Johannesburg

 9 Reviews  Pilanesberg Park is only two hours from Johannesburg, and I had my guide drive me around the huge reserve for about fours hours (starting at noontime). But all I saw were deers, birds and a few wild... 

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camps   Kruger National Park

camps, Kruger National Park

 6 Reviews  THIS CAMP IS SMALL COMPARED TO THE OTHERS BUT STILL A NICE CAMP, THEY HAVE A GAME VIEWING HIDAWAY THAT ONE CAN SEE THE GAME FROM , ALL THE CHALETS ARE FULLY SERVICED DAILY, AND THEY HAVE GAME DRIVES... 

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West Coast   Cape Town

West Coast, Cape Town

 14 Reviews  You could be forgiven for not envisaging that you would ever be tempted to visit a disused mine site on your trip to South Africa, but perhaps the West Coast Fossil Park will make you change your... 

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Randburg Waterfront   Johannesburg

Randburg Waterfront, Johannesburg

 2 Reviews  One my my frustrations about the Johannesburg VT page is that the editing categories are confusingly inappropriate, and at least one of those categories (the 'Randburg Waterfront') doesn't exist... 

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landmarks   Kruger National Park

landmarks, Kruger National Park

 4 Reviews  About 25 kms south of Satara on the H1-3 is the southern most baobab in the park. It is quite large and worth seeing especially if you do not plan on heading to the northern part of the park where... 

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Wine Region   Cape Town

Wine Region, Cape Town

 15 Reviews  The language monument reminds the people to the official status of the African language. This monument exist out of grained granite that is made into concrete. The small columns remind that the... 

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walking safari   Kruger National Park

walking safari, Kruger National Park

 4 Reviews  This is probably the best way to get in touch with Africa... with the earth and animals. You will have to go on an organised tour with a guide. He will have a gun, and hopefully not have to use it!... 

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Kirstenbosch Gardens   Cape Town

Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town

 10 Reviews  Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens is worth a day on anyone's itinerary. While not a big fan of botanical gardens in general, Kirstenbosch is one of my favorite places on earth. It's impossible to... 

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Hermanus   Cape Town

Hermanus, Cape Town

 7 Reviews  Driving to Hermanus, which is 122kms from Cape Town, on the coast- is a wonderful days outing. As well as passing charming old fishing villages (now very 'in vogue') you will pass a few nature... 

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Lions Head   Cape Town

Lions Head, Cape Town

 5 Reviews  If you are going in a group you can climb up lions head. It is a fairly easy hike with the last bit being aided by chains. We always used to take champagne & nibbles & watch the most amazing... 

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Beaches   Cape Town

Beaches, Cape Town

 15 Reviews  Bloubergstrand is located about 25km North of Cape Town and it's the place to go for great fotos of the town with Table Mountain in the background (see my intro pic). The Beach is fantastic aswell and... 

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Penguins   Cape Town

Penguins, Cape Town

 4 Reviews  The Western Cape is rich in marine life and the little Penguins are definitely a big favourite of mine. They pretty much go wherever they like but obviously tend to gather in the areas they nest.... 

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Signal Hill   Cape Town

Signal Hill, Cape Town

 2 Reviews  We wanted to go up to Signal Hill to get a nice view of the city. We were not aware of the fact that you could actually drive to the very top and check it out. So we parked the car where you normally... 

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African Markets   Cape Town

African Markets, Cape Town

 3 Reviews   From the coastal road market, here's the picture of the 12 Feet Giraff! If I'm not mistaken, that giraff cost like US$150.00, but I was wondering how to lug that thing back home.. :)  

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A kiss could cost a life

by Moirads

John Kani is one of South Africa's great actors.Born in New Brighton, a black township in Port Elizabeth, in 1943, he used the stage as a platform for political activism. In 1985 this nearly cost him his life. New Brighton is off the beaten path for tourists. Even Port Elizabeth tends to be off the beaten path for tourists, yet many great political activists came from Port Elizabeth. Working with Sandra Prinsloo at The Baxter Theatre in Cape Town in a production, “Miss Julie” in 1985, the thespian pair had the first interracial stage kiss in the official history of South Africa. John Kani was stabbed eleven times by someone who didn't approve. Fortunately he survived.In 1988, in a production of Othello at The Market Theatre (which production I saw) he became the first black Othello to be paired with a white Desdamona (Joanne Weinberg) by director Janet Suzman (niece to the legendary...

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Standard Bank Young Artists 2012

by Moirads

These are deserving performing and visual artists who are under forty years old. They are given a boost by Standard Bank, which, amongst other things, commissions work from them for the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in July each year. Keep your eyes open on local arts pages (a good one is www.artslink.co.za) for these young artists.Kelebogile Boikanyo for music (she is an opera singer, a soprano and only 24 years old); Mikhael Subotzky for visual art (photographer); Princess Zinzi Mhlongo for theatre (director); Bailey Snyman for dance (he is a choreographer) and Africa Mkhize for jazz (he is a wonderful pianist).It is not always easy to access where these artists can be seen as they don't, obviously, have public work on display at all times, but if you are planning to attend the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in July they will definitely be there.Because their great...

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The reigning Miss South Africa

by cokes

Claudia Henkel was crowned Miss South Africa for 2004.The Miss South Africa Pagent will take place later this year. She will also be part-taking in the Miss World Competition later this year.Well if you wanna get a glimpse of the Babes from South Africa take a look at the website :0)

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Wilderness National Park, Restful and Beautiful

by Waxbag

Wilderness National Park is an beautiful estuary system that combines, wetlands, rivers, ocean, waterfalls, and hills. The park includes a strech from the Touw River mouth which opens to the Indian ocean a gorgous beaches to the Swartvlei estuary and beyond. It is rich in birdlife with over 250 species of birds recorded with the Knysna lourie and the various kingfishers. There is plenty of good accomodation including facilities at the main rest camp that is right in the middle of the lake system and Fairy Knowe which is nearby on a beautiful old farm. There is plenty of hiking in the park with well marked paths.The ocean is nearby with a large beautiful beach and the small village of Wilderness nearby has some small food stores and restaurants as well as a petrol station.The park is very accessible and a vehicle is not at all needed.

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where i originated from

by kenHuocj

APARTHEIDa dreaded word - means Legislated Racial Discriminationespecially for those who experienced it from the wrong sidein it's various intensities.a sweet sour aspect of South Africa 1652-19942004 ten years after SuidAfrika's Uhurumemories linger,too many have left,but their hearts remain in their Fatherlandbraais, wyn, putu, mampoer, maheu and njamaare familiar items that remind us - SuidAfrikaanse Diasporian our originsand experiencesboth good, badand otherwisedis nog a lekkah landchallenged and moving ahead

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Drakensberg Mountain's

by geanster

I didn't take the time to hike these mountains but the friends of mine who did really enjoyed it. We did drive through the area and took some lovely photo's like the one I've attached. We stopped and had brunch at a little hotel in the area called Little Switzerland and soaked in the view. I have a restaurant tip for it if you'd like to find the contact information for it.The hiking is supposed to be amazing as well as the bird-watching if you're into that. I will definitely try to spend more time there my next time around. The following excerpt comes from the very detailed and helpful website I gave the link for below..."The Drakensberg mountains of South Africa or uKhahlamba (the Barrier of Spears) is a 200-kilometre-long mountainous wonderland and world heritage site. The largest proportion of the South African component of this area falls in the kingdom of KwaZulu-Natal."

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Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve

by geanster

It's this beautiful place with crazy rocks jutting out over nothing and waterfalls, and abseiling. Many of my friends did the jump. It looked awesome though! On the drive around the gorge, Ron threw on the brakes and jumped out to watch a Puff Adder slither across the road. It was rather small, but they're supposed to be very poisonous. I couldn't get quite as comforatable walking through the weeds after that. Where there's one, there's more. That's my motto. There was one ledge we were all standing on and someone walked over to another vantage point and said, "wait till you see what you're standing on." We eventually made it to where he was and saw that there was nothing under us at all! ..."Take the Harding road from Port Shepstone, turn right to the Oribi Gorge (only 12 kilometers from Port Shepstone) and prepare for some breathtaking scenery and high adventure. The Oribi Gorge was...

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Vicky's B&B

by caslu

We visited this tiny B&B (self-described as the smallest hotel in Africa) in the township of Khayelitsha but I didn't believe it when she told me that Vicky's B&B was in the Lonely Planet so I looked it up and Vicky Ntozini deserves the dynamic review they gave her. It's definitely not going to be found on any luxury tour but I highly recommend a township visit and if visit Vicky's, a visit to the shebeen across the street.

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BO-KAAP MUSEUM

by ronaldpk

The Bo-Kaap district is located west of Long Street - the main avenue is De Waal Straat. It's a muslim neighbourhood inhabited by the descendants of Malay slaves from today's Indonesia who were brought here by the Dutch colonists. They have retained their colourful Asian culture giving Kaapstad this Oriental flavour ( they are also the ones who brought curry with them among other things).Bo-Kaap has cute little houses painted pink, yellow, blue and plenty of mosques. It's also a great place for shopping if you're a curry lover - we found this store on De Waal Straat full of spices, Middle-Eastern books.Bo-Kaap Museum has a display of typical Bo-Kaap houses with a brief history of segregation in South Africa. We were quite shocked when looking at the photos with signs " Beach for Whites only", et.c. My sister-in-law is originally from Afghanistan - she realised that she would be...

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Full of Off The Beaten Path places.

by Gili_S

For me almost every place I visited here was Off The Beaten Path! I did not care less for any city or shopping mall, not even any interesting piece of architecture, but I was here for off the beaten places, even if crowded, those were all new for me, the forest, the savannah, the sea and the mountains. But if I have to name one place is it surely the Drakensberg mountains, it cannot get any better then that.

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  1. Cape Town Off The Beaten Path
  2. Johannesburg Off The Beaten Path
  3. Durban Off The Beaten Path
  4. Kruger National Park Off The Beaten Path
  5. Pretoria Off The Beaten Path
  6. Sun City Off The Beaten Path
  7. Port Elizabeth Off The Beaten Path
  8. Knysna Off The Beaten Path
  9. Plettenberg Bay Off The Beaten Path
  10. Oudtshoorn Off The Beaten Path
  11. Drakensberg Off The Beaten Path
  12. Stellenbosch Off The Beaten Path
  13. Soweto Off The Beaten Path
  14. Franschhoek Off The Beaten Path
  15. Mossel Bay Off The Beaten Path
  16. Hluhluwe Game Reserve Off The Beaten Path
  17. Grahamstown Off The Beaten Path
  18. Richards Bay Off The Beaten Path
  19. Hartbeespoort Off The Beaten Path
  20. Amanzimtoti Off The Beaten Path
  21. Port Alfred Off The Beaten Path
  22. Lake Saint Lucia Off The Beaten Path
  23. George Off The Beaten Path
  24. Sandton Off The Beaten Path
  25. Graaff-Reinet Off The Beaten Path
  26. Pilgrim's Rest Off The Beaten Path
  27. Addo Elephant National Park Off The Beaten Path
  28. Pilanesberg Off The Beaten Path
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  31. Kenton on Sea Off The Beaten Path
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  35. Hermanus Off The Beaten Path
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  37. Robben Island Off The Beaten Path
  38. Tsitsikamma Nasionale Park Off The Beaten Path

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