South Africa Off The Beaten Path

  "Jumping" Sea Lions, Cape Town, SA
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  •   "Jumping" Sea Lions, Cape Town, SA
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  •   "Jumping" Sea Lions, Cape Town, SA
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  •   "Jumping" Sea Lions, Cape Town, SA
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  •   "Jumping" Sea Lions, Cape Town, SA
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  •   "Jumping" Sea Lions, Cape Town, SA
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Cape Point / Cape Aghulus   Cape Town

Cape Point / Cape Aghulus, Cape Town

 21 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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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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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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Hermanus   Cape Town

Hermanus, Cape Town

 6 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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Beaches   Cape Town

Beaches, Cape Town

 14 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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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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Penguins   Cape Town

Penguins, Cape Town

 5 Reviews  The penguins at Boulders Beach in Simon's Town, about 45 minutes drive out of Cape Town are such an established part of the tourist landscape that most people don't realise that the colony was only... 

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Lions Head   Cape Town

Lions Head, Cape Town

 4 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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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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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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Zululand

by AndreSTGT

Zululand is a land of beautiful, green rolling hills and traditional rondavel villages. It's the home of the Zulu tribe which is probably South Africa's most famous tribe due to the TV series 'Shaka Zulu'.In Babanango, a remote backwater, it seems to be mandatory to pay a visit to Stan's Pub, apparently Michael Caine's favorite drinking hole during the filming of Zulu. While i'm not really interested in this kind of 'follow your star' travel, Stan's Pub is actually quite an experience, and they serve dirt cheap cocktails, too.

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The edge of drought

by Merry_Prankster

Along the Botswana, Namibia, South Africa border is where one can watch high feld transforms into drought and then into desert. After a two hour drive, a destination marker appears as seen in the picture.

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Tzanine

by Merry_Prankster

Tzanine is a natural rain forest valley isolated in the North Eastern transvaal. Its region hosts banana, pecan and rooibois tea plantations. About an hour west of Kruger park.TYhe center social activvity of town is McDonalds fresh farm produce shop and restaraunt (yes, sued by the conglomerate but its been around longer than Miccy Ds).

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Sodwana Bay

by AndreSTGT

Sodwana Bay is a remote beach resort in Maputaland just south of the Mozambique border. It's a very beautiful, pristine spot with endless sandy beaches and tropical scenery. Getting there involves a long drive on unpaved roads, but you'll be rewarded with one of the nicest beach resorts in South Africa.

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Coffee Bay

by AndreSTGT

Despite its relative remoteness, Coffee Bay, is pretty popular with tourists. It's a relaxed resort with a lagoon on a wild-romantic green coast.8km west of Coffee Bay is a place called 'Hole in the wall', a rock formation with an impressive natural hole that has been formed by the sea. It's one of the Wild Coast's major attractions, and there are also two nice beaches and a backpacker.The coastal road from Hole in the Wall to Coffee Bay is very rough and barely navigable by ordinary vehicles, but it offers spectacular views over the coast and passes some picturesque, but poor traditional Xhosa villages.

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Port St. Johns

by AndreSTGT

Port St. Johns is situated on a river mouth at the Northern end of the Wild Coast. Approaching PSJ by car is breathtaking and while the town itself is nothing special, the surrounding countryside is a perfect dream with tropical vegetation, lagoons and beaches, esp. the secluded so-called 'Second Beach' is of almost magic beauty.

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Nudist Beach -Cape Town - Sandy Bay

by nxlink

Sandy Bay lies 18 kilometers from the center of Cape Town and can be reached by a winding, scenic road that follows the Cape Peninsula mountains through a number of ritzy coastal suburbs.Once you come to the small town of Llandudno follow the signs to Sandy Bay beach. There is a parking area past all the houses. You then follow the walkway out to the beach area. The beach has areas of beautiful white sand and flat rocky ledges which are perfect for sunbathing. Bring suntan lotion and plenty of water.

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Visit a Zulu Highschool

by windsorgirl

As part of our Drifter's Tour Itinerary, we made a visit to Ezifundeni High School in Zululand. The kids performed a song and dance for us. The music was energizing and the dancers were very enthusiastic. And, they expected nothing in return, they were as happy to meet us as we were them.We did leave a few trinkets behind with the principal, like pencils and toothbrushes, that they would use as rewards for the students.Again, this visit was organized for us, but if you get the opportunity yourself, it is well worth it. Experiencing the culture this way was much less contrived than viewing a "traditional dance performance" by professionals.

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Johannesburg - Nelson Mandela Residence

by nxlink

A local Johannesburg guide showed me the home where Nelson Mandela currently resides. The yellow stucco house in located in Houghton, one of the nicer northern suburbs of Johannesburg. The house is not open to the public so you can only do a drive by tour. It was still very interesting to see where the stateman and Nobel Peace Prize winner calls home.

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Namaqualand - Port Nolloth

by glennkasner

Port Nolloth is a small coastal town 708km north of Cape Town. Esablished during the "copper rush" it hasn't changed much in its existance of more than a century.Today it is the base for most of the diamond dredging operations on the West Coast and has the reputation of having the largest police force per capita in the whole of South Africa!Walking throught the streets of Port Nolloth one is reminded of the days of the wild west where life was slow and hard.

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