South Africa Travellers Guide
South Africa is a unique place, with a mix of first and third world cultures and a wide variety in between. Throw in some glorious and largely unpopulated beaches, some of the world's best game viewing, with a wide range of land and marine animals, stunning mountains, deserts, battlefields and a range of clutures and cultural blends mixing, African, European and Aisan.
This site brings a range of travel advice, safaris and tours and accommodation
Accommodated
Camping
Kruger Park Safaris
Other parks & reserves
Day Tours
Short Tours
Self Drive
Alternative Transportation
Baz Bus
Activity Tours
Travel Guides, Books & Maps
Accommodation
Main destinations
Cape Town
Kruger Park
Johannesburg
Sun City
St Lucia
Garden Route
Durban
Pretoria
By Province
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
North West Province
Western Cape
- South Africa is ranked number one in the world for its floral kingdom.
- South Africa’s Coastal Management policy is one of the best in the world with the country being the first outside Europe to gain Blue Flag status for its coastal management.
- South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mocambique are removing borders and fences to create the largest widlife conservation area in the world.
- South Africa has the third highest level of biodiversity in the world.
- South Africa has the oldest meteor scar in the world. The meteor plummeted to Earth nearly two billion years ago, predating the heady days of oxygen and multi-celled life. The Vredefort Dome was recently declared a World Heritage Site.
- The rocks around Barberton in Mpumalanga are some of the most ancient in the world - over three billion years old.
- The Tugela Falls is the second highest waterfall in the world, where the water tumbles down 850 metres. [First place goes to the Angel Falls in Venezuela at 979 metres].
- Blyde River Canyon is the third largest canyon in the world (and the largest ‘green canyon’).
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Total Area: 1,219,912 sq km
Land Borders: Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mocambique, Zimbabwe
Population: 44,187,637
Life Expectancy: 42 years
HIV % Total Poulation: 21.5% (2003 est)
Ethnic Groups: black African 79%, white 9.6%, colored 8.9%, Indian/Asian 2.5% (2001 census)
Languages: IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2% (2001 census)
President: Thabo MBEKI
GDP - Per Capita: $12,000
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South Africa
Cities
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Durban
Pretoria
Port Elizabeth
Attractions
Kruger National Park
Garden Route
St Lucia
Drakensberg
Wild Coast
Battlefields
Sun City & Pilanesberg
Provinces
Eastern Cape
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
North West province
Western Cape