South Africa

Cape Town, with its enviable climate and spectacular scenery, remains the country’s biggest attraction. It was from here that the early settlers fanned out into the surrounding veld to leave a legacy of beautiful wine estates and picturesque homesteads. The Cape also marks the beginning of the famous Garden Route, a stunning road journey east along the coast through quaint fishing villages, historic settlements and spectacular isolated bays to Port Elizabeth. To the north of Cape Town, and no less compelling, is the vast, remote and picturesque wilderness of the Karoo.

The spectacular landscape of Mpumulanga and the world-famous Kruger National Park is big game country, with close to 500 species of wildlife. Though the park and adjoining reserves draw the majority of visitors, Mpumulanga is also noteworthy for the Waterberg, a stunning mountain wilderness.

KwaZulu-Natal offers a diverse and scenic beauty, from its wilderness reserves to its Indian Ocean beaches and the soaring peaks of the Drakensberg. It is here too that the battlefields of Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana bring the infamous Anglo-Zulu wars into sharp and thrilling focus.

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