Page 12 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - South Africa

10  INTRODUCING SOUTH AFRIC A

DISCOVERING
SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa is a vast country, with an tours described on the pages that follow are
unusually varied set of tourist attractions. designed to explore one specific region of
These include some of Africa’s finest game interest. To start is a 2-day tour of Cape Town
reserves, a coastline studded with idyllic and a 10-day exploration of the surrounding
beaches, the two world-class cities of Cape Western Cape. These are followed by a pair of
Town and Johannesburg, and a wealth of week-long itineraries for the popular Garden
historic small towns, scenic mountain ranges Route and the Kruger National Park. Finally, a
and sumptuous wine estates. As such, it is 2-day Johannesburg experience is followed by
advisable not to cram too much into your a 21-day “grand tour”, from Cape Town to
stay, or you risk spending most of it behind Johannesburg, taking in highlights of all
the wheel. Bearing this in mind, most of the of the above – and much more. Limpopo

10 Days in the Mpumlanaga Escarpment and
Western Cape Boschendal the Kruger National Park map
Cape Estate
• Get close to sharks, Kirstenbosch Town Franschhoek Blyde River
Canyon
penguins and other marine Botanic Garden Stellenbosch Pilgrim’s Rest Southern
creatures in the Two Hout Bay Groot Vergelegen Kruger Tour
Constantia
Estate
Oceans Aquarium. Dullstroom Sabie
Simon’s
• Soak up the magnificent Town Johannesburg
view from the Rhodes Cape of Betty’s Hermanus
Memorial to the Hottentots Good Hope Bay SWAZILAND
Holland Mountains.
• Indulge in a tasting of Vaal
succulent Sauvignon Blanc
or plummy Pinotage at the 0 kilometres 50
Cape
historic Boschendal Estate. 0 miles 50 Agulhas Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Cape Vidal
Game Reserve
• Climb to the top of Africa’s St Lucia
Estuary
most southerly lighthouse Shakaland
at Cape Agulhas.
LESOTHO Durban
Orange
Caledon
Orange
21-Day Grand Tour SOUTH AFRICA
Indian
• Drive out in search of rhinos, At lantic Ocean

both black and white, Ocean
among the rolling green
hills of the Hluhluwe- Garden Addo Elephant
National Park
Imfolozi Game Reserve. Route map Oudtshoorn Grahamstown
• Get a taste of traditional Stellenbosch George Plettenberg Bay
Cape
Zulu culture, brought Town Knysna
thrillingly to life at the Western
Shakaland village. Cape map
• Spice up your life at the 0 km 200
aromatic Victoria Street Key 0 miles 200
Market in Durban – Africa’s 10 Days in the Western Cape
most Indian-influenced city.
21-Day Grand Tour
• Keep your shutter button
busy with the photogenic 7 Days in Mpumalanga
Escarpment and the
pachyderms of Addo Kruger National Park
Elephant National Park. 7 Days on the
Garden Route
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