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E National English Environs VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Literary Museum 34 km (21 miles) north of
87 Beaufort St. Tel 046 622-7042. Grahamstown lies the Practical Information
Open 8:30am–1pm, 2–4:30pm Mon– 445-sq-km (172-sq- mile) Road map D5. * 67,300.
Fri. Closed Good Fri, 25 Dec. 7 Great Fish River Nature n 63 High Street, 046 622
∑ ru.ac.za/nelm Reserve. After the Fifth 3241. Open 8:30am–5pm
Preserved here are documents, Frontier War of 1819, the Mon–Fri, 9am–noon Sat.
early manuscripts and personal land between the Keiskamma Closed Good Fri, 25 Dec, pub
letters relating to South Africa’s and Great Fish rivers was hols. _ National Arts Festival
most important writers. declared neutral territory, (Jul). ∑ grahamstown.co.za
and British settlers were Transport
E 1820 Settlers Monument brought in to act as a buffer ~ Port Elizabeth, 127 km
Gunfire Hill. against the Xhosa incursions. (79 miles) to NE. @ Bathurst St.
Tel 046 603 1100. Open 8am–4:30pm Today its semiarid bushveld
Mon–Fri. 7 - vegetation sustains large
Reminiscent of an old fort, this populations of plains game, also suitable for those wishing
monument on Gunfire Hill was including blue wildebeest, to hike.
built in 1974 in the shape waterbuck, kudu, zebra
of a ship, and commemorates and giraffe, as well as some O Great Fish River
the British families who arrived larger mammals such as buffalo, Nature Reserve
in the area in 1820. The modern elephant and hippo. There are R67 towards Fort Beaufort. Tel 087
Monument Theatre complex tracks suitable for cars along 2866 545. Open Sunrise–sunset daily.
nearby is the main venue for the two rivers, and the area is & Ó ∑ visiteasterncape.co.za
the annual 11-day National
Arts Festival (see p43). Many
paintings decorate the
impressive foyer.

Camera obscura in the
Observatory Museum The Old Provost was once a military prison

Grahamstown City Centre
1 South African Institute for
Aquatic Biodiversity Great Fish
2 Drostdy Gateway SPEKE ST River Nature
Reserve
3 Albany Museum Complex MILNER ST
4 Rhodes University CAWOOD ST
5 Old Provost CARLISLE ST SPRING ST
6 Fort Selwyn AFRICAN STREET HILL ST KNIGHT STREET COBDEN STREET
7 1820 Settlers City Hall
Monument South African Cathedral Observatory LINK STREET
Institute for
of St Michael
NEW STREET
8 Makana Botanical Aquatic Biodiversity and St George Museum BEAUFORT ST
Gardens International BATHURST ST YORK ST
Library of
9 Cathedral of African Music Gateway HIGH STREET MARKET
Drostdy
SQUARE
National English
St Michael and Literary Museum
St George Rhodes Albany MARKET STREET
0 City Hall University Museum BEAUFORT STREET
Complex
q Observatory Museum HILL STREET LAWRENCE STREET
w National English LUCAS AVENUE Old DONKIN STREET
Provost
Literary Museum Makana SOMERSET STREET
BATHHOLOMEW ST
Botanical ROBINSON STREET
Gardens GREY STREET
Fort
Selwyn
1820 Settlers
Monument
0 metres 250
0 yards 250
For keys to symbols see back flap
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