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Parks and gardens (cont.) Poetry, struggle 33 Punda Maria (Kruger National Park)
Walter Sisulu National Botanical Police 430, 431 15, 344
Garden 322 Political prisoners 146 Pythons, African rock 107
see also Game and nature reserves; Politics 26–7
National parks; Theme parks Polokwane 338 Q
Parliament Buildings festivals 42 Qolora Mouth, hotels 388
Cape Town 135 Polokwane Game Reserve 338 Quagga 77, 357
Pietermaritzburg 280 Pongola Game Reserve 77 Queen’s Fort (Bloemfontein) 376
Pass books 58 hotels 389 Quiver trees 368
Passports 426 Pongolo River 299 Quthing 273
Paternoster 214 Pony, Basotho 273
Paton, Alan 33 Pony-trekking 418–19, 421 R
Peak Craft Centre (Piggs Peak) 347 Porcupine, Cape 98 Raadsaal (Pretoria) 324
Pearson, Harold 164 Port Alfred 255 Radio 435
Pearson, Henry 252 hotels 388 Raffia palms 296
Pearson Conservatory (Port Port Edward 290, 292 Rail travel 438–9
Elizabeth) 252 hotels 389 long-distance trains 438
Pelicans, great white 111, 216 restaurants 407 luxury trains 438
Pella Mission 355 Port Elizabeth 14, 187, 237, 250–53 scenic 422–3
Penguin, African 143, 215, 253 airport 436 suburban trains 438
Boulders Penguin Colony 154, 156 festivals 41 Ramonza-Seal Island Trips (Mossel
Penny, Sarah 33 hotels 388 Bay) 241
People 24–5, 36–7 restaurants 405 Ramsgate, restaurants 408
Perold, Abraham 188 street-by-street 250–51 Rand Show (Johannesburg) 42
Petrol 440 Port Elizabeth Opera House 251, 252 Ratanga Junction 163
Phillips, Lady Florence 128, 201 Port Natal Maritime Museum Raudner, Hannes 289
Phinda Private Game Reserve 299 (Durban) 288 Red Shed Craft Workshop (Cape
Phongolo River 299 Port St Johns Town) 142, 166, 169
Phopanyane Lodge and Nature hotels 388 Reedbuck 105
Reserve (Swaziland) 346 restaurants 406 Regina Mundi Church (Soweto)
Picasso, Pablo 280 Porter, Harold 226 318–19
Pienaar, Francois 26 Portrait of a Lady (Hals) 128 Reinet, Hester Cornelia 362
Pietermaritzburg 261, 269, 280–81 Portuguese explorers 48, 50, 229, Reinet House (Graaff-Reinet) 363
festivals 42, 43 283 Reitz, Frederick 376
hotels 388 Bartolomeu Dias Museum Religion 25
restaurants 406 Complex (Mossel Bay) 240–41 Rembrandt 128
street-by-street 280–81 Postal services 434–5 Reptiles 106–9
Pieters, Hermanus 226 Postberg Nature Reserve 216, 217, Republic of South Africa 60
Pieterson, Hector 318 220 Restaurants 392–411
Piggs Peak (Swaziland) 347 Potgieter, Andries 338 Cape Town 398–401
Pilanesberg Game Reserve 76, 311, Potgieter, Hendrik 337 Cape Winelands 402–3
327 Predators and prey 87 children in 393
hotels 390 Prehistoric man 47, 48–9 delivery services 393
safaris 68, 69, 71 Preller, Gustav 32 dress code 393, 427
Pilgrim’s & Sabie News Museum Pretoria 311, 313, 324–5 Durban and Zululand 407–8
(Pilgrim’s Rest) 336 hotels 390 eating patterns 392
Pilgrim’s Creek 336 map 325 Flavours of South Africa 394–5
Pilgrim’s Rest 305, 331, 332, 336 restaurants 409–10 Garden Route to Grahamstown
gold rush 56, 308, 336 Pretorius, Andries 324 404–5
hotels 391 Pretorius, Marthinus 324 Gauteng and Sun City 408–10
itineraries 11, 15 Pretorius, Major Philip 254 Johannesburg 408–9
map 336 Pretoriuskop (Kruger National Park) Limpopo, Mpumalanga and
Pink Loerie Mardi Gras (Knysna) 42, 342 Kruger 410–11
428, 429 Prices North of the Orange 411
The Pinnacle (Blyde River Canyon) accommodation 380, 383 prices and tipping 392
337 restaurants 392 scenic rail travel 423
Pinotage Association 189 Prickly Pear Festival (Uitenhage) 41 skerms (open-air restaurants) 214
Pinotage wine-making 188–9 Primates 88–9 smoking in 393
Plaatjie, Sol 32 Prince Albert 231, 235 South of the Orange 411
Planetarium (Cape Town) 134, 135, Agricultural Show 40 Southern Cape 403–4
173, 174 Olive, Food & Wine Festival 42 West Coast 403–4
Plantations, sugar cane 283, 289 Prince Albert Gallery 231 What to Drink in South Africa
Platteklip Gorge (Table Mountain) Prison (Robben Island) 147 396–7
136 Private game reserves 15, 345 what to eat 392–3
Player, Gary 39, 326 see also Game and nature reserves wheelchair access 393
Playhouse (Durban) 287 Proteas 31 Wild Coast, Drakensberg and
Pledge Nature Reserve (Knysna) 244 snow 218 Midlands 406–7
Plettenberg Bay 14, 237, 246–7 Public holidays 43 wine choices 393
hotels 387–8 Public toilets 429 see also Food and drink
restaurants 405 Puff adder 107, 353 Retief, Piet 54, 55