Port Elizabeth is part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole. It is situated on the southern side of the Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. The Metropole is named after former President Nelson Mandela who was born and bred in the Eastern Cape Province, of which Port Elizabeth is the largest city.
Port Elizabeth's tourist attractions include eco-attractions, scenic nature trails, historic heritage, magnificent wildlife (close by), cultural experiences and water sport activities. The city's main attraction is it's family friendly beaches, well served by various beachfront hotels and self-catering apartments. A favourite tourist destination is Bayworld, which incorporates a cultural and natural history museum, a dolphinarium, a snake park as well as the Number 7 Castle Hill Museum.
The Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World, a popular venue, includes a casino, a man made lake, a fun park, a cineplex (movie house) and various lakeside restaurants.
This tour combines the scenic Route 62 and Garden Route. Get close to ostriches and elephants, tour the Cango Caves, do a sunset cruise on the Knysna Estuary, an ocean cruise at Plettenberg Bay in search of dolphins, seals and whales, visit the Tsitsikamma Forest and Storm's River Mouth.
Highlights:
Oudtshoorn
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Knysna
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Cango Caves
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Buffelsdrift Game Lodge
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Knysna Estuary
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Plettenberg Bay
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Tsitsikamma
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Storm’s River Mouth
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Storm's River Mouth suspension bridge
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This tour combines the scenic Garden Route and Route 62. Visit the Tsitsikamma Forest and Storm’s River Mouth, do an ocean cruise at Plettenberg Bay in search of dolphins, seals and whales, a sunset cruise on the Knysna Estuary, tour the Cango Caves and get close to ostriches and elephants.
Highlights:
Garden Route
,
Storm’s River Mouth
,
Knysna Estuary
,
Plettenberg Bay
,
Robberg and Robberg Nature Reserve
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Outeniqua Pass
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Oudtshoorn ostrich farms
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Route 62
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Cango Caves
,
Buffelsdrift Game Lodge
.
The Addo Elephant National Park is about an hour's drive from Port Elizabeth in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province. The Park was originally founded to protect the dwindling number of elephants that used to roam this region in abundance. Today it is home to more than 550 elephant.
Highlights:
Addo Elephant National Park
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Eastern Cape
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This is an afternoon-evening tour to a Port Elizabeth region (‘black’) _Township_. Tour duration is ±4-hours. Your knowledgeable driver-guide will introduce you to township life and you’ll end the evening with dinner at a township _shebeen_, where you’ll have the opportunity to mingle with the locals.
The Eastern Cape has an extremely beautiful ±820 km coastline with long stretches of deserted sandy beaches interspersed with rocky and sandy cliffs. Huge shifting dune fields are found in some areas and vegetated dune fields in others. It is a diverse Province with natural scenery ranging from barren semi-desert Karoo landscapes to rain forest covered mountain ranges.
The Sunshine Coast in South Africa stretches from the Tsitsikamma Reserve in the South to East London in the North. Aptly named the Sunshine coast, because it boasts more sunshine hours per year than the rest of sunny South Africa. This is due to the warm Mozambique current that runs along this coast and leads to the moderate temperatures.