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The Best Attractions In Eastern Cape

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The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the Xhosa homelands or bantustans of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province. It is the landing place and home of the 1820 Settlers. The central and eastern part of the province is the traditional home of the Xhosa people.
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The Best Attractions In Eastern Cape

  • 1. Addo Elephant National Park Addo Elephant National Park
    Addo Elephant National Park is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa and is one of the country's 19 national parks. It currently ranks third in size after Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
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  • 2. Shamwari Game Reserve Port Elizabeth
    Shamwari Game Reserve is located 75 km outside Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It has been voted the World's Leading Safari and Game Reserve and Conservation Company for many consecutive years.An essential focus is the management, development and rehabilitation of an ecosystem that has been returned to a more natural condition after many years of farming. In 2005 the reserve was awarded the Global Nature Fund Award for Best Conservation Practice. The British TV series of Safari School was filmed here. The Animal Planet series titled Shamwari: A wild life was also filmed at the game reserve. The show highlighted what goes on behind the scenes at the reserve. The Born Free Foundation jointly funds a sanctuary at Shamwari that gives lifetime care to several lions and leopards that...
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  • 3. Kragga Kamma Game Park Port Elizabeth
    The Kragga Kamma Game Park is a small reserve within the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. One of the cheetahs featured in the movie Duma used to reside at Kragga Kamma. He died towards the end of November 2011 from kidney failure which is not unusual for wild cats in captivity. Leg 4 of The Amazing Race Australia included a visit to Kragga Kamma.
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  • 4. The Dolphin Trail Storms River
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  • 6. Otter Trail Tsitsikamma National Park
    The Otter Trail is a hiking trail along the Garden Route coast of South Africa and is named for the Cape clawless otter which occurs in this region. This trail is widely regarded as one of the finest in the world and stretches from Storms River Mouth in the east to Nature's Valley in the west, is 26 km long as the crow flies and 44 km as the hiker walks. Walking the trail takes 5 days, and the 4 nights are spent in comfortable huts with superb views. The route is located entirely within the Tsitsikamma National Park, which protects an 80 km long strip of coastal mountains, forest and beaches. The trail traverses a very scenic landscape, never straying far from the shoreline, but often climbing steeply and then descending to the beach or a river crossing. Vegetation along the way is either ...
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  • 8. Tsitsikamma National Park Tsitsikamma National Park
    The Tsitsikamma National Park is a protected area on the Garden Route, Western Cape and Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is a coastal reserve well known for its indigenous forests, dramatic coastline, and the Otter Trail. On 6 March 2009 it was amalgamated with the Wilderness National Park and various other areas of land to form the Garden Route National Park.The park covers an 80 kilometres long stretch of coastline. Nature's Valley is at the western end of the park, and the main accommodation is at Storms River Mouth. Near the park is the Bloukrans Bridge, the world's highest bridge bungee jump at 216 metres . The word Tsitsikamma hails from the Khoekhoe language tse-tsesa, meaning clear, and gami, meaning water, probably referring to the clear water of the Tsitsikamma River. Other meaning...
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  • 10. The Royal Port Alfred Golf Club Port Alfred
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  • 12. St Francis Bay Golf Club Saint Francis Bay
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  • 13. St George's Park Port Elizabeth
    St George's Park is a multi-use park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The park is the oldest park in Port Elizabeth and most commonly associated with the St George's Oval cricket grounds located within the park.
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  • 15. Van Stadens Nature Reserve Port Elizabeth
    Van Stadens River is a river in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The river mouth is located about 30km west of Port Elizabeth. The river was named after Marthinus van Staden, one of the area’s pioneering farmers. He was also among the first to plot a rudimentary track through the valley.The geology of the Van Stadens catchments is primarily derived from rock of the mid-Palaeozoic Era that formed the Table Mountain Group of the Cape Supergroup. The upper to middle catchment areas are characterised by high gradients indicative of steep gorges. Along the river, nutrient concentrations are naturally low. This is a result of the steep topography that prevents human activity like farming which would disturb the natural processes. The Van Stadens Wild Flower Reserve situated upstream ...
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