Greater Oudtshoorn Tourism
The towns of Oudtshoorn and De Rust are in the Klein Karoo between the Swartberg and Outeniqua mountains. Oudtshoorn is the ostrich capital of the world. The world's biggest bird is just one of the many attractions in this area of exceptional contrasts and natural beauty.
The region is home to the spectacular Cango Caves, Africa's largest show cave system; an ecological hotspot where three distinct plant biomes (succulent karoo, cape thicket and fynbos) converge; and the Swartberg mountain range, which is part of the Cape Floral World Heritage Site.
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Oudtshoorn Tourism
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oudtshoorn.com
De Rust Tourism
derust@oudtshoorn.com
derust.org.za
Oudtshoorn Tourist Attractions: 9 Top Places to Visit
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Top Places to visit in Oudtshoorn:
Swartberg Pass, The Cango Caves, Highgate Ostrich Show Farm, Cango Wildlife Ranch, Safari Ostrich Show Farm, Meerkat Magic, C. P. Nel Museum, Arbeidsgenot, St Jude's Anglican Church
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SOUTH AFRICA Top 20 Tourist Places | Cape Town Tourism | Robben Island Attraction
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Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. Slowly rotating cable cars climb to the mountain’s flat top, from which there are sweeping views of the city, the busy harbor and boats heading for Robben Island, the notorious prison that once held Nelson Mandela, which is now a living museum.
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iSimangaliso Wetland Park is a huge protected area along the coast of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province. The park’s centrepiece is the vast Lake St. Lucia, home to large numbers of hippos, crocodiles, pelicans and flamingos. Elephants, giraffes and leopards inhabit the grasslands and forests of the nearby Western Shores and Charters Creek areas. To the north, Sodwana Bay is known for its colourful coral reefs.
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Johannesburg, South Africa's biggest city and capital of Gauteng province, began as a 19th-century gold-mining settlement. Its sprawling Soweto township was once home to Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Mandela’s former residence is now the Mandela House museum. Other Soweto museums that recount the struggle to end segregation include the somber Apartheid Museum and Constitution Hill, a former prison complex.
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Oudtshoorn is a town in the Klein Karoo area of South Africa’s Western Cape. It’s known for its ostrich farms and rests along the Route 62 wine route. The central C.P. Nel Museum traces the ostrich-feather boom era and houses a working synagogue. The nearby Cango Wildlife Ranch is a conservation park offering animal petting. To the north, the Cango Caves are a 20-million-year-old network of limestone chambers.
Visiting An Ostrich Farm in Oudtshoorn, South Africa
A short video with highlights from our visit to an Ostrich farm in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. I got to feed them, pet them, hug them, stand on their eggs and learn all about them!
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George Tourist Attractions: 8 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit George? Check out our George Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in George.
Top Places to visit in George:
Outeniqua Transport Museum, Victoria Bay, Garden Route Botanical Gardens, Outeniqua Pass, Montagu Pass Old Toll House, Dutch Reformed Mother Church, St Mark's Cathedral, Montagu Pass
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Above the Garden Route in South Africa - 4K UHD
Aerial video footage of Plettenberg Bay, Keurbooms, Bloukrans, Storms River, Robberg, Knsyna Heads, and Kranshoek taken from a DJI Inspire 1.
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Mossel Bay, South Africa (HD)
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Mossel Bay (Afrikaans: Mosselbaai) is a harbour town of about 60,000 people on the Southern Cape (or Garden Route) of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province. Mossel Bay lies 400 kilometres east of the country's seat of parliament, Cape Town (which is also the capital city of the Western Cape Province), and 400 km west of Port Elizabeth, the largest city in the Eastern Cape Province. The older parts of the town occupy the north-facing side of the Cape St Blaize Peninsula, whilst the newer suburbs straddle the Peninsula and have spread eastwards along the sandy shore of the Bay.
The town's economy relied heavily on farming, fishing and its commercial harbour (the smallest in the Transnet Port Authority's stable of South African commercial harbours), until the 1969 discovery of natural offshore gas fields led to the development of the gas-to-liquids refinery operated by PetroSA. Tourism is another driver of Mossel Bay's economy.
MOSSEL BAY Attractions
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Mossel Bay, Garden Route
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Mossel Bay is a bustling holiday town and port, set on the sunwashed slopes of Cape St Blaize overlooking the expansive bay, against the blueblack backdrop of the Outeniqua Mountains.
Mossel Bay lies halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, close to the towns of Swellendam, Outdshoorn, Plettenberg Bay and Knysna on the Garden Route and is synonymous with the Mossgas project, where offshore gas fields are mined for gas that is then converted into petroleum.
Despite this obvious industrial leaning, Mossel Bay has a tradition of unhurried hospitality and there is sufficient natural beauty in the town and its surrounds to make a stopover essential. Mossel Bay features in the Guiness Book of Records as having the mildest all-year climate in the world, second only to Hawaii. Add to this the long stretch of beaches, the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, a championship golf course or two and Mossel Bay becomes an ideal retreat for both summer and winter.
Mossel Bay has a significant history and there are a number of historic houses worth a visit, including about 200 stone homes built a century ago by Cornish stonemasons. She received her present name in 1601 when the Dutch navigator, Paulus van Caerden found a collection of mussel shells in a cave at the headland of Cape St Blaize although Mossel Bay was ‘discovered’ as far back as 1488, when Dias first encountered the ancient Khoi-San people upon stepping ashore.
Ostrich farm in Oudtshoorn - South Africa
Ostrich farm in Oudtshoorn in South Africa. Oudtshoorn is the ostrich capital of the world.
Cango Wildlife Ranch Oudtshoorn South Africa - Africa Travel Channel
Welcome to the Cango Wildlife Ranch and Valley of Ancients, endangered species breeding facility extraordinaire.