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Eastern Cape Travel Guide
 

   

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The Eastern Cape is the traditional home of the Xhosa people and offers the visitor a world of diversities. The Eastern Cape's interior is the arid Karoo, with its wildlife, while in contrast there is the Indian Ocean's  Sunshine and Wild Coast areas.

Also within the province lies the village of Qunu where Nelson Mandela was born and raised.
 
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Tsitsikamma National Park

A region of startling beauty along South Africa's southern coastline, with the National Park encompassing its spectacular expanse. Various hiking trails like The Otter, the 200m bungi jump at Bloukrans River and much more.
  Addo Elephant Park

Home to a herd of 300 elephants, the Addo Elephant National Park allows close quarter viewing and is the most concentrated elephant reserve in Africa.
  Mountain Zebra National Park

Situated about 25 km west of Cradock, a sanctuary for the endangered Cape Mountain Zebra, but also home to various antelope species, caracal and over 200 bird-species.

Top Destinations   Nelson Mandela   Wild Coast
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Port Elizabeth

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Addo Elephant Park

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East London

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Port Alfred

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Graaff Reinet

  Nelson Mandela was born into the royal family of the Tembu at Qunu, near Umtata in the Eastern Cape, on 18 July 1918. A struggle for freedom brought him to one of South Africa's most feared prisons, but he achieved his goals and became the president of South Africa.   The Wild Coast is a beautiful and extensive tract of undulating pastoral country studded with whitewashed, thatched rondavel huts. The lack of coastal development and the sheer rugged beauty of this 300-mile stretch of the Africa north of East London, earned its name.

   
Shamwari Game Reserve

Shamwari is an African dream. A game reserve in which a multitude of plant, animal and birdlife unfold the very soul of an untamed continent, along with the most luxurious means of experiencing your safari holiday.
  Graaff Reinet

Graaff Reinet, set in the middle of the Karoo Nature Reserve, boasts over 300 national monuments and nearby is the Valley of Desolation, with its dramatic geological features.
  Highest Bungi Jump

Throw yourself off the world's biggest bungi jump located at Bloukrans Bridge on Storms River. A 180m freefall that takes seven seconds traveling at 190kmph - even the rebound is higher than the Victoria Falls.