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South Africa destination

Aerial view of Capetown, South Africa

South Africa

  • Capital City: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein
  • Language: English
  • Currency: South African Rand
  • Best Time To Travel: May to September
  • Country Dialing Code: +27
  • Population: 60.04 million

About South Africa

  • Clothing: Look for breathable textiles in casual, light-weight clothing. Think T-shirts and a couple sun-protective long-sleeve shirts or blouses; collars will shield your neck

  • Cuisine: Similar to the people and culture of the nation, South African cuisine is lively, multicultural, and really distinctive. Over the years, the cuisine of South Africa has been inspired by a variety of cultures, including African, Dutch, French, and Malay.

  • Culture: Due to the wide variety of cultures and faiths present there, South Africa is often known as the "rainbow nation." Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi, Tswana, Ndebele, Khoisan, Hindu, Muslim, and Afrikaner people are just a handful of the ethnic groups who call South Africa home.

Travel Attractions

Kruger National Park

Two Rhinos in late afternoon, Kruger National Park

One of the largest wildlife reserves in Africa. The Big 5—lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and buffalos—as well as other wild creatures and several bird species are abundant here. The terrain includes mountains, shrub plains, and tropical woods.


Table Mountain

A scenic view of table mountain in Cape town, South Africa

Locals in Cape Town love the mountain that towers above their city, and for good reason too! Table Mountain, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, is home to the most abundant but tiniest floral kingdom on earth.

Apartheid Museum

A display inside the Apartheid Museum in South Africa

Located in Johannesburg (JoBurg), South Africa, it provides an overview of both apartheid and South Africa's history throughout the 20th century. Provocative images, text panels, and artifacts are used to depict the incidents and individual tales that made up the dreadful apartheid era.

Cradle of Humankind

Lighted caves of Cradle of Humankind, a World Heritage Site in Gauteng Province, South Africa, the site of 2.8 million year old early hominid fossil and Mrs. Ples

Spanning 47 000 hectares and mostly located in the Gauteng province with a slight extend into the adjacent North West Province. The Site consists of a strip of 12 dolomitic limestone caverns that have preserved the remnants of extinct animals, vegetation, and hominids.

iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Isimangaliso Wetland Park landscape

Home to three significant lake systems, eight interconnected ecosystems, 700-year-old fishing customs, the majority of the last swamp forests in South Africa, Africa's biggest estuary system, 530 bird species, and among the tallest coastal dunes in the world.

Botanical Gardens

A walk way through the garden at botanical garden in Kirstenbosch, Cape town South Africa

Among Johannesburg's essential green lungs is the city's 81-hectare Botanical Garden. The Shakespeare Garden, Rose Garden, Herb Garden, Hedge Demonstration Garden, and the main arboretum, with groups of plants and trees from all over the world.