Maropeng is the cultural heart of this region, known as the Cradle of Humankind . You are plunged underground as you enter this gigantic artificial tumulus. Maropeng uses state-of-the-art museographic technology to take you on a journey into the pas..

Bourke’s Luck Potholes , deep cylindrical cavities carved out by sand and pebbles carried on the current, are a striking and colourful geological curiosity. The cliffs, rising from the turquoise waters, change from orange to yellow and grey. These g..

The three rocky massifs in Blyde River Canyon known as the Three Rondavels look like traditional Zulu huts. This is one of the best places to view the vast canyon and lake(Blydepoort Dam).

Kruger National Park, the largest, oldest and probably the most famous animal park in South Africa, has nearly 150 species of mammals, over 500 of birds and more than 100 of reptiles, including of course the Big Five but also zebras, giraffes and c..

If you’re in the market for a luxurious trip and all the corresponding perks, choose one of the ten private reserves bordering Kruger National Park on the west for your safari. They have the same vegetation, the same animals, sometimes even the same ..

A fine collection of stuffed birds and mammals. Over 1 000 specimens (400 species) are crowded into the Johan Meintjes Trophy Room.

You can explore the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve’s 410 000ha on foot, horseback, mountain bike or on an elephant. Listed as a Unesco site in 2001, it stretches around the Waterberg range in Limpopo province. Red-rock mountains and forests form magni..

The famous bushmen paintings in Machete are accessible to clients at the Kaoxa Bush Camp private reserve or through tours organised by Mapungubwe National Park authorities.

The Tandjesberg site is a jewel of southern African rock art. Discovered in 1947 by French academic Henri Breuil, its Bushman pictures are around 300 years old. Among the 500 images on the rock Art National Monument , note in particular an elephant ..

Covering 959 103 ha, this park is the result of the 1999 merger of Botswana’s Gemsbok National Park and South Africa’s Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. The first cross-frontier nature reserve in Africa, it is the fruit of a project initiated by Nelson..

For a unique adventure, head to this nature reserve of over 162 000ha where the temperature can exceed 50°C. Explore by 4x4 its natural landscape of striking beauty with sun-baked peaks and desert, punctuated by hardy plants and extraordinarily shape..

The South African Museum, a museum of natural history and ethnography, contains interesting documents and some fine pieces for gaining an understanding of the Khoi and San cultures and lifestyles. It also boasts magnificent rock paintings and several..

The South African National Gallery collection features a wide range of African, French, English and Flemish works of art. Since 1990 the gallery has acquired a fine collection of contemporary South African art , to which it adds on a regular basis.

The castle quarter was once on the ocean, but has gradually been assimilated into the city as the sea has encroached on the land. The Castle of Good Hope and Grand Parade stand in the centre of the quarter. This was where Nelson Mandela gave his ..

Considered the oldest colonial building in South Africa, the Castle of Good Hope was built by the Dutch East Indies Company in the late 17C according to a star plan inspired by Vauban’s constructions. The fortress, where the Western Cape command po..

If you don’t get a chance to observe the aquatic fauna while diving along the Atlantic or Indian Coasts, this aquarium is an excellent alternative. The live specimens here represent a fine sample of local marine life. Braver individuals, with diving ..

Lion’s Head , rising up to 669m, and Lion’s Rump , now known as Signal Hill , evoke the shape of a wildcat lying amongst the buildings of Cape Town. An island of greenery in the city, the hillside overlooks the Malay Quarter to the south, where th..

Kirstenbosch Gardens is located on the former estate of Cecil John Rhodes, on the eastern slope of Table Mountain . The greater part of the 528 ha estate is occupied by a park where the plants grow in the wild, while some 36 ha have been reserved as..

After swimming in the transparent waters at Boulders Beach, near Foxy Beach, you can observe the large colony of Cape penguins . They move around undisturbed here on the sand dotted with large round boulders.

The water at Diaz Beach, between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, is cooled by currents from Antarctica, so this is not a place where people come to swim. What makes this beach unforgettable are the colours of its cliffs, sand and sea, the setti..