What can be much more amazing than having multiple capitals?! Well, South Africa has three of them: Cape – official nation’s capital, Pretoria – the administrative and Bluemfonteyn – Legal capita.
South Africa is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent and bordered on three sides by two oceans – the Indian and Atlantic, creating a coastline length of about 3000 km.
Since 1994, South Africa is building a democratic society, its constitution by-law referred to as one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. As a result of political reforms in the country it has economic stability, and tourism business is one of the fastest growing industries here.
This hospitable country offers you a well-developed infrastructure, excellent roads, hotels which definitely can be considered to have world-class service. Any guest of the country – whether tourists or experienced a keen hunters, newly married, or married couples with children – everyone feels here just like at home.
Multinational population of South Africa, speaking no less, no more than 11 official languages, was formed in 2000 years with the help of the immigrants, slaves from other parts of the world and the local indigenous inhabitants, which used to live in tribes. Called today the Rainbow Nation South Africa, it has been through 350 years of apartheid, of strife and hardship, and now building a society based on unity and friendship, and it’s always ready to share its unique traditions with those you want to learn more about this unique country. If you find yourself in Cape Town on January, be sure to visit Minstrel street festival to see the unique colorful suits of the local residents and to listen to the traditional melodies of their songs and dances.
All this gave rise to entrust the country in the South of Africa, to held the most important football competition in the football world in 2010. The soccer world cup in South Africa will take place from 11 June to 11 July. Matches will take place in 9 cities, including Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. Five of the biggest stadiums have already been reconstructed for this occasion, and 4 modern sports facilities were built from scratches. By early arrival around 3 million visitors would also be commissioned a new high-speed railway line between Johannesburg and Pretoria. This will give the tourists an opportunity to use both more comfortable mean of transportation and also to save some time.
While the South African football can attract sports fans, the tour operators in South Africa will open for you the breathtaking adventure; organize acquaintance with the diversity of wild fauna and deep cultural roots of the local population. Sports in South Africa will amaze you first of all with the diversity of the environment and diversity of the national characteristics of its inhabitants. Traveling through South Africa you can find yourself both in the desert and tropical rain forests, the finest and least visited of the ocean beaches. The range of the activities includes diving into the seething nightlife, swimming with the rare white sharks, and visiting bars for the traditional drink of local beer or wine tasting world-class. But most importantly, for the recognition of professional hunting in South Africa is recognized as one of the most fascinating and exciting in the world!
A holiday in South Africa is sure to delight any time of year – you can enjoy 300 sunny days per year: Safari in South Africa, visiting the modern city, familiarity with local cultural and historical heritage are open to you all year round. However, some of your desires can be satisfied only within a certain season, for example, resting on the beaches, including whale-watching or a wild riot of wild flowers.
Location of the capital of South Africa Cape Town will allow you to wander around the city for one day. After the lunch you can climb mountains, in the afternoon to relax with a glass of world famous wine and you can end up your day watching the magical sunset. Gourmet dinner will satisfy the most experienced gourmets and will give you the energy to prepare for the adventures of the next day, unless, of course, you are not far-fetched to visit the many dance halls and parties. Holidays in Cape Town will allow you to go to Safari, play golf, and watch whales migrating or proceeding to Garden Route.
South Africa – a large country. For example, the distance from the peak of the peninsula in the south to its northern border along the Limpopo River will take approximately 2 km. So to see the whole country for the short trip is practically impossible, and every region offers its own unique characteristics and attractions.
Northeast of the country suggests that you visit the administrative capital of South Africa, Pretoria and one of a giant cities of the country- city of Johannesburg. Here there are also the most spectacular Kruger National Park and the Pilanesberg together with the amazing Blyde River Canyon, ethnic villages of Ndebele. The fans of the gaming and entertainment will enjoy the a paradise for casino Sun City , as well as The Kingdom of Swaziland– which is one of the main wonders of the region.
The province of the KwaZulu Natal opens up for you the wonderful metropolis of Durban beaches of the Indian Ocean, as well as national reserves of Mkuza, Ndumo, Utala and ethnic villagesof Zulu-Zulu Cultural Villages.
Garden Route and Karoo attract tourists to its capital of George and numerous oceanic coastal resorta of Mossel Bay to Plettenberg Bay, as well as a farm for breeding ostriches Oudtshorn .
Cape Town and the Western Peninsula offer tourists to take part in exciting and unexpected adventures. Your tickets will enable in South Africa to begin your journey with the official capital of Cape Town, continuing it on the peninsula, including visits to the Cape of Good Hope, the famous South African vineyards, romantic beaches of the West Coast and peaceful valley of the Breede River.
Namakalend in north-western part of South Africa is characterized by the endless open spaces and stunning scenery, which will cause lots of interest to the nature lovers. Here you can visit Richtersveld National Park and secluded fishing villages, and in spring the whole area is covered with colorful and rich carpet of wild flowers and plants.
Free State and Kalahari are famous for charming Kgalagadi Park, a unique national park, the Golden Gate, rumbling waterfall of Augrabis or so-called Augrabies Falls and the city of Kimberley Diamonds.
thank you for this beautiful article that succeeds in summarising so many of the wonderful attractions that await the visitor to South Africa. Tourism become major contributor to our countries GDP, which is why those of us in the industry take it very seriously and attempt to ensure that every visitor to Cape Town and other parts of our country leave as friends to spread the word about South Africa being a welcoming and affordable destination. We have a well-developed home-run accommodation industry with guest houses, B ‘n B’s and self catering cottages and tourists will find this sort of affordable accommodation in virtually every time for city you stay at one of these accommodation establishments will give the visitor a great opportunity to get to know the people of our country.