South Africa is enriched with many fascinating experiences, many world renowned people and many amazing places. This section of the site is dedicated to showcasing some of the country’s best.
Here you can find the 12 top South African experiences, 10 South African sons and daughters that have made the country and the world proud as well as some of the best places you can visit while you are in South Africa.
Experiences
South Africa is well endowed with a large assortment of wonderful experiences so much that it is almost impossible to come up with a list of the very best experiences.
You can enjoy the sweet scent of desert that amazingly turns into a colourful carpet of flowers in Spring or you can choose to see the big five in one of the world’s most recognized national parks or simply take a journey to a deeper understanding of the country and humankind through some of the country’s heritage sites.
There are vibrant cities and thrilling townships to give you a memorable South African urban experience and there are blue flag beaches to chill out on - There are just a lot of wonderful South African explorations to spoil your choice.
South African Tourism has listed the top 12 experiences that can give you fabulous fun. They include tours of the Drakensburg, Kruger National Park, Venda Art route, Namaqualand, Soweto, St Lucia Wetlands, Whale Watching, Sun City, The Cape Town Heritage Route, Garden Route, Backpacking and the Maloti route of the Free State province.
People (Icons)
South Africa can stand tall when heroes and heroines of this world are counted. From politicians to writers from sportsmen to actors and actresses - South Africa has world ambassadors and if we drop names you would understand why.
This section of the site gives a brief description of the best people and the role they have played in South Africa and the world as a whole. These names include politicians Nelson Mandela and FW De Clerk, clergyman Desmond Tutu, computer genius-turned businessman Mark Shuttleworth, record-breaking sportsman Ryk Neethling, Nobel Prize winning authors Nadine Gordimer and JM Coetzee, Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron and others.
There isn’t enough space on this site to list down all the people that have made a difference in the world.
Best Places
There are many places to go and enjoy South Africa at her best and like experiences the list of places to go to while in South Africa is almost endless.
This section gives you a taste of some of the top places you can enjoy. These iconic places include Robben Island, a former political prison that now stands as one of the key world heritage sites in South Africa, Table Mountain, our blue flag beaches, the gold mines, fossils-based World Heritage site The Cradle of Humankind and other intriguing places of interest.
Name your kind of a place for a holiday and you will find it in South Africa.
