DESTINATIONS

One of the liveliest coastlines in the world stretches from Port Alfred to the awe-inspiring Tsitsikamma National park. On the outskirts of the forest, beauty of a gentler kind is found in the Langkloof, renowned for its orchards and rich indigenous flora.

In the Hinterland, The Karoo Heartland, epitomises the essence of South Africa; Vast open spaces, sparse veld bushes and distant mountains. Sheep and game farming are carried out in an impressive scale in the region, where millions of years ago dinosaurs roamed the plains, leaving in their wake fossils which attract the attention of palaeontologists from all over the world.

The relaxing landscape of Frontier Country, dotted with historical towns and villages, invites a close examination of its intriguing background of conflict, courage, despair and success. This is where the Xhosa, Dutch and British had their first encounters leading to frequent clashes and later to a cultural learning and mutual acceptance. Cape Dutch homes, ornate Victorian buildings and the lime washed homesteads of the rural Xhosa provide physical symbols of the three greatly different cultures coming together in peaceful coexistence.

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