Eastern Cape Tourism
Safari
Home to Africa’s most breath-taking and beautiful beasts, discover the BIG 7 found across the oceans, forests and African landscapes of untouched beauty and intrigue of the Eastern Cape. From the lion and leopard to the mighty buffalo, elephant, rhino as well the southern right whale and the great white shark, get up close and personal with Africa’s Big 7. Learn more about Eastern Cape Safaris...
Adventure tourism
Looking adventure in its eye, daring it to keep up, inject your Eastern Cape stay with a shot of adrenaline and book a bucket list activity with an abundance of action packed pastimes, including one of the world’s highest commercial bridge bungee, the 216 meter Bloukrans Bridge Bungee.
Arts and Culture
From visual art studio’s to galleries, theatre, dance and world class stage productions the Eastern Cape hosts a variety of first rate cultural events and exhibitions including the National Arts Festival in Makhanda (Grahamstown) appealing to art, music, and literature enthusiasts from all four corners of the country.
Tourist information
The Eastern Cape’s boasting rights include over 800 km of incredible coastline with some of the most amazing beaches in all of South Africa, jaw-dropping rock formations and landscapes, and magnificently rich diversity of fauna and flora. The Baviaanskloof is renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its extreme floristic diversity. Uniquely the Eastern Cape offers sightings of the Big 7 (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo, Southern Right whales and Great White sharks). Friendly people and their generous hospitality is not the only warmth you’ll experience. The Eastern Cape has more ‘sunshine’ days than any other South African province – more than 300 out of 365 days are sunny. Most significantly, the Eastern Cape is the birthplace of several of South Africa’s most celebrated leaders, notably the late global icon and humanitarian, Nelson Mandela.
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