Must-See Scenery When Traveling in South Africa’s Natural Wonders

February 19th, 2013 | Posted by admin in Africa | Destinations

Southeast Africa is a wonderful and amazing place where there are wonderful beaches, a variety of plants and wild animals, rolling mountains, and stretching 2,500 km coastline. It is known for the gold and precious stones. If you have the opportunity to travel to Sunth Africa, you can’t miss those landscapes.

1. Table Mountain
Standing at the top of the Table Mountain, you can overlook the scenery of Cape Town. It is one of the main tourist attractions in South Africa. You can take the cable car or you can go up to reach the summit. Anyway, the scenery of the Peak will not let you down. What’s more, there are turtles, snakes, mongoose, porcupine, hyrax and other wildlife in the forest.

2. Garden Route
Garden Route extends from Storms River to Mossel Bay which is a picturesque position in the south east of South Africa. Garden Route has 10 different nature reserves such as seals, dolphins and endangered southern ridge whale. In addition to the sea creatures, there are over 300 kinds of wild birds in different colors. You can rent a car or by old steam train or by bus to check out it.

3. Robben Island
Robben Island is located away from 7 kilometers from South African coastline. It is 3.3 kilometers long and 1.9 kilometers wide. The prison of Nelson Mandela is here and it attracts a lot of visitors to come to check out. People can see the prisoners how to live here. You can go to the cell of Nelson Mandela. There has duplicated blankets, cushions and chairs. Each day, there are 6 ships from Cape Town Waterfront to Los Iceland. But you must book it in advance because a lot of visitors are waiting and it allow only 1,800 people a day on the island.

4. Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch is the South Africa’s second oldest town which was built in 1679. It is famous for the wine production in the city. There are 44 wine cellars in total and it is known as the “Wine Country”. There are clear signposts directing visitors arrive each wine cellar. Here you can also enjoy your garden lunchtime and have a taste of the best local bottles of wine.

5. Knysna
Knysna is a glamor town of Garden Route which a great place to relax and enjoy the food. The landscapes here, the silent environment and Bohemian environment entice many visitors. The most attractive place for artists and aquatic sports lovers is top of the area where has a lagoon. It is the most suitable place for aquatic sports and enjoying the sunset.

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