- South Africa: Where is Rainbow Country?
- How to get to South Africa?
- Holidays in South Africa
- South Africa beaches
- Souvenirs from South Africa
Want to know where South Africa is? If you decide to go hunting in South Africa, then it is advisable for you to come in April-October. Well, if you are a beach goer or want to go diving and surfing, get tours to South Africa for December-February.
South Africa: Where is Rainbow Country?
State of South Africa, with an area of 1,219,912 sq. km (the coastline accounts for almost 2800 km) occupies the south of the African continent. With South Africa, the highest point of which is the 3400-meter mountain Njesuti (Drakensberg Mountains), Swaziland and Mozambique border on the north-east side, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia on the north, and the enclave of Lesotho is also located inside South Africa. South Africa consists of 9 provinces - Gauteng, Limpopo, Free State, Mpumalanga and others.
How to get to South Africa?
Tourists from Moscow will fly to South Africa in about 14-15 hours, not counting the time allocated for connections in Frankfurt, London or Dubai. Those who set off on the Moscow - Johannesburg flight, involving a flight through Munich and Cairo, will spend 21 hours on the road, 20.5 hours through Doha, and 23.5 hours through Istanbul and Tel Aviv.
To fly from Moscow to Cape Town, you need to make stops in Amsterdam (26.5-hour trip), Dubai (the journey will last 20 hours) or Istanbul (the air-adventure will end 22.5 hours after the first take-off). The road to Durban will be via London and Johannesburg (19-hour flight) or London and Cape Town (21 hours).
Holidays in South Africa
For vacationers, the Augrabis Falls may be of interest (the stream of a 146-meter waterfall rushes to a 200 m deep gorge; admirers of it, as part of hiking, can meet an ordinary wallbock, a jumper antelope and a black rhinoceros), Cape Town (here you can go surfing at Misty Cliffs or Kalk Bay or kite surfing at Dolphin Beach or Langebaan Lagoon; go shopping at the V&A Waterfront; climb Table Mountain; explore the Fortress of Good Hope and Nurel Nameida Mosque; spend time at Company's Garden), Pretoria (famous for Union Building, Paul Kruger monument, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, 25-kilometer Church Street, 60 hectare zoo, Transvaal Museum, Venning Park and Burgers Park), Durban (interesting for its Fitzsimmons reptile park, St. Paul's Church, water center Sea World, a museum of old buildings and the Thousand Hills Valley not far from the city; for those wishing to meet a tiger underwater large, saber-toothed and hammerhead sharks, you should head for the Protea Banks reef), Kruger National Park (the park, which is home to rhinos, elephants, hippos, giraffes and other animals, can be entered through any of 9 gates, open to visitors from 06: 00 to 17:30; the park is equipped with private campgrounds, 30 parking lots, Avis car rental).
South Africa beaches
- Clifton Beach: The beach is divided into 4 parts. Celebrities like to relax on one, nudists on the other, active young people on the third, and families with children on the fourth.
- Camps Bay: Here you can meet celebrities, admire the sunsets and the view of the Lion's Head from here.
- Boulders Beach: there you can see penguins hiding from vacationers behind boulders, as well as take water and sun baths.
Souvenirs from South Africa
In South Africa, it makes sense to stock up on wine (Juno Cape Maidens, Africa, Simonsig), zebra, lion or leopard skins (you should go for shopping to a specialized salon where customers are given appropriate certificates), leather goods, wooden crafts, and a painted ostrich egg.
