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South African Information - Eastern Cape
The malaria free Eastern Cape is the traditional home
of the Xhosa people of South Africa and offers the visitor a world of
diversities. The Eastern Cape 's interior, consisting of arid Karoo with
its divesre wildlife is in stark contrast with the sunshine and pristine
beaches of the coastal Coast areas.
Eastern Cape has many national parks, numerous game and
nature reserves and vast wilderness areas where wild animals and beautiful
flowers flourish in protected paradises. The province boasts with being
the ideal tourist destination with it's sunshine all year round, it's
hundreds of kilometres of unspoiled beaches and beautiful mountain ranges
filled with fauna and flaura.
The Eastern Cape is South Africa’s hidden gem, much
of it is little known and underexplored. The Eastern Cape has an extraordinary
variety of cultural history and scenic beauty, ranging from the vast,
dry Great Karoo to the fertile agricultural lands of the Little Karoo
and the ‘Settler Country’ around Grahamstown, and above all,
the magnificent cliffs and coves of the Wild Coast. The Eastern Cape is
also home to two of South Africa’s major seaports, East London and
Port Elizabeth, and several excellent small game reserves, including Addo
Elephant Park. The area around East London is the homeland of the Xhosa
people, many of whom, including Nelson Mandela, have played a crucial
role in recent South African history.
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