Provincial tourist attractions

Free State
It is known as South Africa’s breadbasket because of its grain production.
Occasionally it snows on the Drakensberg Mountains.
Capital: Bloemfontein
Main languages: isiXhosa, Sesotho, Afrikaans
5.5% of domestic tourists visit Free State. The come mainly from Gauteng.

The main characteristics of these tourists:

• Age 25-44
• Gender 58% male 42%female
• Reason: VFR and holiday
• Income group: middle to high
• Transport: Own Car
• Preferred accommodation: family, friends, hotels
 Free State
Vredefort Dome

This dome was created by a huge meteorite that hit

Earth over two billion years ago.

The meteorite was about the size of table mountain.

The crater it formed is 380 km wide and 16-18km deep.
It is the largest and oldest meteorite impact site in the
world and was declared a World Heritage Site in 2005.

Activities include river rafting, abseiling, horse riding,

mountain biking, hiking, visits to Angola Boer War site,
and to a distillery where ‘witblits’ is made.
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Golden Gate Highlands National Park

• The 11 600 ha park gets its name from the gold colours of
the park’s sandstone cliffs.
• The park is home to black wildebeest, eland, blesbok,
springbok, zebra and the rear bearded vulture.
• Activities include hiking, game viewing, game drives,
horse-riding, environmental education courses and
recreational activities
 Western Cape
• Tourism is well developed in Western Cape. In 2010 it was the second most popular
destination in SA after KZN.
• The Western Cape lies on the Southern tip of Africa. The most-southern point is Cape
Agulhas.
• Two oceans meet on the coast of the Western Cape: the cold Atlantic Ocean and the
Warmer Indian Ocean.
• Western Cape has a Mediterranean climate, with warm dry summers and mild moist
winters.

• Capital: Cape Town

• Main languages: Afrikaans, isiXhosa, English
• About 75% of tourist are intraprovincial. Most interprovincial tourists come from the
Eastern Cape and Gauteng.
 Western Cape
Characteristics of tourists:
• Age: 25-44
• Gender: 56% male and 44% female
• Reason for visit: VFR and leisure
• Income group: Middle to high
• Preferred transport: Own car
• Preferred accommodation: family, friends, self-catering, guest house
 Western Cape
Table Mountain

• The Aerial Cableway is world-famous as is the Cape Point Nature Reserve

• The National park includes land and marine protected areas The
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden offers outdoor music concerts in
summer
• The endangered ghost frog and over 200 plant species are found here.
• The Cable car give passengers a 360 degrees aerial view.
 Western Cape
Cango Caves and Ostrich farms

• Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo is an established tourist town

because of the many attractions on offer, including its ostrich
farms and the Cango Caves.
• Mayor attractions at the Ostrich farm includes riding an ostrich,
ostrich races and guided tours.
• There are thousand of beautiful dripstone formations.
 Western Cape
Garden Route

• Known for the beaches, Robberg beach and Nature’s Valley

• Famous for its scenery. It includes mountains and the famous
Tsitikamma Forest.
• Garden Route continues into the Eastern Cape. It stretches from
Mossel Bay in Western Cape to the Storms River on the Eastern Cape
border.
• The route has many historic and cultural attractions such as
museums and churches.
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Robben Island
• Is a UNESCO World Heritage Site where former President Nelson
Mandela spent most of his 27 years in jail. The island was
declared a World Heritage Site in 1999. Visitors can visit Nelson
Mandela’s prison cell.
• The site also includes the Kramat Shrine for Muslim Pilgrimage
and Robert Sobukwe House.
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Cape Wine Routes
• The winelands stretch over four main regions: the
Breede River Valley, the Little Karoo, the Western
Coastal area and the Olifants River.
• Tourists can take part in wine tasting and cycle or walk
through the vineyards.
• Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, Somerset West and Paarl
have become world famous for their wines.
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Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK)
• The KKNK started as an annual Afrikaans cultural
festival held in Karoo town of Oudtshoorn.
• The festival has evolved over the years and now offers
classical musical productions, art exhibitions and mass
choral performances.
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Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour
• This is an annual 109 km cycle race that take place in
Cape Town in March.
• The route includes some of the most scenic spots in the
world.
• It is the largest timed cycling event in the world.
• It is a non-profit event all the money goes to charities.
 Western Cape
Victoria and Alfred (V&A) Waterfront
• This commercial harbour is situated in the middle of world class hotels,
restaurants and a large shopping mall.
• The Two Oceans Aquarium is located here.
• The is also museums, galleries, cinemas and amphitheater with live
music.
 Western Cape / Wes-Kaap
Main Tourist events / Vernaamste Toeristegeleenthede

• The Cape Minster Carnival / Kaapse Klopse

• Klein Karoo National Arts Festival / Klein Karoo Nasionaale
Kunstefees
• Two Oceans Marathon / Twee Oseane-marathon
• Cape Town Book Fair / Kaapse Boekefees
• Whale Festival in Hermanus / Walvisfees in Hermanus
 Gauteng
• Gauteng means a place of gold. This is the province where
the gold industry developed after gold was discovered in
Johannesburg in 1886.
• It is South Africa smallest, wealthiest and most populated
province.
• Capital: Pretoria
• Main languages: Afrikaans, English, isiZulu, Ndebele
• About 16.6% of domestic tourist visit Gauteng.
• Most come from KZN, Limpopo and the North West
 Gauteng
Cradle of Humankind
• Includes the Sterkfontein Caves and Maropeng Visitor Centre Sterkfontein
is where the skull of the famous Mrs. Ples was found, as well as the
complete skeleton of Little Foot which is between 2.6 and 2.8 million years
old.
• In 1999 the area was declared a World Heritage site.
• 2,3 million years
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Cradle of Humankind
• The Maropeng Visitor Centre is an edutainment centre that provides
information on the development of our ancestors over the past few
million years
• Visits includes a tour of the caves where fossils have been excavated
 Gauteng
Apartheid Museum
• The museum opened in 2001.
• It shows the history of apartheid from 1948-1994
• The museum has 22 exhibitions areas which includes film footage,
photographs and artefacts.
• The museum is a symbol of hope.
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Gold Reef City
• This theme park is made up out of a casino, a
amusement park, museums, restaurants, hotels and
an old mine.
• Visitors can see gold being poured into ingots and
tour to the deepest gold mine in the world.
• The Apartheid museum is located here.
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Soweto

• The Hecter Pieterson Museum is Soweto tells the history of the Soweto
uprising in 1976
• The Orlando towers offers bungee jumping
• Vilakazi street is the only street in the world that has the homes of two
Nobel Prize winners: Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu