The Eastern Cape Travel Guide
- Overview
- Places to Explore
- Sights
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Travel Tips
- Features
- Fodor's Choice
- Deals
- Guidebooks
Guidebooks
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Fodor's The Complete Guide to African Safaris
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The Eastern Cape is South Africa's most diverse province and has some of its best vacation destinations, yet it is perhaps the most glossed over by overseas visitors. Starting where the Garden Route stops, it includes much of the Great Karoo—a large, semidesert region of ocher plains, purple mountains, dramatic skies, and unusual, hardy vegetation—and abuts KwaZulu-Natal in the northeast and Lesotho's mountain lands in the north. But a glance at a map will reveal the region's main attraction: its coastline, largely undeveloped and running for some 640 km (400 mi) from temperate to subtropical waters.
The Eastern Cape Hotels
Most hotels along the coast get booked up over summer vacation (December-January), and the Wild Coast hotels are even busy over the winter school vacation...read more
Fodor's Choice
The Eastern Cape Restaurants
Generally speaking, the restaurants of the Eastern Cape are good but not great. Of course there are always a few serendipitous exceptions to every rule...read more
Things To Do in The Eastern Cape
Explore the best sights, entertainment, and shopping with our top choices and insider tips.
Travel Deals in The Eastern Cape
- Cape Town & Namibia IExplore
- Essence of South Africa (12-Day) IExplore
- South Africa - Black Culture Experience — $3,259 IExplore
- Essence of South Africa (14-Day) — $12,790 IExplore
- South Africa Experience — $4,149 IExplore
The Eastern Cape Experiences
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side The Wild Coast is a fabulous "slackpacking" destination. You can walk all day on long, lovely beaches, past turquoise... Read more
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When a right-hand break in St. Francis Bay was immortalized in the '60s cult surf classic Endless Summer, surfers from around the world made... Read more
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The National Arts Festival (www.nafest.co.za) began in 1974 with some 60-odd performances, and now offers a staggering variety of entertainment... Read more
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Hailed by locals as "the greatest shoal on earth," the sardine run is, in terms of biomass, the world's largest animal migration. Cold water... Read more
News & Features
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Trip Ideas, Outdoors
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News, Hotels
A sculpture of a Greek goddess welcomes you in from the streets of London's Soho neighborhood.... Read more
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Trip Ideas
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