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One of South Africa’s oldest Towns and Naval base is Simon's Town, sometimes spelled Simonstown. Simon’s Town is a very ...

Table Mountain is not an "8th Wonder" in the traditional sense, but it was officially recognized as one of the New 7 Won...

Cape Town is a modern City with high-rise office Buildings and pedestrian Malls. Although it is a major Political and Ec...

Cape Agulhas is some 32 km South of Bredarsdorp. The name is Portuguese for 'needle' and is said to have been given beca...

The town of Plettenberg Bay lies almost on the border of the Western and Eastern Cape. Built on the hillside, most of th...

The Town is named after Captain Jeffreys who sailed his cargo ship on the East Coast of South Africa on trading expediti...

Alexander Bay has something of an illustrious History. It was in the thick of the ‘diamond rush’ that gripped this part ...

Inlet on the Coast of the Indian Ocean, South-West of Mossel Bay. Old name for Vleesbaai. It was given its name in Dutch...

It was named Aguada de Sao Bras, by Vasco de Gama in 1497, when He set off with 170 men on an expedition to find a sea r...

Delgoa Bay is a Bay on the Southeast coast of Mozambique, East Africa, near the South African border.

Saldanha is a seaside village that lies in the northern most corner of Saldanha bay - the largest and deepest natural ba...

Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town, on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles. safe beach.

South Africa’s iconic polar research vessel, the SA Agulhas, has set sail from Durban harbour on what is likely her fina...

Luderitz is a quaint harbour town on the Atlantic Coast in Namibia. It boasts German history, art-deco architecture and ...

It started off with a small Jetty, built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Stat...

Granger Bay was named after a Captain Robert Granger, a merchant and owner of five ships. In 1647 a ship named the Haarl...

The alternative name in 1850, for Mossel Bay. It was the first place that European's landed, that was, Bartholomew Diaz ...

If you leave the "Mother City" of South Africa and follow the M3 towards Muizenberg, you will have a great view of the C...

The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the...

The name translated from Afrikaans, means 'Still Bay', for those people who are charmed by the safety, tranquility and h...

Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Bobbejaan Mountain lies this hotspot for surfers around the world.

This seaside village is surrounded by rugged mountains and boasts one of the safest swimming beaches in Cape Town. prime...

Chapman’s Bay is therefore one of the oldest place names, in South Africa.

As its name signifies, Bantry Bay lies perched on the rocks overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in one of the most exclusive ...

Faure Marine Drive, which eventually becomes Clarence Drive, is a stretch of scenic coastal road leading to Gordon’s Bay...

Gordons Bay is a picturesque coastal village, nestled at the foot of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and the False Bay ...

Welcome to the seafood hotspot of the West Coast! Lambert’s Bay is known as the Diamond of the West Coast and the crayfi...

Early Portuguese name in 1503, of Table Bay. Meaning 'watering place of Saldanha', it was given in honour of Admiral Ant...

St Helena Bay – stretching from Dwarskersbos in the north, past Shelley Point peninsula to Cape St Martin in the west – ...

Old name for Algoa Bay was Angra da Roca named in 1488, by Bartolomeu Dias when he was the first European to land there....

With its headquarters at Queen Elizabeth Park in Pietermaritzburg, the Provincial Capital, Ezemvelo manages more than 12...

Table Bay is a natural inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by Cape Town and the famous Natural Table Mountain. ...

A Little Piece of Ocean Paradise. Oudekraal beach offers beautiful sea views and calm waters. Oudekraal Beach, part of t...

Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, ...

Established a few Decades ago, Jacobsbaai is a tranquil getaway between Vredenburg and Saldanha Bay. Home to a small com...

The Van der Kemp Memorial Church is still very much the spiritual centre of Bethelsdorp. Nearby are the almshouses, buil...

Former name of Luderitz Bay. Portuguese for 'bay of tacks', this name was given in 1488 by the Portuguese mariner Bartho...

Suburb of Port Elizabeth about 6 km North of City Hall. Established in 1956. It takes its name from Algoa Bay, the Bay w...

A Bay is an Area of water surrounded or otherwise demarcated by Land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surroun...

The ‘Mauritius’ was one of the sea vessels, sent from the Netherlands, to find a trade Route to India in 1592. It was ca...