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Breederivier/Breede River, Western Cape
2 June 2026
Historic Bainskloof Pass will be enough to keep you more than entertained. The Bain's Kloof Pass (R301) provided a more ...
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Stanford, Western Cape Overberg
28 May 2026
The September floods displaced the residents of Stanford in the Western Cape's Overstrand Local Municipality, damaged th...
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Wild Coast
9 April 2026
From a Transkei Beach with Cattle & Shipwreck to The Wild Coast's unspoiled beaches offer a feeling of complete esca...
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Vissershok Farm
8 April 2026
Vissershok is one of the oldest farms in South Africa and was home to the country's first wheat farm. Tucked along the b...
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Orange River
26 March 2026
It rises in the Drakensberg in Lesotho (where it is known as the Senqu) it flows westward for 2200 km, where it finally ...
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Amersfoort near Ermelo
9 March 2026
A town founded in 1890 by Dutch settlers. The Five Arches Bridge, at Waterval-onder, Mpumalanga, spans the Dwaalheuvel S...
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Limpopo Province
24 February 2026
A province in south Africa with the Limpopo river being the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Limpopo River, riv...
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Wynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
19 February 2026
In the 1890s, the land for what was then called King Edward Park was secured through the combined efforts of Wynberg res...
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Abachoreb, Northern Cape
10 February 2026
Watering place South of the Koa River Valley, South of Steinkopf.
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Bonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
23 January 2026
Bonnievale has a lovely History of how one man, against all odds, tamed the Breede River by building a 35km long water c...
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Zambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe
5 November 2025
The Zambezi is the fourth-longest river in Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into...
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Breede River Valley, Route 62
4 November 2025
There really is no adjective apt enough to describe the beauty of the Breede River Valley. This incredibly picturesque f...
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Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and East London
28 October 2025
East London is nicknamed "Buffalo City" due to its location at the mouth of the Buffalo River. The River flows through t...
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Bethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
9 September 2025
Gariep Dam is located in South Africa, near the Town of Norvalspont, bordering the Free State and Eastern Cape Provinces...
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Aiab, Stream in Namibia
3 September 2025
Khoikhoi name of the Lewerivier is Aiab. The Khoikhoi language is a National language in Namibia, also known by the ethn...
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Gouritsmond
7 August 2025
Gouritsmond, also known as Gouritz, offers a tranquil Coastal gem along South Africa’s Shoreline, where the Ocean meets ...
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Liesbeek River and Park, Cape Town
23 July 2025
Liesbeek River is only 9 km long and arises as several streams off the Eastern slopes of Table Mountain above Kirstenbos...
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Kaaiman's River, Garden Route
24 June 2025
The Kaaimans River, also known as Keerom River, is a river in the Western Cape, South Africa. The mouth of the River lie...
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Mkhambathi Nature Reserve
19 June 2025
Situated on the coast of north-eastern Pondoland, the Mkhambathi Nature Reserve (as the locals pronounce), offers visito...
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Aan de Doorns, Western Cape
28 May 2025
The name is Dutch for 'at the thorns'. A Settlement situated just 8 km from Worcester on the R 43 to Villliersdorp. Aan ...
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Centurion, Gauteng
14 April 2025
The suburb of Lyttelton was one of the original suburbs that made up the old Verwoerdburg. Lyttelton was granted City Co...
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Rorke's Drift, KZN
26 March 2025
In 1847, an Irishman named; Jim Rorke bought some Land, alongside a Ford in the Buffalo River. This was the boundary bet...
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Tugela River and Waterfalls, in the Drakensberg
24 March 2025
Tugela River, the largest River in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It rises as a stream on the 3,050-meter high, M...
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Valley of a Thousand Hills
23 March 2025
The Thousand Hills experience is to KwaZulu-Natal what the Garden Route is to the Cape. It is an area of great peace and...
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Msunduzi River
22 March 2025
The Msunduzi River is well known for hosting the start of The Dusi Canoe Marathon. This is a canoe paddle race, that cov...
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Lake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
6 March 2025
Construction on Lake Kariba began in the early 1950's out of the necessity to generate hydroelectric energy for Zambia a...
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Verlorenvlei
6 March 2025
Verlorenvlei is a long estuary stretching between the village of Elands Bay and Redelinghuys, some 25 kilometres south o...
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Vaal River and Dam, Gauteng, Free State, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga
27 February 2025
Vaal Dam covers over 300 km, which is also the Country's largest Dam by Area. It is one of Gauteng's major sources of dr...
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Agtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape
17 February 2025
River rising in the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains, (meaning Cold Buck Shrub Land Mountain Range) and flowing North West to jo...
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Sabie Sands Game Reserve
13 December 2024
The Sabi Sands Game Reserve is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s, and shares a border...
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Amathola/Amatole District Municipality
23 September 2024
The Amathola Mountain Range which is a subsidiary of the Winterberg Range, 15 km North-East of Alice, extending Westward...
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Sterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
23 September 2024
The caves are situated about 11km from Krugersdorp, on the farm-" Swartkrans".
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'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
14 June 2024
John Weston House in Brandfort, Where the First Aeroplane in Africa Was Built! During the Apartheid era, Winnie Mandela...
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Bourke's Luck Potholes
7 June 2024
This natural water feature marks the beginning of the Blyde River Canyon. The potholes were named after Tom Bourke,...
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Christiana, North West
19 April 2024
Christiana is a town situated in the Bophirima region of the North West Province in South Africa. It is part of new newl...
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Ugie, Eastern Cape
5 April 2024
It developed from a Mission Station at Gatberg, established in 1863 by William Murray. This area comes under the Eastern...
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Langeberg Municipality
9 February 2024
This Municipality is nestled in the Langeberg Mountains and falls into the Breede River catchment Area. It is described ...
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Wupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam
29 December 2023
Wuppertal is a most attractive oasis in a very rugged wilderness, 72 km southeast of Clanwilliam and about 250 km from C...
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Berg River
10 July 2023
The existence of the Berg River was first recorded by Bailiff Abraham Gabbema in 1657. He was sent by Governor Jan Van R...
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Olifants River, Limpopo
29 June 2023
The great Olifants River that meanders through the Kruger National Park, forming the Southern border of the Limpopo prov...
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