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Cabo Ocidental · Garden Route

Mossel Bay

Mossel Bay is where Bartolomeu Dias landed in 1488, at the start of the Garden Route. The Bartolomeu Dias Museum houses a full‑size replica of the caravel and the post tree, where in 1500 a captain of Cabral’s fleet left a letter. At the town’s tip are the lighthouse and the Cape St Blaize cave, with very ancient human remains, and the cliff trail. The bay has warmer water beaches and is a whale‑passing area from July to November.

KwaZulu-Natal · Durban and the northern coast

Ballito

Ballito is a beach town about 45 km north of Durban and roughly 15 km from King Shaka Airport. The waterfront has a promenade among rocks and beaches, with tidal pools like Thompson's Bay where you can swim protected from the waves. The region, called the Dolphin Coast, is popular with South African families on holiday and with travelers who want to be near the airport and away from the city.

Cabo Oriental · Garden Route

Storms River

Storms River is the village at the end of the Garden Route, already in the Eastern Cape, at the gateway to the Tsitsikamma area of the Garden Route National Park. About 15 km away is the Storms River mouth, with a suspension bridge over the sea, forest trails and the start of the Otter Trail. Near the village are the Big Tree, a yellowwood about 800 years old, and the Bloukrans Bridge, known for its bungee jump.

Cabo Ocidental · Cape Winelands

Stellenbosch

Founded in 1679 by Governor Simon van der Stel, Stellenbosch is the second-oldest town in South Africa. The centre, known as the town of oaks, features Dorp Street with 18th-century houses, the Moederkerk church, the Village Museum in four restored houses, and the University of Stellenbosch campus with its botanical garden. In the surroundings are dozens of wine farms and the Jonkershoek reserve, with mountain trails.

Cabo Ocidental · Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula

Simon's Town

Simon's Town is the South African Navy town on False Bay, about 40 km from central Cape Town. The main street has Victorian houses, the naval harbor and the pier for sightseeing boats. Just to the south is Boulders, with the African penguin colony, and about 25 km along the peninsula is the tip with the Cape of Good Hope and the Cape Point lighthouse. On the way back toward the city are Kalk Bay and the colorful bathing huts of Muizenberg.

KwaZulu-Natal · Durban and the northern coast

Umhlanga

Umhlanga is a beach town about 15 km north of central Durban and about 18 km from King Shaka Airport. The seafront promenade links the red-and-white lighthouse, from 1954, to the pier shaped like a whale skeleton and to the lifeguarded beaches. On the high ground of the town is the KZN Sharks Board headquarters, the body that manages shark-protection nets, and to the north is the Umhlanga lagoon nature reserve.

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