South Africa : With the Best Safari Destinations in Namibia and Botswana

by FODOR'S

• ISBN13: 9781400012237
• ISBN10: 1400012236
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Fodor's

Summary

Covering destinations around the world, these guides are loaded with photos; essays on culture and history, architecture and art; itineraries, walks and excursions; descriptions of sights; and practical information. Fodor's Exploring South Africa gives you great tips on dining and lodging for all budgets as well as tips on basics such as getting there and getting around and when to go and what to pack.

Table of Contents

How to use this book	4	(1)
Contents pages	5	(3)
My South Africa	8	(1)
SOUTH AFRICA IS	9	(14)
Heaven and hell	10	(2)
The toe of Africa	12	(2)
The powerhouse of Africa	14	(2)
The Rainbow Nation	16	(2)
Urban	18	(2)
Rural	20	(2)
Liberal	22	(1)
SOUTH AFRICA WAS	23	(218)
Prehistoric	24	(2)
The Cape of Good Hope	26	(2)
The early colonists	28	(2)
The Mfecane	30	(2)
The Great Trek	32	(2)
The British Empire	34	(2)
The Randlords	36	(2)
The Anglo-Boer Wars	38	(2)
Apartheid	40	(2)
The Struggle	42	(2)
Freedom	44	(1)
A--Z
Western Cape	45	(57)
Introduction	46	(4)
Cape Town	50	(18)
Cape Town environs	68	(8)
The Breede River Valley area	76	(2)
Groot-Karoo	78	(1)
Klein-Karoo	79	(3)
Overberg and South Coast	82	(2)
West Coast and Cederberg	84	(2)
Winelands	86
Focus On
Coloureds and Cape Muslims	64	(10)
Flora	74	(14)
Wine	88
Walks
Historic Cape Town	66	(24)
Stellenbosch	90
Drives and tours
The Cape of Good Hope	71	(21)
The wineries	92	(2)
Swellendam to Cape Agulhas	94	(2)
The Garden Route	96	(6)
Eastern Cape	102	(20)
Introduction	103	(9)
The Karoo	112	(4)
Port Elizabeth	116	(3)
The Wild Coast	119
Focus On
Cape architecture	114	(6)
The Nguni	120
Tour
The 1820 Settler Towns	110	(12)
Free State, Northern Cape, and North-West Province	122	(24)
Introduction	122	(4)
Free State	126	(2)
Eastern Highlands	128	(6)
Northern Cape	134	(3)
Kimberley	137	(7)
North-West Province	144
Focus On
The San	132	(8)
Diamonds	140	(2)
Tour
Diamond drive	142	(4)
Gauteng	146	(28)
Introduction	147	(1)
Johannesburg	148	(10)
Johannesburg environs	158	(4)
Pretoria (Tshwane)	162	(8)
Pretoria environs	170
Focus On
Gold	160	(12)
South African art	172
Walk
Central Pretoria	168	(6)
Mpumalanga and Limpopo Province	174	(14)
Introduction	174	(4)
Limpopo Province	178	(3)
Mpumalanga	181	(3)
Drive
Rim of the escarpment	184	(4)
KwaZulu--Natal	188	(28)
Introduction	188	(4)
Durban	192	(8)
Durban environs	200	(2)
Battlefields	202	(6)
The Drakensberg	208	(2)
Pietermaritzburg and the Natal Midlands	210	(2)
Zululand	212	(2)
Northern KwaZulu	214
Focus On
Sports	198	(6)
Tour
The Disputed Territory	204	(12)
Beyond South Africa	216	(9)
Introduction	216	(2)
Lesotho	218	(1)
Swaziland	219	(1)
Zimbabwe	220	(2)
Botswana	222	(1)
Namibia	223	(1)
Mozambique	224	(1)
Practicalities	225	(16)
TRAVEL FACTS	241	(16)
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS	257	(9)
Safari Guide	266	(19)
Index	285