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Port
Elizabeth Travel Information - 3 Day 2 Night Garden Route Tours
from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth
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There's a sense of antiquity and history in Port Elizabeth. This is
1820 British Settler country and numerous monuments pay tribute to this English heritage. Restored Settler houses are now beautiful homes, and the Sir Rufane Donkin lighthouse still stands proud on a hilltop overlooking the city - named after his wife Lady Elizabeth.
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Port Elizabeth's attractions are both numerous and diverse, with an emphasis on outdoor and nature activities. The city's trump card is its beautiful beaches and warm sea. With calm waters and fair breezes, this coast is perfect for swimming and water sports - and Port Elizabeth is fast becoming the water sports capital of Africa.
At Bay world on the beachfront, visitors can view performing dolphins and seals. A snake park and a museum, depicting cultural and natural history, is also in the complex. No 7 Castle Hill, one of the oldest surviving Settler cottages in Port Elizabeth, is nearby, as is the perfectly intact Fort Frederick, used as a defense stronghold.
Not far from the city limits is Addo Elephant National Park, considered to be the most biologically-diverse park in the world. It's home to the Big Seven, which includes the terrestrial Big Five of lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo as well as whales and great white sharks. Moving offshore, Port Elizabeth offers excellent fishing and scuba-diving possibilities and game-fishing from deep-sea boats includes catches of tuna, dorado, yellowtail and leervis.
Shopping hotspots are Greenacres and The Bridge as well as Walmer Park, with the liveliest nightlife found at The Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World, right on the beachfront. This extensive complex will delight the whole family and includes entertainment, shopping, dining and gaming. Set around a series of manmade lakes and beautiful gardens, at night the complex is illuminated by 40 000 Tivoli lights.
In Port Elizabeth life continues at a gentle pace, tempered by the warm Indian Ocean and surrounding natural beauty. Here there is no need for rush hour.
Excursions:
South of Cape Town a long peni
Don't miss:
Bay world and the dolphin display.
Swimming at Kings Beach or Hobie Beach.
Looking out to sea from Shark Pier.
Playing a few of the 700 slot machines at the Boardwalk Casino.
Getting up close to elephants at Addo Elephant National Park.
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If you have any questions or comments please call me
on Tel:+27- 0720390184 or e-mail us on [email protected].
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Highlights
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3 Day 2 Night Garden Route Tours Departing from Cape Town return to Cape Town -
850 km
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We collect you
from your doorstep in Cape Town.
Drakenstein Mountains, Worcester, Kleinplasie, Montagu, Carlitzdorp, Oudtshoorn, Little Karoo, Ostrich Show Farm,
Day 1 overnight Oudtshoorn. Cango Caves and Wildlife
Ranch, Knysna, Outeniqua Pass, George, Dutch Reform Church, lake region, artist studios, Knysna,
sun-downer cruise, Day 2 overnight Knysna. Plettenberg Bay, Natures Valley,
Addo Elephant Park, Port Elizabeth....click here to see this tour.
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