The English adventurer, Sir Francis Drake, called Cape Town, "the fairest cape in all the world." The Cape Peninsular, which has the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the warmer Indian Ocean to the east, has many excellent holiday resorts, with access to miles of sandy beaches and safe swimming. Coastal towns such as Gordon's Bay, Cape St Francis and Port Elizabeth attract all kinds of holidaymakers from home and abroad.

The Garden Route is the name given to the coastal road between Mossel Bay and Tsitsikamma National Park. All along it the mountains of the Karoo fall steeply towards the sea, their slopes covered in lush forests.

There are hiking trails all over the country. They range from gentle walks near Cape Town's Table Mountain, to wilderness adventures. The Drakensburg Mountains offer trekking routes 300 km long, through spectacular scenery. The trail between the Royal Natal National Park to Sani Pass, for example, takes about two weeks.

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