Things to see in South Africa
416 places worth seeing in South Africa on an illustrated map: Moses Mabhida Stadium, Ellis Park Stadium, Tugela Falls, Sterkfontein and Afrikaans Language Monument, and more. Zoom in and watch the landmarks, museums, nature and fun appear.
Highlights
- Moses Mabhida Stadium The new landmark of Durban, built for the football World Cup 2010. Catch the Skycar or walk to the top of the stadium, where you will have a
- Ellis Park Stadium Joburg's home for rugby union, hosting the Lions of the European-based United Rugby Championship (though including three other South African
- Tugela Falls The highest waterfall in the world, with a total drop of 983 m in 5 leaps. The highest single drop is 411 m, which is not nearly as high as
- Sterkfontein A tour guide will lead you through this extensive cave system where many early hominids and advanced ape fossils were discovered. It is a 2
- Afrikaans Language Monument Unveiled in October 1975. The main 57-m column symbolises the Afrikaans language while the other columns, domes and walls represents the con
- Cango Caves The number one caves to visit in South Africa. From Oudtshoorn drive to the north. You will be there after approximately 15 minutes.
- Voortrekker Monument There is ramp access to the entrance (use the pathways through the gardens) and the monument is fitted with two lifts. One to access the Mus
- Ponte City Apartments The tallest residential building in Africa, with the largest neon sign in the Southern Hemisphere on top of it. Since the hollow building ri
- Lion's Head Mountain in South Africa.
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden See the beautiful and highly diverse flowers and plants of the Cape in one of the most stunning botanical gardens in the world. Plants from
- Boulders Beach Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is a popular tourist stop
- De Hoop Nature Reserve The base of the Whale Trail, a 5-day hike along the coast with spectacular views of the whales during season.
- Sibudu Cave A rock shelter with some of the earliest known examples of man-made spears, arrows, needles, bedding and even glue, from around 60,000-70,00
- Royal Natal National Park It features excellent hiking and accommodation facilities. In particular, there is the Tugela Falls Gorge Walk, which is about 22 km on rela
- Pinnacle Point An archaeological site, with remains of early human activity from around 100,000 years ago. One of three components of the "The Emergence of
- Signal Hill Mountain in Cape Town.
- Apartheid Museum A very moving and informative trip through South Africa's turbulent past and present. It takes at least a half day to go through and include
- Hillbrow Tower The tallest building in Africa until 2021, at 269 m. Inaccessible for visitors.
- National Zoological Garden of South Africa Aquarium, reptile park and all the larger mammals including koalas. One can also camp within the zoo on Friday and Saturday nights. Golf car
- Ditsong National Museum of Natural History Where you can meet Mrs. Pless when she is not on tour somewhere.
- Freedom Park One of the must-visit museum in Pretoria. It comes back on the history of South-Africa, wars and the apartheid. Behind, a beautiful park com
- Two Oceans Aquarium A decent-sized aquarium showcasing the biodiversity within the Indian and Atlantic oceans. Displays include clownfish, seahorses, turtles, s
- Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa Established in 2017 as the largest museum of contemporary African art in the world. Built out of an old grain silo that was decommissioned i
- South African National Gallery Located in the Gardens area of Cape Town off Government Ave (about a 20-minute walk from downtown). Contains extensive displays of South Afr
- Lisbon Falls The lookout point at the top gives views of the Lisbon River as it tumbles 92 m into the gorge below.
- Rhodes Memorial Built on the lower slopes of Devil's Peak, the memorial was designed in recognition of imperialist politician and business magnate Cecil Rho
- Berlin Falls A short walk from the parking lot leads to several viewpoints of the falls.
- National Women's Monument Monument commemorating the suffering of some 27,000 Boer women and children who died in British concentration camps during the Second Boer W
- Houses of Parliament Cape Town is the legislative seat of South Africa (the presidential seat is in Pretoria while the judicial seat is in Bloemfontein). A tour
- Church Square, Pretoria Church Square is one of the few places in the Pretoria CBD where you can get a sense of how Pretoria must have looked a century ago, and, as
- Cape Agulhas Lighthouse The lighthouse was built to aid the early explorers on their passage of the rough seas off Cape Agulhas. 71 steps lead up to the top of the
- Johannesburg Art Gallery The biggest gallery on the African continent with a good collection of local and international work on display.
- Gold Reef City An amusement park in an old gold mine with a casino. The visitor can also learn about gold mining and go into a mine here (about 200 deep, t
- Melrose House Where the peace treaty that ended the Anglo-Boer War as signed in 1902.
- Hector Pieterson Museum Try to allow at least an hour here. Great bookshop inside.
- Groot Constantia One of the oldest wine estates in South Africa and well worth the fee for the internal tour and wine tasting.
- uShaka Marine World To see the huge aquarium or ride more than eight different rides in the Waterworld.
- Artscape Theatre Centre Performing arts centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
- East London Museum The museum summarizes itself as "history, artifacts and customs", and it's well worth a visit on all counts.
- Market Theatre Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Seal Point Lighthouse The lighthouse, called Cape St Francis Lighthouse or Seal Point Lighthouse, was built in 1878 to warn ships of the dangerous reef that stret
- Birds of Eden The largest enclosed aviary in the world.
- Slave Lodge One of the oldest buildings in Cape Town which houses a social history museum.
- Anglo-Boer War Museum Museum dedicated to the Anglo-Boer Wars of 1899 to 1902.
- District Six Museum District Six is an area near downtown Cape Town which remained multiracial well into the 1960s against all attempts by the government to dec
- Mahlamba Ndlopfu Built in Cape Dutch style in the 1930s, and completed in 1940, this building on a hill in Pretoria was once known as Libertas. It has housed
- McGregor Museum Constructed in 1897 by De Beers as a sanatorium, the building has served as a luxury hotel (Hotel Belgrave) and later as a convent school. T
- Albany Museum The original Albany Museum was established in 1855 by the Grahamstown medical-Chirurgical Society. The Museum today consists of a family of
- Huguenot Monument Monument to the Huguenots in Franschhoek, South Africa.
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum A selection of South African art, especially from the Eastern Cape.