South African Republic - tours, hotels, hotels, beaches, excursions, attractions

Traditionally, September and October in Russia is the time of Indian summer and walks in parks along rustling and colorful fallen foliage. In November, almost throughout Russia, sunny days are replaced by cloudy weather and cold weather, and heavy snow clouds settle in the sky. The climate in Russia can not be called mild and warm and, probably, every resident, having felt the first frosts, yearns for summer and begins to think about where to go to warm up in the sun.

Someone prefers a quiet beach holiday and chooses the resorts of Turkey, Thailand, someone likes drive and fun, and he visits Mexico or Cuba. And for fans of mixing activities, we offer one of the options to travel brightly and get into the summer in winter - to go hiking in the Republic of South Africa. The seasons are exactly the opposite, while in the northern hemisphere winter and cold, in the southern hemisphere summer - in South Africa it comes from October to April, and winter - from June to August.

Washed by two oceans: the Indian and Atlantic, South Africa is located on the edge of the mainland. On the lands of the country flows the famous and famous of children's fairy tales river Limpopo, as well as UNESCO world heritage sites. The territory of South Africa is divided into 9 provinces and there are world-famous cities - Pretoria (capital), Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Durban, Bloemfontein.

Despite the exotic sound and great distance from the "European world", South Africa in terms of the number and quality of hotels is perhaps the most "Europeanized". Service in hotels is monitored, provide a wide range of services and good cuisine. The location of the resorts is concentrated in the eastern and southeastern parts of the country, these are the cities: Johannesburg, Durban, San City, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town and hotels on the clean beaches of the Cape Peninsula.

South Africa is a unique country: the combination of achievements of modern civilization and African color and nature allow you to experience all imaginable pleasures in one tour, from paragliding to going to a casino or watching a Zulu dance show.

For fans of extreme sports here will arrange jumps across the abyss on "bunkers", rafting or diving with sharks. And safari tours are not just dizzying races on jeeps, but also “photo hunting” for wild animals. Almost everywhere on the coast of the country created conditions for a variety of types of active leisure: diving, fishing, yachting, mountain biking, paragliding, surfing.

Lovers of “antiquities” will like the UNESCO object: Hauteng – the complex of caves “Cradle of Humanity”, where they found the remains of an ancient man, whose age is more than 2 million years. Here you can see the real cave paintings of the Bushmen tribes. And in the province of Nepal, walk through the Zulu kingdom. To penetrate the spirit of antiquity will help to participate in the ethnic rites of old settlements.

There are natural national parks and reserves throughout the country: in the eastern Cape - Donkin, the Addo elephant park, Mount Zebra; in the central part - Klokoan, Fixburg; the total number of parks - more than two hundred.

Attractions are also: the Cape of Good Hope and Table Mountain in the Western Cape, the ancient Lake Santa Lucia is a UNESCO site in Nepal, the Western Cape in the Cape area, the Dragon Mountains and wine valleys, where you can always have a tasting.

Authentic cuisine will pleasantly surprise you and help to complement the impression of the continent. However, you should not expect a strictly established set of native South African dishes here. Most likely, in addition to European cuisine, you will be offered dishes made from ordinary types of products, but prepared in ways that are practiced in South Africa, or treated to food that is a mix of, say, ingredients of oriental and some other cuisine, but prepared in African style. South African wines are another highlight of the country. Their quality is very high, and they are really worth trying and buying with you.

Any traveler will be able to find here an activity to his taste: beaches, excursions, active recreation, entertainment centers. Amazing nature with stunningly beautiful places will not leave anyone indifferent. And to be completely surprised - we advise you to go to the beach of boulders in Cape Town, where you will meet with penguins. More than thirty years ago, two pairs of penguins came to the coast, and now several thousand birds live perfectly and feel cozy in hot Africa.

South Africa is a large and multilingual country with many nationalities (Zulus, Bushmen, Venga, Zulus, Xhosa, Ndebele). There are 11 languages and English is common. So it will not be superfluous for a traveler to remember a couple of foreign language lessons before the trip, so that communication with locals is more comfortable.

With the issue of finance, everything is quite simple, the national currency is the rand (ZAR), but in the course of dollars and throughout the territory there are many currency exchange points.

To visit the country, you need a visa and regular health insurance, special vaccinations are not required, but it is better to take antimalarial pills when traveling.

Tours in South Africa are quite expensive, but this destination is popular for tourism and often there are burning tours or the opportunity to get a discount.

A trip to Africa is a unique opportunity to plunge into a special world. The local color, bright nature, amazing animals, an abundance of entertainment, will fill the rest with many exciting impressions.