The climate of Rustenburg: when to go to Rustenburg

Rustenburg is a city in the North West province of South Africa, located at an altitude above 1,100 meters at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg has a temperate humid subtropical climate. But because of the altitude, the ...

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Rustenburg: the most important platinum mines in the world

Rustenburg is a city in the North West province located 100 km north west of Johannesburg. The city is located at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range, on the Highveld Plateau at a height of 1,170 masl. The city ...

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The climate of Nelspruit: when to go to Nelspruit

Nelspruit (Mbombela) has a humid sub-tropical climate with hot and rainy summers and mild, dry winters. Summer temperatures are mitigated by altitude while winter temperatures vary considerably between day and night. Winters are mild and dry. In fact, the average ...

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Nelspruit: the gateway to the Kruger National Park

Nelspruit (Mbombela) is a small town of almost sixty thousand inhabitants in the South African province of Mpumalanga. This town is located near the Mozambique border and is often a stop for those visiting Kruger Park and the Blyde River ...

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The climate of Polokwane: when to go to Polokwane

Polokwane has a semi-arid tropical climate. The city, which is located near the Tropic of Capricorn, at an altitude close to 1,300 meters, enjoys a pleasant climate thanks to the altitude at which it is located. As in much of ...

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Polokwane (Pietersburg): the capital of Limpopo

Capital of the Limpopo province, Polokwane is a South African city located on a plateau at 1,310 meters high. The city has a population of around 130,000, but its metropolitan area is home to over five hundred thousand inhabitants. The ...

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The climate of Pretoria: when to go to Pretoria

The city of Pretoria due to its position in a protected but high altitude valley has a moderately dry subtropical climate with very hot and rainy summers and cool and dry winters. Pretoria has mild temperatures throughout the year. In ...

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Pretoria: the administrative capital of South Africa

Located in the province of Gauteng, between the mountain ranges of the north-eastern part of the country, at an altitude of 1,339 meters above sea level, and only 50 km from Johannesburg. The city of Pretoria is located in the ...

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Climate of Port Elizabeth: when to go to Port Elizabeth

The city of Port Elizabeth is located in the mixed climate zone between the Mediterranean climate and the oceanic climate. This means that the climate of the city has cold but mild winters and hot summers, but not excessively humid ...

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Port Elizabeth: the water sports capital of South Africa

Port Elizabeth is a port city in South Africa located in Algoa Bay along the coast of the Indian Ocean in the Eastern Cape province. The city has over 300 thousand inhabitants. While the metropolitan area exceeds one million inhabitants. ...

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Namaqualand: the blooming desert of South Africa

Namaqualand, South Africa. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

Located in the Northern Cape region of South Africa, about 500 km from Cape Town, between the Orange River and the wild coast of the Atlantic Ocean and near the towns of Springbok and Kamieskroon, the Namaqualand area is arid ...

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The animals of the Kalahari: suricate and mongooses

Suricate, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park presents a wide variety of animals on this page are presented suricate and meerkats living in the park. SURICATE (Suricata suricatta) The suricate (or meerkat) are small mammals widespread in southern Africa in areas of desert ...

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The animals of the Kalahari: the gazelles

Steenbok, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park presents a wide variety of animals on this page are some species of gazelles living in the park. SPRINGBOK (Antidorcas marsupialis) The springbok is a small gazelle of brown and white spread in southern and south-western ...

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Kalahari Desert: the territory of the Bushmen (San)

Kalahari, South Africa. Author and Copyright Marco Ramerini

The Kalahari Desert, the fourth desert in the world by extension (about 520,000 sq km), situated on both sides of the Tropic of Capricorn, is a semi-arid desert that stretches over a plateau at a height varying between 850 and ...

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The climate of Johannesburg: when to go to Johannesburg

The city of Johannesburg is located on a plateau at an altitude of 1,750 meters. This means that Johannesburg has a subtropical plateau climate characterized by sunny and dry climate during the winter months (from May to September) and by ...

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