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 and dry for much of the year. But at times during the short spring, between […]
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 and semi-desert of the Kalahari (Namibia, South Africa and Botswana), live mainly in the plains […]
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 Africa (especially in Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Angola). The common name of Springbok (literally […]
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 1,200 m, in the territories of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. THE TERRITORY OF THE […]
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 warm and humid climate during the summer months (from October to April). Winter is the […]
Johannesburg, located in the province of Gauteng, is the most populous city in South Africa with over four million inhabitants (but the metropolitan area reaches eight million). The city is located in the eastern highland of South Africa called Highveld in the center of the rich South African gold mining region. The city is located […]
Groot Constantia is an ancient farm, declared a national monument, located in the suburbs of Cape Town. The farm lands occupy part of the Cape Peninsula in front of False Bay. Groot Constantia was founded in 1685 by the Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope colony, Simon van der Stel. The farm was […]
Durban has a sub-tropical climate, with warm and sunny winters, and hot and humid summers. The winters are mild, the average minimum winter temperatures vary between 11 ° C and 15 ° C, while the average maximum winter temperatures are around 23 ° C. Summers are hot and humid with average maximum temperatures ranging between […]
Durban is an important port city located along the coast of the Indian Ocean in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. This city of South Africa is with about three and a half million inhabitants, the third most populous city in the Republic of South Africa and today has a large community of Asian origin. The majority […]
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE The Cape of Good Hope was discovered and doubled for the first time, in 1488, by the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias. Bartolomeu Dias called it “Cape of the Storms” (or “Cabo Tormentoso”). The name of Cape of Good Hope (Cabo da Bõa Esperança) was instead given to it by the king […]
The area of Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope has a pleasant Mediterranean climate with well-defined seasons. The summers are dry and hot, while winters are cold and wet and sometimes in winter cold fronts coming from the Atlantic Ocean can bring heavy rains. Rainfall is concentrated in the winter months, between May […]
Cape Town, the capital of the Western Cape province, is the second most populous metropolitan area in South Africa with approximately 4 million inhabitants. It was founded by the Dutch in 1652 as an outpost along the road to the East Indies. Cape Town is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world […]
Another place in Cape Town often visited by tourists is the so-called Malay Quarter of Bo-Kaap. This characteristic neighborhood of the city is located along the slopes of Signal Hill, a 350 meters high hill located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Castle of Good Hope. The Malay Quarter of Bo-Kaap is a historic and […]
The city of Bloemfontein is located on a plateau about 1,400 meters high on the edge of the semi-arid region of the Karoo. Bloemfontein therefore has a semi-arid climate characterized by hot summer days with rains that occur through frequent afternoon thunderstorms and by fresh and dry winter days. The climate in Bloemfontein has cold […]
The city of Bloemfontein is located on a plateau about 1,400 meters high. This city is the capital of the Free State province and also the judicial capital of South Africa. The city was founded in 1846. Between 1854 and 1902 it was the capital of the Orange Free State (Oranje-Vrystaat). The Orange Free State […]