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A B ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 629 Cradle of Humankind 343-4 uMdloti Beach 246-7 Leribe 473 Umhlanga 246-7 Liphofung Cave Cultural Historical Victoria Bay 141 Site 474-5 Warner Beach 243 Makapan’s Caves 403 bearded vultures 567 Quthing 480 Beaufort West 153 Songimvelo Game Reserve 378 beer 144, 317, 535 Sterkfontein Caves 343 Bela-Bela (Warmbaths) 405 West Coast Fossil Park 156 Ben Lavin Nature Reserve 408 architecture 545 Bethlehem 306 area codes 19, 584 Betty’s Bay 113 Arniston 118-19 bicycle travel, see cycling A art galleries Big Five 126, 547, see also buffaloes, CIRCA on Jellicoe 320 elephants, leopards, lions, rhinos aardwolves 564, 565 Durban Art Gallery 227 Amakhala Game Reserve 192 accommodation 572-5, see also individual locations Johannesburg Art Gallery 313 Kruger National Park 385 Acornhoek 420 Michaelis Collection at the Old Madikwe Game Reserve 428-30 Town House 46 Act of Union 514 Manyeleti Game Reserve 394-5 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art activities 22, 575-8, see also Marakele National Park 406-20 Museum 184 individual activities, individual Pilanesberg National Park 426 locations Oliewenhuis Art Museum 295 Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve 343 Addo Elephant National Park 11, Pretoria Art Museum 349 Tembe Elephant Park 266-7 190-1, 11 South African National Gallery 47 Waterberg 405 African National Congress (ANC) 515, Standard Bank Art Gallery 313 Big Hole 436 518, 523, 522 William Humphreys Art Gallery 437 biking, see cycling |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier arts 21, 544-6 Biko, Steve 518-19, 518 Park 457-8 ATMs 581, 590 bilharzia 611 AIDS 504, 505, 610 Augrabies Falls National Park 451-4, birds, 566, 567, 568, 569, see also air travel 591-3, 597 453 individual birds Aliwal North 218-19 birdwatching 547, 548, 567, 569, 575 Amathole 200-7 B Amakhala Game Reserve 192 Anglo-Boer Wars 512-13, 511 baboons 558, 558 Barrydale 132 animals, see wildlife watching, Ballito 247-8 Ben Lavin Nature Reserve 408 individual species Bantu-speaking people 507 Camdeboo National Park 169 Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre 358 baobab trees 407, 409 Cape Town 55-7 antelopes 561 Barberton 376-8, 377 De Hoop Nature Reserve 119 Augrabies Falls National Park 451 Barrydale 132 Dullstroom Bird of Prey & Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area 179 Basotho people 303, 461, 473, 475 Rehabilitation Centre 361 Hlane Royal National Park 499-502 Dwesa Nature Reserve 209 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 260-4 bateleurs 567, 567 Eland’s Bay 156 Lionsrock 306 bathrooms 585 Bathurst 196-7 Golden Gate Highlands National Mbuluzi Game Reserve 501 Park 303-4 Battle of Blood River 512 Mkhaya Game Reserve 501-2 Hlane Royal National Park 499-502 Battle of Isandlwana 289 Mlawula Nature Reserve 500-2 Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park 258-60 Battle of Spioenkop 284 Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary Hluleka Nature Reserve 212-13 493-502 Battlefields 284-90, 285 Ithala Game Reserve 256-7 Mokala National Park 442 Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area 179 Jeffrey’s Bay 180 Ndumo Game Reserve 267 beaches Karoo National Park 153-4 Pilanesberg National Park 426 Ballito 247-8 Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve 113 Songimvelo Game Reserve 378 Camps Bay 55 Kosi Bay 265 Spioenkop Nature Reserve 285-6 Cape St Francis 178-9 Kruger National Park 381, 388 uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park 270 Clifton 55, 79 Lake Eland Game Reserve 245 apartheid 516, 518, 519, 521, 523 Durban 229-30 Lake Sibaya 264 Apartheid Museum 17, 326 Eland’s Bay 156 Lambert’s Bay 158 archaeological sites 506 Herold’s Bay 141 Makuleke Contract Park 396 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 260-4 Malolotja Nature Reserve 497-9 Jeffrey’s Bay 179, 172 Mapungubwe National Park 410 000 Map pages Kosi Bay 265-6 Marakele National Park 406 000 Photo pages Muizenberg Beach 59, 128 Mbuluzi Game Reserve 501 630 birdwatching continued Kruger National Park 385 road distance chart 603 Mkambati Nature Reserve 215-17 Madikwe Game Reserve 428-30 road rules 603-4 Mkhaya Game Reserve 501-2 Makuleke Contract Park 396 road safety 602-4 Mlawula Nature Reserve 500-2 Mokala National Park 442 caracals 556, 557 Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary Pilanesberg National Park 426 carjacking 602 493-502 Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve 343 Castle of Good Hope 46 Ndumo Game Reserve 267 Shamwari Game Reserve 192 Cederberg Wilderness Area 13, Nylsvley Nature Reserve 404 Tembe Elephant Park 266-7 158-9, 13 INDEX INDEX Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve 244 Willem Pretorius Game Reserve cell phones 19, 584 Pilanesberg National Park 426 301 Ceres 123-4 Plettenberg Bay 148 Buganu (Marula) Festival 23 Chacma baboons 558, 558 B-C Sehlabathebe National Park 482 bus travel 594-5, 598-9, 604 cheetahs 556 Spioenkop Nature Reserve 285-6 bushbabies 558, 559 Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre 358 St Lucia 261 Bushman’s Nek 279 Endomeni Rehabilitation Project Tsitsikamma National Park 175-6 Bushveld 403-7 257 uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park 270 bushwalking, see hiking Hlane Royal National Park 499-502 Umgeni River Bird Park 229 business hours 578 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 9, Umhlanga Lagoon Nature Reserve Butha-Buthe 473-4 447, 9, 21 247 Lionsrock 306 uMkhuze Game Reserve 266 Marakele National Park 406 C Umtamvuna Nature Reserve 245 Pilanesberg National Park 426 Calitzdorp 132-3 West Coast National Park 155 Plettenberg Bay 148 Calvinia 458-9 bites 612 children, travel with 32-4 Camdeboo National Park 169, 173 Bloemfontein 294-9, 296-7 Cape Town 70 Cape Agulhas 118 accommodation 295-7 Kruger National Park 390 Cape Floral Kingdom 550 drinking 298 Chintsa 203-5 Cape of Good Hope 58, 79 entertainment 298 cholera 609 Cape St Francis 178-9 food 298 Citrusdal 159-60 information 298-9 Cape Town 11, 35, 42-92, 44-5, 48-9, Clanwilliam 160-1 52-3, 56, 60, 64, 76-7, 78, 79 sights 294-5 Clarens 10, 304-5, 10 accommodation 42, 68-73 travel to/from 299 climate 18, 23-4, see also individual activities 61-5 travel within 299 regions children, travel with 70 Blood River 290 climate change 591 climate 42 Blyde River Canyon 12, 368-70 Coastal Forest 264-5 drinking 81-4 boat travel 596, 598 Coffee Bay 211 emergency services 89 Bokong Nature Reserve 478 comedians 505 entertainment 84-7 Bontebok National Park 122 Constantia Valley 57-8 festivals & events 66-8 books 504, 544 consulates 578-9 food 42, 73-81 border crossings 593-4 courses highlights 44-5 Botha, PW 520 cooking 533 history 43 brandy 132 language 581 information 89-90 British settlement 510 Cradle Nature Reserve 344 internet access 89 Britstown 442-3 Cradle of Humankind 16, 343-4, medical services 90 budget 18 16, 327 money 90 Buffalo Bay 142-3 Cradock 170-1, 174 postal services 90 buffaloes 547 craftwork 546 shopping 87-9 Amakhala Game Reserve 192 credit cards 582 sights 43-61 Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area 179 cricket 333 telephone services 90 Botlierskop Private Game Reserve crime 589-90 137 tourist information 90 crocodiles Camdeboo National Park 169 tours 65-6 Dwesa Nature Reserve 209 Dwesa Nature Reserve 209 travel to/from 90-1 Kosi Bay 265 Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park 258-60 travel within 91-2 Lake Sibaya 264 Ithala Game Reserve 256-7 Cape Town Stadium 55 Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary Capricorn 400-3 493-502 car travel 19, 595-6, 599-604 Ndumo Game Reserve 267 driving licences 599-600 Thaba Kwena Crocodile Farm 405 000 Map pages hire 600-1 Cullinan 357-8 000 Photo pages insurance 601 culture 21, 504-5, 539-46 631 currency 18 Durban 225-42, 226-7, 230-1, 234 Shamwari Game Reserve 192 customs regulations 578 accommodation 234-6 Songimvelo Game Reserve 378 cycling 577, 593, 597-8 activities 232-3 Tembe Elephant Park 266-7 Ben Lavin Nature Reserve 408 drinking 238-9 Elim 119, 413 Cape Town 61 entertainment 239 embassies 578-9 Durban 232 festivals & events 234 emergencies 584, 614 Free State 299 food 236-8 environment 547-54 Knysna 147 information 240-1 environmental issues 551-4 Kruger National Park 383 shopping 239-41 Eshowe 251-2 INDEX Witsand Nature Reserve 444 sights 227-32 events 23-4 tours 233 exchange rates 19 C-G D travel to/from 241-2 Ezulwini Valley 490-502, 490 dance 546 travel within 242 dangers, see safety Dutch East India Company (VOC) 508-9 F Darling 154-5 festivals & events 23-4 Dutch settlement 508-9 Davalala, Eric 116 Ficksburg 306-7 Dwarsrivier Farm 158 De Hoop Nature Reserve 119-20 film 505, 544 Dwesa Nature Reserve 209 de Klerk, FW 54, 521 fishing 576 dengue fever 609 flamingoes 569, 568 desert 570 E food 22, 533-8, 579-80, see also diamond mines 357, 512 eagles 567, 566 individual locations digital photography 583 East London 200-3, 202-3 football 233, 340, 342, 545 disabilities, travellers with 392, 586 Eastern Cape 36, 162-220, 164-5 foreign exchange bureaus 582 diving 576 accommodation 162 Fort Klapperkop Military Museum 357 Cape Town 61 climate 162 fossils 506 Durban 233, 244 food 162 Fouriesburg 306 Gansbaai 117 highlights 164-5 Franschhoek 103-6, 104, 2 Lake Sibaya 264 Eastern Highlands 301-8, 302-3 Free State 37, 291-308, 292-3 Mossel Bay 138 Eastern Lowveld 370-8, 362 accommodation 291 Sodwana Bay 263 economy 504 climate 291 dolphin watching elands 16 food 291 Buffalo Bay 143 Camdeboo National Park 169 highlights 292-3 Cape St Francis 178 Golden Gate Highlands National history 294 Durban 232, 233 Park 303-4 travel to/from 294 East London 200 Pilanesberg National Park 426 fynbos 570, 570 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 260-4 Willem Pretorius Game Reserve Jeffrey’s Bay 180 301 G Lambert’s Bay 158 Eland’s Bay 156 galleries, see art galleries Mkambati Nature Reserve 215-17 electricity 578 Gamkaskloof Nature Reserve (Die Elephant Coast 257-67, Mossel Bay 137 250-1 Hel) 152-3 elephantiasis 610 North Coast 246 Gandhi, Mahatma 515 Plettenberg Bay 149 elephants 547, 549, 562, 563 Gansbaai 116-18
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