By:Alyssa Waganfeald

SOUTH AFRICA

• The San and Khoekhoe people were the first settlers. The Dutch East India Company landed the first European settlers on the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, launching a colony that by the end of the 18th century numbered only about 15,000.

• Both were resident in the southern tip of the continent for thousands of years before its written history began with the arrival of European seafarers.

HISTORY OF COUNTRY

• South Africa, on the continent's southern tip, is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and by the Indian Ocean on the south and east.

• Its neighbors are Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, and Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

• South Africa is Africa's wealthiest country with good infrastructure, but there's still plenty of poverty.

• South Africa was the first African country to host the FIFA World Cup in 2010

• Population is 50,586,757

CURRENT INFO/ FACTS

Kruger National Park• Measures two million hectares• The park has a number of good accommodation options -

more than 20 SANParks camps and a few private luxury lodges as well.

• Experience the excitement and romance of 'real' Africa in this extraordinary park, indulge in a holistic spa at a luxury game lodge or get your pulse racing on a cycling safari

VIRTUAL TOURS

South Coast Beach• The beaches of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park are

mostly much quieter. • Here you can walk for miles, seeing fisherman, go

snorkeling or just find a place to chill in the sun.

VIRTUAL TOURS

Cape Town• The natural beauty of Cape Town makes it one of the

most attractive cities in the world. • Cape Town boasts beautiful beaches as well as the

impressive Table Mountain right in the middle of the city. • The restaurants are world class, and so are the wines.

VIRTUAL TOURS

Soweto• one of the most important and interesting sights in the

country• Soweto is a mixture of rich suburbs and poor shanty

dwellings where crime is rife. But Soweto is also home to some of the most vibrant music and theatre South Africa has to offer.

• When you visit Soweto it's certainly worth taking a tour. Not just because it may be the safest way to see the township, but because the history of Soweto is what makes it so interesting.

VIRTUAL TOURS

Limpopo• Offers a mosaic of superb scenic landscape, a fascinating

cultural heritage, an abundance of wildlife species and many nature based tourism opportunities.

• A land of legends and myths and of ancient civilizations in which search of history will find many places of archaeological significance that yielded relics dating back millions of years.

 

VIRTUAL TOURS

FLIGHT INFO

• http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107983.html

• http://www.safarinow.com/cms/top-ten-attractions-in-south-africa/irie.aspx

• http://goafrica.about.com/od/southafrica/ss/bestsa_9.htm

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• http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionswc/images/table-mountain.jpg

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• http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/site_furniture/2008/01/30/soweto460.jpg

• http://www.destination360.com/africa/south-africa/images/s/soweto.jpg

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WORK CITED

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