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Best places to visit in South Africa
South Africa has 201 places on BucketList (64 museums, 56 natural sites, 42 historical sites). These are the 24 most popular. Rate the ones you have been to, and save the rest to your bucket list.
Top places in South Africa
- Cape TownCityCity in the Western Cape, South Africa
- PretoriaCityAdministrative capital of South Africa located in the Gauteng province
- JohannesburgCityLargest city in South Africa
- Robben IslandHistorical SiteIsland in Table Bay, South Africa
- Table MountainNatural SiteMountain in Cape Town, South Africa
- Vredefort craterNatural SiteLargest verified impact crater on earth, dating from the Paleoproterozoic Era
- Cradle of HumankindHistorical SitePaleoanthropological site near Johannesburg, South Africa
- Cape Floristic KingdomNatural SiteOne of the Earth's six floristic kingdoms
- RichtersveldHistorical SiteDesert in South Africa
- Tugela FallsNatural SiteWaterfall in South Africa and the second tallest waterfall in the world
- iSimangaliso Wetland ParkNatural SiteProtected area
- Augrabies FallsNatural SiteWaterfall on the Orange River in North Cape, South Africa
- SterkfonteinHistorical SiteArchaeological site in South Africa
- Blombos CaveHistorical SiteArchaeological site in Western Cape, South Africa
- Cape Fold BeltNatural SiteLate Paleozoic fold and thrust belt in southwestern South Africa
- SwartkransHistorical SiteFossil-bearing cave in South Africa
- Afrikaans Language MonumentLandmarkArchitectural structure
- Carlton CentreLandmarkSkyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Makhonjwa MountainsNatural SiteMountain range and hills in Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Mapungubwe Cultural LandscapeHistorical SiteCultural landscape in South Africa
- Cango CavesHistorical SiteGeographical object
- Hluhluwe–iMfolozi ParkNatural SiteGame reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- CederbergNatural SiteMountain range in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Kromdraai fossil siteHistorical SiteArcheological site in South Africa
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