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Eastern Cape Hotels and Accommodation

Eastern Cape hotels privide a warm relaxed atmosphere as the majority of the Eastern Cape is set in a rural landscape. The accommodation Eastern Cape comprises small owner run boutique Eastern Cape hotels and guest houses, which allow for personalized service at all times. The game lodge accommodation Eastern Cape in the Greater Addo Elephant Park enjoys the malaria free status and lodges vary from small guest houses to five star game lodges. For further information on game lodges located in the Eastern Cape accommodation, please view our lodges website: www.south-african-lodges.com.

The largest Town in the Eastern Cape is Port Elizabeth, followed by the town of East London, Umtata, Bisho and Grahams Town of which all have a varied selection of Eastern Cape hotels to choose from.

Port Elizabeth, where most of the Eastern Cape hotels can be found, is the gateway to the malaria free Safari Lodges and the city offers superb seaside Eastern Cape hotels and accommodation that capture the charm of the Eastern Cape.

Besides unique accommodation Eastern Cape offers some of the worlds greatest surfing waves in the world. Furthermore, the Eastern Cape offers you the opportunity to ski down the only snow slopes in Africa where ski resort style hotels in Eastern Cape can be found. The Eastern Cape provides the traveler with the "Big Six" safari, which includes the whale, which travels along the South Africa coastline and which can often be observed from the comfort of hotels in Eastern Cape. The Eastern Cape is also the birthplace of Nelson Mandela. The Eastern Cape offers the opportunity to bungee the highest bridge in the southern hemisphere which is easily accessible from hotels in Eastern Cape. The Eastern Cape is often referred to be the untouched gem of South Africa with different Eastern Cape hotels and Eastern Cape accommodation to choose from.

Eastern Cape Hotels and Eastern Cape Accommodation - Overview

Being the second largest province in South Africa, the diverse Eastern Cape landscape ranges from the dry desolate Great Karoo to the steamy forests of the Wild Coast and the Keiskamma Valley. The area in the Eastern Cape also embraces the fertile Langkloof, renowned for its rich apple harvests, and is cradled by the mountainous southern Drakensberg.

Rolling hills, sandy beaches, luxurious Eastern Cape hotels and Eastern Cape accommodation as well as small-town South Africa greets you with gentle offering of hospitality and friendship and asks for nothing in return. It is here in the Eastern Cape where the "Big Six" roam, and where the tropical forests share their space with abundant birdlife and nature at its most generous. The shoreline of the Eastern Cape extends from the Umtamvuna River in KwaZulu-Natal, to the Storms River mouth on the scenic Garden Route, in the west, and stretching inland, to the north, bordering on Lesotho.

Today, the Eastern Cape incorporates the previously independent 'homelands' of the Ciskei and Transkei. Despite its colonial past, the Eastern Cape remains the home of the Xhosa-speaking people of South Africa. With its almost seven million people, the Eastern Cape has the third-largest provincial population, living on about 169 600 km2 of land.

GETTING TO KNOW THE EASTERN CAPE

Major attractions in the area:
Eastern Cape - Nelson Mandela Museum
The museum was officially opened on the 11 February 2000, at a function to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the release from prison of Nelson Mandela in 1990. The birthplace/museum is situated at Qunu, along the N2 highway, south of Umtata.

Eastern Cape - Addo Elephant Park
Situated 73km from Port Elizabeth, in South Africa's Eastern Cape, the park is a true conservation success story.

Eastern Cape - Valley of Desolation
The product of volcanic and erosive forces of nature over 100 million years, the Valley of Desolation is one of the most spectacular sights in the country. A steep and narrow road leads into the mountains that surround the valley - a journey not to be dared by the faint-hearted.

Eastern Cape - Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Africa's largest and most colourful cultural event takes place, annually, in this University town, offering a choice of the very best of both indigenous and imported talents.

Eastern Cape - Tsitsikamma National Park
The Tsitsikamma National Park, also known as "the place of much water", is where the great breaking waves of the Indian Ocean relentlessly pound rocky shores; where temperate high forest and fynbos (indigenous flora) roll down to the sea and where ancient rivers carve their paths to the ocean down rocky ravines.

Eastern Cape - Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area
The Baviaanskloof (Valley of Baboons) is rapidly assuming national conservation and heritage prominence. The Baviaanskloof is a wilderness area situated on the eastern border of the Cape Floral Kingdom, some two and a half hour's drive from Port Elizabeth.

Eastern Cape - Jeffrey's Bay - Super Tubes
Experience the perfect wave in Jeffrey's, the surfing capital of South Africa and a major international surfing venue that attracts visitors from all over the world to experience the "perfect wave".

Eastern Cape - Snow Skiing Tiffindell is the only ski resort in Africa. Situated in the Southern Drakensberg on the slopes of the highest mountain peak in the Eastern Cape (3001m). The resort was started in 1994 with basic small accommodation, a rough road and few facilities and has since become a popular destination for those in search of an exciting snow adventure.

Eastern Cape - Beaches
The Eastern Cape offers 800km of untouched and pristine coastline along with some of the world's best beaches on which accommodation is offered. Port Elizabeth, alone, has 40km of magnificent beaches and, with its perfect combination of warm water, calm sea and fair breezes, it is one of the best sailing venues in the world, and a magnet for all beach and water sports enthusiasts. Port Elizabeth's Southern Beaches offer safe and sheltered swimming, body surfing, sunbathing, boardsailing, excellent waves and surfing opportunities as well as interesting inter-tidal sea life. Southern right whales and their calves are regularly spotted from the high dunes, usually between May and November, and common and bottlenose dolphins are often seen close to shore

Eastern Cape - Game Viewing
The Eastern Cape boasts the most concentrated elephant reserve in Africa. Home to a herd of 300 elephants, the Addo Elephant National Park allows close-quarter viewing. Whether at the exclusive Shamwari Game Reserve, the large Addo Elephant Park, or the Mountain Zebra National Park, the Eastern Cape offers unequalled game viewing in conditions suited to the traveler with a lot of different hotels, lodges and accommodation to choose from.

Eastern Cape - The Wild, Wild Coast
Further north, along the Eastern Cape's east coast, is the largely untamed and extravagantly beautiful Wild Coast - the ultimate holiday destination with Eastern Cape hotels located in beautiful settings. Fishing, more than anything else, draws holidaymakers to the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape. In summer, catches include huge reef fish such as musselcracker. In autumn, the annual sardine run brings fighting game fish. Unspoilt and uncommercialised, the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape offers a pleasant climate, mild seas and Eastern Cape hotels resorts, hotels and accommodation where fresh seafood features on most menus of hotels and restaurants.