The Big 6 South Africa Destinations

South Africa is not one country. Visit Cape Town and travel the Garden Route all the way to Cape Town and you will be rewarded with some of the most stunning landscape and coastline on the African continent. Check out the ETG list of our 6 favourite places to visit in South Africa.

The Big 6 South Africa Destinations


1. Free State - South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

This is the Free State chapter from Lonely Planet’s South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland guidebook.


2. Kruger National Park - South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

This is the Kruger National Park chapter from Lonely Planet’s South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland guidebook.


3. Northern Cape - South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

With just a million people inhabiting its 373,000 sq km, the Northern Cape is South Africa’s last great frontier. The scattered towns are hundreds of kilometres apart, connected by empty roads across the wildernesses of Namakwa, the Kalahari and Upper Karoo.


4. Kwazulu-Natal - South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

Rough and ready, smart and sophisticated, rural and rustic, there’s no doubting that KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is eclectic. It’s a region where glassy malls touch shabby suburbs, and action-packed adventurers ooze adrenaline while laid-back beach bods drip with suntan lotion.


5. Cape Town - South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland (PDF Chapter) Lonely Planet

Cape Town is dominated by magnificent Table Mountain, its flanks coated with unique flora and vineyards, its base fringed by golden beaches. Few cities can boast such a wonderful national park at their heart or provide the wide range of adventurous activities that take full advantage of it.


6. Lonely Planet: South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland - Western Cape (Chapter)

The splendours of the Western Cape lie not only in its world-class vineyards, its stunning beaches and its mountains, but also in its lesser known regions, such as the wide-open spaces of the Karoo, the nature reserves and wilderness areas.