Must-see attractions in Southern Africa
Centro Cultural Brasil-Moçambique
Maputo
Exhibitions by Lusophone artists and Portuguese language courses.
Malawi
At the Lake Malawi National Park headquarters, inside the park gate, the visitor centre doubles as a small museum and sickly aquarium. The museum charts…
Cape Town
Just off Kildare Rd in Newlands, you may be intrigued to see a steady flow of cars pulling in and out of a suburban cul-de-sac. A clue lies in the road’s…
Windhoek
The Turnhalle was built in 1909 as a training hall for the Windhoek Gymnastic Club, though in 1975 it was modernised and turned into a conference hall. On…
Northern Cape
Springbok's former synagogue, built in 1929, has been converted into the town’s small museum. It's mostly a ramshackle collection of bric-a-brac, though…
Lusaka
The Freedom Statue, around the corner from the Lusaka National Museum, is dedicated to freedom fighters and those who lost their lives in the struggle for…
Windhoek
This old courthouse was built in 1898 for Carl Ludwig, the state architect, but it was never used and was eventually drafted into service as the…
Drakensberg & uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park
The Didima San Art Centre, at Didima Camp 1km into Royal Natal National Park, offers an insight into San rock art, though sadly many of the exhibits,…
West Coast & Swartland
Based in the old jail, the museum pays homage to Clanwilliam's icons, with sections on San rock paintings, rooibos cultivation, traditional veldskoen …
Maun
This neglected museum is in a historic building built by the British military in 1939 and used during WWII as a surveillance post keeping tabs on German…
Sea Point to Hout Bay
This natural sea pool was named after the Graaff family, who bought a mansion on the Sea Point beachfront in the early 20th century, and often wandered…
Northern Cape
The town’s famed natural spring is in the park between the tourist office and Palmgate Centre. Discovered in 1801, the prolific spring produces about 20…
KwaZulu-Natal
Opposite the large former Legislative Assembly building is the site of King Mpande’s iKhanda (palace), KwaNodwengu. Mpande won control from Dingaan after…
Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
You can spot some 200 species of birds from the waterside trail, viewing towers and hides at this small, picturesque nature reserve. There are also two…
Cape Town
When the 1870s mansion of Victorian property magnate James Maynard was demolished n the 1950s, the city took over the extensive grounds surrounding it and…
Port Elizabeth
In desperate need of modernisation, this complex includes a museum, an oceanarium and a snake park. The Xhosa gallery and the First People of the Bay…
Botswana
This small museum, in what used to be Mochudi's first school, has some interesting exhibits on Mochudi's history, although opening hours are best…
Cape Town
This park hosts events including the monthly community market, held every second Saturday from September to May, and the Rondebosch Potters Market in…
Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
This handsome, still functioning mosque was rebuilt in the late 1920s. The original was constructed in 1888, and there also used to be a madrasa (Islamic…
Hermanus
This museum doesn’t have a lot going for it, but outside there’s a display of old fishing boats and the admission fee includes entrance to the more…
Northern Cape
The highlight of this museum, which occupies the mission station established by Reverend Schröder in 1875, is the story of the Upington 26, who were…
Zimbabwe
Located about 70km from Hwange town, on the edge of the national park, are these remote and neglected large stone-wall ruins believed to date from the…
Lesotho
On the hill above Lower Quthing, overlooking the Senqu (Orange) River gorge, this former colonial administrative centre has good views and gently…
