One highlight of our stay in Gqeberha was visiting the St Croix Motor Museum and meeting its passionate owner and curator, Eben de Vos, a true petrolhead who has devoted decades to collecting, preserving, and celebrating South Africa’s automotive heritage. His collection also honours Port...
This was our second visit to the South African Air Force Museum, this time to its Gqeberha branch on the southern side of Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (formerly Port Elizabeth Airport). A dedicated team of volunteers and the Friends of the SAAF Museum, under the curatorship...
We spent two nights in Gqeberha, officially renamed from Port Elizabeth in 2021, a major coastal city in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. Known as the “Friendly City” and sometimes the “Windy City”, it combines attractive seaside suburbs, major...
Addo Elephant National Park is South Africa’s third-largest national park, about an hour’s drive northeast of Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape. It is famous as the only conservation area in the world that protects the “Big 7″—the traditional...
After our unpleasant encounter with traffic officers who seemed more interested in money than anything else, we were no longer in the mood for sightseeing. Nevertheless, we hit the road and continued from Port Alfred to Addo Elephant National Park, with an overnight stop near Kenton-on...
We spent a night in Port Alfred, a scenic coastal town on South Africa’s Eastern Cape Sunshine Coast. At the mouth of the Kowie River, roughly halfway between Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) and East London, it is known for its relaxed seaside atmosphere and sandy beaches. The...
We made a short detour to Bathurst, a historic village in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, located a short distance inland from Port Alfred near the Kowie River. This charming rural settlement is closely associated with the arrival of British settlers in 1820 and retains a distinctive...
East London, officially proposed for renaming to KuGompo City, is a major port city on South Africa’s Indian Ocean coastline, situated between the Nahoon and Buffalo rivers. It is home to the country’s only river port and serves as a key logistics hub for the nearby Mercedes...
On our way to East London, we stopped briefly at Reef Café for breakfast before taking a short hike around Nahoon Point Nature Reserve. Proclaimed in 2004, this beautiful coastal reserve stretches along more than two kilometres of largely unspoiled shoreline, featuring coastal sandstone...
We spent two nights on the beach near Chintsa, a picturesque coastal village in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province and a gateway to the famous Wild Coast. About 38–40 km northeast of East London (KuGompo City), Chintsa sits at the mouth of the Chintsa River, where it meets the Indian...