Featuring a natural diversity of beauty - here small-town South Africa offers abundant hospitality and friendly service. Our Eastern Cape tours take you along the coastline is a paradise for lovers of water sports and the wilderness region for hikers and the more adventurous off-road enthusiasts.

The Eastern Cape Province is divided into the Western and the Eastern regions.

The Eastern Region This region boasts of its African cultural heritage and the unspoilt.... more

The Western Region This region has it all - the coastline, three national parks, a host of... more

The Eastern Cape Climate
The Eastern Cape tends to be gentle all year-round with coastal regions enjoying hot summers with moderate winters.

Some Eastern Cape History
This region was originally inhabited by the Khoikhoi people in the south-west, the Xhosa in the south-east and the Bushmen to the north. The Great Trek - a movement of Dutch-speaking settlers (Voortrekkers) who traveled towards the inner regions of South Africa in search of land to establish as their own and independent of British rule. They migrated along the coast (now known as the Garden Route) to the Fish River and out into the Karoo where they drove out the Bushmen and Khoikhoi, but left the more warlike Xhosa in peace until 1780. The Cape government then extended its authority to the river and forced the two groups into direct conflict, creating the first of a series of nine wars that lasted well into the mid-19th century. In the interim in 1806, the British took control of the Cape. In 1820 five thousand British settlers arrived in the Grahamstown region and with their advanced weapons conquered the entire region which then became part of the Cape colony. Due to the high volume of missionary influence in the region, the black population gained a higher level of education than was the accepted level at the time. In 1916 the black University of Fort Hare was founded and the area became one of the most politically active in South Africa, providing the country with some of its greatest leaders, including word renowned Nelson Mandela. During apartheid, two black homelands were formed in the eastern section of the province: the Transkei and the Ciskei which today form part of the Eastern Cape.

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