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Things to Do in Eastern Cape


Flights: Cheap airfare to Eastern Cape (arriving in Cape Town, South Africa - Cape Town Intl)

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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 1 attractions in Addo Elephant National Park
Attraction type: Nature center
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 7 attractions in Port Elizabeth

THE MUSEUM It is designed to challenge conventional views of museum design. It draws on the work of Andreas Huyssen who has written extensively on the concept of memory and history. Visitors are not treated as consumers but active participants. The conventions of representing history as a single story are challenged through the design of the museum spaces. The past is represented as a set of memories that are disconnected yet bound together by themes.

Attraction type: Architectural building; History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 7 attractions in Port Elizabeth

Green-acres Mall  is one of the best  malls in port Elizabeth the shops are great. Some stores  are  expensive and some cheap. but  the movie theatre  area is really good on tuesday's there is...

Attraction type: Mall
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 1 attractions in Mthatha

A youth center and an open-air museum chronicle the amazing life of one of South Africa’s most respected political figures.

Attraction type: History museum; Specialty museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 7 attractions in Port Elizabeth
Attraction type: Public transportation system
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 4 attractions in Grahamstown

This odd house is an eclectic melange of architectural styles, the whimsy of amateur astronomer Henry Carter Galpin. Locals would set their watches by the time on Galpin’s clock tower.

Attraction type: History museum; Observatory/planetarium
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 7 attractions in Port Elizabeth
Attraction type: Art museum
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 4 attractions in Grahamstown

This stately cathedral’s prominent tower dominates High Street.

Attraction type: Religious site
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 7 attractions in Port Elizabeth

The wide and deep dolphin lake, one of the largest in the world, is this aquarium’s most popular feature.

Attraction type: Aquarium
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 4 attractions in Grahamstown

This garden is both historic and beautiful, occupying 61 hectares of Grahamstown's Gunfire Hill. It’s an exotic living tribute to Cape Colony’s first settlers.

Attraction type: Garden
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 1 attractions in Tsitsikamma National Park

This picturesque suspension bridge is on one of the shorter hikes of this river gorge.

Attraction type: Bridge
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Attraction type: National park
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
Attraction type: Tour; Trail
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Attraction type: Hiking trail; Historic walking area
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This carefully restored 1827 cottage is Port Elizabeth’s oldest Settler’s house.

Attraction type: History museum
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