Getting closer to the real destination
South Africa is a world-class backpackers' destination, offering a unique and extraordinary experience within a diverse and beautiful land. The backpacker, whether student, youth or independent traveller, will find a sophisticated and established backpacker tourism industry, providing everything from backpacker accommodation and hop-on hop-off transport to adventure activities and day trips.
Backpacking around a country is about interaction and participation and as you weave your way from one province to the next, the friendliness and expressiveness of South Africa's people will amaze you.
So, whether you find yourself a guest at a traditional wedding in KwaZulu-Natal; horseback riding along wild open beaches in the Eastern Cape; tramping through snow in the majestic Drakensberg Mountains in the Free State; hurtling through midair attached to the world's longest bungee on the Garden Route; wine-tasting with a rather jovial bunch of fellow backpackers in The Cape; the only surfer on one of the longest left rides in the world on the West Coast; participating in a drum-circle in Soweto, Gauteng; floating downstream past God's Thumb Print on the Orange River in the North West Province; or having a conversation with an elephant in Mpumalanga, South Africa will touch your soul.
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