Robert HardingThe Rainbow Nation is currently rated as one of the most affordable winter sun destinations. This diverse country has landscapes as wide ranging as the Kalahari Desert, the wildlife rich savanna of Kruger National Park, the picturesque garden route of the Western Cape and the wetlands of KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa is also home to many different cultures and has 11 official languages.
Multicolored beach houses at Saint James, Cape Peninsula (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Cape Town, iconic Table Mountain (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
Young boy stands by a colourfully painted Victorian bathing hut in False Bay, Cape Town (Yadid Levy/Robert Harding)
Beach volleyball game in late afternoon, Camps Bay, Cape Town (Yadid Levy/Robert Harding)
Outeniqua Choo Tjoe steam train, Wilderness, Garden Route, Western Cape Province (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
African elephant, Addo Elephant National Park (Ann & Steve Toon/Robert Harding)
Quiver trees, Augrabies Falls National Park, Northern Cape (Ann & Steve Toon/Robert Harding)
Giraffe at dusk, Kruger National Park (age fotostock/Robert Harding)
People hiking in Monk’s Cowl Nature Reserve with Champagne Castle in background, Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal (Ian Trower/Robert Harding)
Herd of Wildebeest at sunset, Kalahari Desert (Image Broker/Robert Harding)
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