6 Historical Places You Can Visit In South Africa

Let’s get to know what are the top famous landmarks of South Africa and as many and as varied as the country’s landscapes, people and culture.

# Table Mountain

You can stand at the V&A Waterfront and lookup for Table Mountain’s iconic flat top to loom above you. This Natural Wonder of the World is no doubt South Africa’s most famous landmark. Head to the top for the best views of the Mother City. Spend a few days or weeks exploring the Cape, in a perfect accommodation in Cape Town for your holiday. It is one of the best places to visit in South Africa.

# Robben Island

Don’t forget this UNESCO World Heritage Site off your list of famous landmarks in South Africa. This is the most well-known place where Nelson Mandela served 18 of his 27 jail years. Robben Island has also served as a leper colony and animal quarantine station. The current tour guides are former inmates of this prison and a visit to this place starts with a ferry ride from the V&A Waterfront, repeatedly makes top 10 lists of things to do in South Africa.

# Muizenberg’s beach huts

Cape Town’s iconic stretch of colourful beach huts are on the coast of Muizenberg Beach. The Victorian ‘bathing machines’ that wheeled women to the water’s edge, they feature in just about all Cape Town-related advertising. One of the best spots for Surfers, if you’re into watersports, do book your accommodation in Muizenberg and come and surf our waves.

# Cape Dutch homesteads of the Winelands

Prominent central dormer gables, white-washed walls, dark grey thatch, large wooden front doors with a window above the door, evenly spaced half windows on either side, these are the homes of the original Dutch settlers. The Cape Winelands are beautiful, and distinctly South African.

# Southernmost Tip of Africa

Contrary to the general belief that all of us have, Africa’s southernmost tip on the peninsula of Cape Town, but a little further east at L’Agulhas. Have your photo taken at this most famous landmark in South Africa, Cape Agulhas has always been on the list for most visitors to the Western Cape.

# Hole in the Wall

In South Africa, this is one of the most unusual holes in a rock on the Wild Coast just south of Coffee Bay. The local Xhosa people call it Izi Khaleni, place of thunder, as in certain tides and seasons water claps against the rock loudly.