Background: A World in One Country; Facts; Natural Environment; Climate; Flora and Fauna; State and Society; ANC; Population; Economy; History; Early History; The Age of Discovery, First Settlements; First British Occupation; British Colony and the Great Trek; Boer Republics and the British Conquest of South Africa; Union of South Africa; Glittering Stones; Apartheid and Resistance; Republic of South Africa 1961-89; The Turning Point; Arts and Culture; Folk Art, Visual Arts; San Art; Architectural Styles; Music, Theatre, Dance; Famous People. PRACTICAlITIES: Accommodation; Arrival, Before the Journey; Beaches; Electricity; Emergency; Etiquette and Customs; Festivals, Holidays and Events; Flying; Food and Drink; Wine at the Cape; Health; Hiking; Information; Internet; Language; Literature; Maps; Media; Money; National Parks; Nightlife; Personal Safety; Photography; Post, Communications; Prices and Discounts; Shopping; Sport and Outdoors; Dive Big; Theatre, Opera, Concerts; Time; Transport; Travellers with Disabilities; When to Go. TOURS: Overview; Tours through South Africa; Tour 1: Cape Town and the Western Cape; Tour 2: Across the rough north; Tour 3: Nature and culture in the east; Tour 4: Great round trip. SIGHTS FROM A to Z Amanzimtoti; Augrabies Falls National Park; Barkly East; Beaufort West; Bela-Bela; Bethlehem; Bethulie; Bisho, King Williams Town; Bloemfontein; Blyde River Canyon; Bredasdorp, Cape Agulhas; Caledon; Cape Town; 3D: Table Mountain; Ceres; Citrusdal; Clanwilliam; Clarens; Cradock; Dundee, Battlefields; Durban, Ethekwini; East London; Eshowe; Fort Beaufort; Garden Route; George; Graaff-Reinet; Grahamstown; Harrismith; Hermanus; Whales off South Africa; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi National Park; Johannesburg, Egoli; Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park; Kimberley; 3D: The Biggest Hole in the World; Kleinmond; Knysna; Kruger National Park; Kuruman; Ladybrand, Ficksburg; Ladysmith; Lamberts Bay; Lesotho; Lydenburg; Makhado, Louis Trichard; Malmesbury, Darling; Matjiesfontein; Middelburg; Mkuzi Game Reserve; Mmabatho, Mafikeng; Montagu; Mossel Bay; Musina; Namakwa; Natal-Drakensberg; Ndumo, Tembe, Kosi Bay; Nelspruit; Oudtshoorn; An Animal of Superlatives; Paarl; Phalaborwa; Pietermaritzburg; Pilgrims Rest; Plettenberg Bay; Polokwane; Port Elizabeth; Port Shepstone, Hibiscus Coast; Pretoria; The Painting Ndebele Women; Richards Bay; Robertson; Sabie; St. Francis Bay; St. Lucia Wetland Park; Somerset West; Stellenbosch; Sun City; Swaziland; Swellendam; Tulbagh; Tzaneen; Umtata; Upington; Welkom; West Coast National Park; Worcester. Index; List of Maps and Illustrations; Photo Credits; Publishers Information.