If you are visiting Port Elizabeth for the first time then do not miss to check out the excursions in Port Elizabeth. In these excursions you can mainly have a glimpse of the varied wildlife, some important cultural locales and museums and can enjoy exciting water sports. So come and set out for the excursions in Port Elizabeth.
The areas that you will visit while you are out for excursions in Port Elizabeth are:
- Addo Elephant Park, Port Elizabeth
- Blue Wildebeest Game Reserve
- Grahamstown
- Jeffrey's Bay
Addo Elephant Park, Port Elizabeth: As you visit this popular game reserve in the Port Elizabeth you can see as many as 300 indigenous elephants. Besides elephants you can also have a glimpse of some animals such as the black rhino, buffalo, zebra, warthog and several types of buck. To see all these you can avail the guided game drives or if you are confident of traveling trough the park alone then you can go for a self-drive with the map that is issued as you enter the park. To explore the park better you can always stay in the nearby accommodation which is available to the tourists. The park also offers you with picnic and dining options in the restaurant inside.
Blue Wildebeest Game Reserve: This excursion gives you a chance to visit the multi-award winning private game reserve of Shamwari. This game reserve is only an hour's drive from Ort Elizabeth. Here tourists can see animals such as Big Five - lion, elephant, rhino, leopard and buffalo.
Grahamstown: Your excursion will include a trip to this historic town of 1815 situated north east of Port Elizabeth. If you are doing this excursion in the month if July then you will have the opportunity to see the internationally recognized Arts Festival in the Settler's National Monument. Besides this tourists can also check out the Rhodes University, JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology. The town also boasts the only Victorian camera obscura in the southern hemisphere.
Jeffrey's Bay: If underwater activities are what that attracts you most then there is no doubt that you will enjoy very much while surfing the supertubes in the "J-Bay". This seaside town also houses the world Billabong Professional surfing contest every July.
Besides these you can also pay a visit to an African art and culture village and to the Born Free centre.
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