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The malaria free Eastern Cape is the traditional home of the Xhosa people of South Africa and offers the visitor a world of diversities. The Eastern Cape 's interior, consisting of arid Karoo with its divesre wildlife is in stark contrast with the sunshine and pristine beaches of the coastal Coast areas.

Eastern Cape has many national parks, numerous game and nature reserves and vast wilderness areas where wild animals and beautiful flowers flourish in protected paradises. The province boasts with being the ideal tourist destination with it's sunshine all year round, it's hundreds of kilometres of unspoiled beaches and beautiful mountain ranges filled with fauna and flaura.

The Eastern Cape is South Africa’s hidden gem, much of it is little known and underexplored. The Eastern Cape has an extraordinary variety of cultural history and scenic beauty, ranging from the vast, dry Great Karoo to the fertile agricultural lands of the Little Karoo and the ‘Settler Country’ around Grahamstown, and above all, the magnificent cliffs and coves of the Wild Coast. The Eastern Cape is also home to two of South Africa’s major seaports, East London and Port Elizabeth, and several excellent small game reserves, including Addo Elephant Park. The area around East London is the homeland of the Xhosa people, many of whom, including Nelson Mandela, have played a crucial role in recent South African history.

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