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Red Location Museum a tribute to freedom fighters |
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A multi award winning museum in New Brighton in Port Elizabeth marks the site of the historic Red Location, Nelson Mandela Bay’s oldest township and one of the city’s most important heritage sites.
During the apartheid area, the location was home and safe haven to scores of former anti-apartheid activists and political fugitives and today the Red Location Museum tells their stories.
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Dive into a trove of marine treasures at Bayworld |
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Boasting one of the largest dolphin pools on earth, the oldest snake park on the continent and the third oldest museum in South Africa, Bayworld in Port Elizabeth is a non-negotiable port of call when visiting Nelson Mandela Bay.
Towering over one of PE’s idyllic Blue Flag beaches adjacent to your Beachfront Lodge accommodation, Bayworld offers entertainment with the emphasis on conservation.
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Explore the Eastern Cape by rail safari |
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The Apple Express – one of only two narrow gauge steam trains in Southern Africa – offers tourists an opportunity to explore the unspoilt beauty of the Eastern Cape from a unique vantage point.
Running across the highest narrow gauge bridge in the world (spanning the Van Stadens River), this historical jewel departs from the Humewood station next to one of Port Elizabeth’s premier Blue Flag beaches.
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Travel to Addo – a world of seven wonders |
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A world of seven wonders awaits the wild at heart at the Addo Elephant National Park, which borders the Blue Flag beachfront resort city of Port Elizabeth in Nelson Mandela Bay.
This Eastern Cape institution has been a sanctuary for the African elephant since the early 1930’s, when excessive poaching for ivory saw its numbers dwindle to a little bit more than a handful.
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