The Nelson Mandela Museum documents the early years of an historic man. In a form unprecedented, the Nelson Mandela Museum in South Africa incorporates three different museums: the Bhunga building in Umtata; Mvezo where he was born; and at the Qunu Museum, a colourful depiction of his youth.

The Nelson Mandela Museum in South Africa was opened on 11 February 2000 as a tribute to the great man's tireless efforts in the struggle for liberation.

The Nelson Mandela Museum focuses on 3 sites in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape. At the impressive Bhunga building in Umtata, the story of his life is celebrated in his own words alongside gifts he received during his presidency. At Mvezo visitors can see where he was born, and at the Qunu Museum, the cultural village where he was raised, a youth and heritage centre is being built.

This is probably the most famous island in South Africa. If you hear the word Robben Island, your first thought and association is with Madiba (as Nelson Mandela is known to South Africans). Robben Island is an island in Table Bay and lies about 8 km from Cape Town and measures around 3.4 km by 2 km.

The Republic of South Africa was once the home to apartheid. A movement and a man, Nelson Mandela, changed that. Here is an overview of the country for travelers.

This bean-shaped island, the largest in South African waters, is situated in Table Bay with superb views of Cape Town 9 km away. Its high point is only 30 metres above sea level at Minto Hill, atop which is the oldest lighthouse in the southern hemisphere. At this museum on Robben Island, you learn that the first recorded landing on it was in 1498 when Vasco da Gama's support fleet took temporary refuge in its waters. Its situation also made it ideal as a place of quarantine and during much of the later British occupation it was used as a leper colony.

Islands are normally associated with unrestricted freedom. If inhabited, islands represent a lazy lifestyle far removed from society?s rules and regulations. Robben Island though, has a history of deep sorrow, drenched in the coldness that the human heart can bestow on others dissimilar to their own kind. The story of Robben Island started in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck landed in Cape Town on orders from the Dutch East Indian Company to establish a post where boats could ha...

South Africa?s courses offer some of the world's best golfing and the climate is ideal for golf year-round. Many of the courses have featured on both the European PGA Tour, as well as the local Sunshine Tour. Compiling a list of the top ten courses will be contentious, but here goes. Arabella Country Club Host to the Nelson Mandela Invitational since 2003, and designed by Pete Matkovich, this Western Cape course was ranked among the top 100 best courses in the world, outs...

Cape Town is probably the most visited place in South Africa. Cape Town was originally a stop off port for Dutch ships sailing to East Africa, India and the Far East, and grew quickly as a result. With its spectacular location and so much to do, it is a must visit destination. Victoria and Alfred Waterfront The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is located between Table Mountain and Robben Island. Originally built by Prince Alfred (son of Queen Victoria), it is in the heart...

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South Africa has been billed as 'a world in one country', and any visitor who has experienced its delights, from the jumble of Johannesburg, the northern city built on gold mines, to the sophistication of Cape Town in the south, to the sunny laid back beaches of Durban in the east, is bound to agree.

A quick look at South Africa.