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City in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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East London is a city in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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Built in the Victorian style. Belonged to the former mayor of East London in the 1870s, now a national monument.
Shows works including those of Thomas Bowler, Maud Sumner, Lawrence Scully, George Pemba, Willie Bester and Norman Catherine.
The museum summarizes itself as "history, artifacts and customs", and it's well worth a visit on all counts.
Mpongo Private Game Reserve features rolling hills and river valleys on more than 3,500 hectares of conservation land.
The Lion Park has a variety of animals for visitors to view, including a pride of white lions, a breeding pair of tigers (white male and Bengal female), Cara the Cheetah, wild dogs and tame Nyala buck.
A major music festival that features artists from throughout the African continent.
A great festival of wine tastings.
Buffalo City’s most important cycling event. Roads are closed to all by bicycle traffic during the race.
Vincent Park provides secure and hassle-free shopping, with a choice of over 75 stores.
Mixed-use shopping centre offering a variety of choices including food, groceries, restaurants, health & beauty, IT services, fashion and banking.
Described locally as a mixed-use, one-stop destination centre.
Greek cafe, opened in 2017.
Thai eatery that serves simple, tasty food.
Traditional Mexican food and a lot of craft beer.
Home roasted coffee, and lots of frozen treats.
Dorm beds, single/double rooms and camping. a nice clean backpackers overlooking the sea. free tea and coffee.
More like a workers' hostel than a backpackers'.
A very good guesthouse overlooking the Indian Ocean. It is outside town but beautifully situated.
Little Red Bus
At the heart of the township lifestyle. Mingle with the people.
By plane
By train
Shosholoza Meyl operates regular inter-city trains from Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Cape Town.
By bus
Translux and Greyhound operate regular bus services to all bigger South African cities. on the corner of Buffalo and College streets are Minibus taxis going to port Elizabeth for R100. 6 hours.
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