Table Mountain

Cast your vote for Table Mountain!

Table Mountain is South Africa's representative in the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition, which will see the top natural sites of 223 countries being whittled down to seven winners in an exercise in global democracy expected to draw over a billion participants.

South Africa's geography

South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its long coastline stretching more than 2 500km from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast, southwards around the tip of Africa, then north to the border with subtropical Mozambique on the Indian Ocean.

Maps of South Africa

South Africa and its provinces, regions, cities and suburbs. Tourist accommodation and recreation venues. Get the big picture - then zoom in close and get the details - with a range of excellent mapping websites.

Two oceans & biodiversity

SA has the third-highest level of biodiversity in the world, and is the only country to contain an entire floral kingdom. The Cape Peninsula National Park has more plant species within its 22 000 hectares than the whole British Isles or New Zealand.

Where the two oceans really meet

Tourists flock to Cape Point every year to witness the beautiful scenery and the point where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet. Residents of Cape Agulhas, however, argue that visitors wanting to see the confluence of the two oceans will have to travel a little further east and south ...

Drakensberg: barrier of spears

The uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park has outstanding natural beauty, Africa's highest mountain range south of Kilimanjaro, a fascinating and ancient geology, some of the rarest animals in the world - and the largest series of rock art in Africa.

The world's biggest meteor crater

Two billion years ago a meteorite bigger than Table Mountain hit the earth 100km southwest of Johannesburg, causing a 1 000-megaton blast that vaporised 70 cubic kilometres of rock and may have changed the earth's climate to make multicellular life possible. Welcome to the Vredefort Dome.

Where we are

Here's where you'll find us

You'll find us on the southern tip of Africa - where two oceans meet.

South Africa's weather and climate

South Africa's climate

Warm, temperate conditions and a seemingly endless supply of sunshine.

South Africa photo galleries

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South Africa's coastline

Coastline

From the cold Atlantic of the northern Cape to the diver's paradise of Sodwana Bay.

Gallery: Mountains and rivers of South Africa

Mountains and rivers

This is big sky country, with vast mountain ranges falling into lush river valleys.

Gallery: South African countryside

Countryside

Step out of the urban centres and discover an unexplored country of contrasts.

Gallery: South Africa from outer space

From outer space

View our collection of some of the best satellite images of South Africa.