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Die Wildekus is deel van die Oos-Kaap provinsie in Suid-Afrika wat strek van Oos-Londen tot aan die rand van KwaZulu-Natal.

Baie beroemde Suid-Afrikaners is gebore in die Wildekus, insluitend Thabo Mbeki en Nelson Mandela.

Die Wildekus is waar 'n eindelose aantal riviere hul aansluitings het en uitstort in die see in.

Die suidelike deel van die gebied word gekenmerk deur kleiner koppies en meer ontwikkelde riviere met wyer vloedvlaktes.

Alhoewel, die noordelike kant is meer ongelyk en vertoon jonger riviere wat hul pad kronkel deur hoë skuinstes en eindig waar dit uitstort oor klipbanke in neerstortende watervalle, soos Waterfall Bluff.

Die Wildekus het ook verskeie breë oop strande en kleiner sanderige baaitjies by die mond van 'n paar van die groter riviere, soos die Mbashe en die Kei.

Sommige van die kleiner riviere wat leeg loop in die Wildekus, het baie minder aanslikking in vergelyking met die groter riviere.

Bo en behalwe die vele riviermonde is daar ook volop landhoofde, tregtermondingd en baaie, alhoewel die meeste van die oewers langs die Wildekus oorheersend is.

Ongeveer die helfte van die streek is bebos en bevat baie verskillende vreemde spesies wat nog nêrens voorheen ontdek is nie, veral in Mkambati en Umtamvuna.

Wetenskaplikes het ontdek dat ongeveer 900 gras- en woudspesies uit die streek het een of ander waarde, hetsy homeopaties, tradisioneel of kommersieël.

Alhoewel toerisme geïdentifiseer is as 'n baie belangrike ekonomiese aktiwiteit vir die Wildekus as gevolg van sy rustigheid en aangename estetika, is daar nie veel gedoen om die bedryf op te bou nie, as gevolg van regerings- en omgewingsprobleme.

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The Wild Coast is part of the South African province of Eastern Cape which spans from East London to the edge of KwaZulu-Natal.

Many illustrious South Africans were born in the Wild Coast, including Thabo Mbeki and Nelson Mandela.

The Wild Coast is where a multitudinous number of rivers have their junctions and spill out into the sea.

The southern part of the area is characterized by smaller hillocks and more mature rivers which have wider floodplains.

However, the northern part is more rugged and features younger rivers which snake their way through high scarps and end up spilling over rocky ledges in cascading waterfalls, like Waterfall Bluff.

The Wild Coast also holds several wide open beaches and smaller arenaceous bays at the mouths of some of the bigger rivers like the Mbashe and the Kei.

Some of the smaller rivers that empty into the Wild Coast have a lot less siltation compared to the bigger ones.

In addition to the many river mouths, there are also copious amounts of headlands, estuaries, and bays, although most of the shores along the Wild Coast are predominant.

Approximately half of the region is forested and contains many different novel species that hadn't been discovered anywhere else before, especially in Mkambati and Umtamvuna.

Scientists have discovered that approximately 900 grass and forest species from the region have some kind of value, whether homeopathic, traditional, or commercial.

Although tourism has been identified as a key economic activity for the Wild Coast because of its tranquility and pleasing aesthetics, not much has been done in building the industry up there because of government and environmental problems.

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Blyderivier Canyon, ook bekend as die Motlatse Canyon Provinsiale Natuurreservaat, is in die oostelike deel van Mpumalanga provinsie in Suid-Afrika.

Dit lê binne die platorand-gebied van die Drakensberge.

Onder die platorand is die Mapulaneng woud en na die ooste is die Mariepskop en Klaserie Waterval Natuurreservate.

Alhoewel, die Blyderivier Canyon is oorweeg vir 'n nasionale park klassifikasie, maar net as die bosbou-bedrywighede in aangrensende gebiede gestaak word en daardie gebiede aangeheg word.

Een van die mees sensasionele trekpleisters na die Blyderivier Canyon Natuurreservaat is die Bourke's Luck kolkgate, wat sit by die Blyde – Treur Rivier samevloeiing aan die westekant van die reservaat.

Die geologiese verskynsel is gevorm deur langdurige kolke in die Treurrivier.

Daardie kolke het erosie veroorsaak, wat gelei het tot die formasies.

Daar is brûe wat voetgangers in staat stel om die kolkgate te sien, sowel as die afwaartse skeur van die bergwande bokant hulle.

Nog 'n gewilde bestemming in Blyderivier Canyon is God's Window. Dit gee 'n pragtige uitsig oor die platorand en is geleë aan die suidelike uiterste punt van die natuurreservaat.

Die plek het sy naam verdien as gevolg van die estetika van die uitsig wat so wonderlik is.

Daar is ook 'n vierkantige rots ver terug van die plek op 'n privaatplaas.

Steengroefwerk en boomplantasie boerdery het die rots se vorm veroorsaak, wat soos 'n venster lyk.

Alhoewel die rots eens op 'n tyd die werklike ligging van God's Window, het regeringsamptenare die terrein geskuif na die rand van die platorand waar daar nou 'n parkeerarea is en 'n platform om die pragtige omgewing te besigtig.

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Blyde River Canyon, also known as Motlatse Canyon Provincial Nature Reserve, sits in the eastern part of Mpumalanga province in South Africa.

It lies within the escarpment area of Drakensberg.

Below the escarpment is the Mapulaneng forest, and to the east are the Mariepskop and Klaserie Waterfall Nature Reserves.

Although Blyde River Canyon has been considered for national park classification, but only if the forestry activities in adjacent areas are halted and those areas are annexed.

One of the most sensational draws to the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve is the Bourke's Luck Potholes, which sits at the Blyde – Treur River confluence on the western edge of the reserve.

The geological feature was formed by long-lasting kolks in the Treur River.

Those kolks have caused erosion, which resulted in the formations.

There are bridges enabling pedestrians to see the potholes and the downstream couloir from the precipices located above them.

Another popular destination in Blyde River Canyon is God's Window, which gives a spectacular view of the escarpment and is located on the nature reserve's southern extremity.

The place earned its name because the aesthetics of the view are so marvelous.

There's also a square-shaped rock set far back from the site on a private farm.

Quarrying and tree plantation farming caused the rock's shape, which resembles a window.

Although once the rock was the actual location of God's Window, government officials moved the site to the escarpment's edge where there is now a parking lot and a platform to view the beautiful surroundings.

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Robbeneiland is geleë in Tafelbaai naby die kus van Kaapstad in Suid-Afrika.

Dis 'n plat eiland wat meestal ovaalvormig is en gevaar loop om ingesluk te word deur die see as gevolg van erosie in die verre verlede.

UNESCO het dit vernoem as Wêrelderfenisgebied en dit is ook benoem as 'n Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Erfenisgebied.

Robbeneiland het skepe en hul bemanning lank in gevaar gestel as gevolg van die riwwe wat dit omsluit.

Die Atlantiese Oseaan spoel gereeld swaar uit op die eiland en dit stuur skepe binne-in die riwwe aan die kus, maar voordat hulle kan sink, skeur die swaar branders hulle vinnig aan stukke sonder enige kans vir die bemanning om te ontsnap.

Die eiland is eens gebruik as 'n tronk, maar vandag is dit 'n gewilde plek vir toeriste.

Gidse lei toere van die tronk en die eiland.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering besit die hele eiland, behalwe die kerk wat daar geleë is.

Bo en behalwe die Robbeneiland Museum is daar vele toeriste aantreklikhede, soos die Robbeneiland Ligtoring.

Dit is bo-op Minto-heuwel wat eens bekend was as Vuurheuwel.

Dit is die eiland se hoogste punt en dit dien as 'n baken vir skepe om hulle te waarsku oor die rotsagtige rif wat die eiland omring.

Robbeneiland is ook die tuiste van 'n heilige Moslem pelgrimstog webwerf genaamd Moturu Kramat.

Moturu was een van die eerste imams in Kaapstad en hy was verban na Robbeneiland en het daar gesterf gedurende die Agtiende Eeu.

Baie toeriste reis ook na Robbeneiland om die Afrika-pikkewyne van naderby te sien, aangesien hulle daar geteel en grootgemaak word.

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Robben Island is located in Table Bay off the cost of Cape Town in South Africa.

It's a flat island that's mostly oval in shape and in danger of being overtaken by the sea due to erosion in the ancient past.

UNESCO has named it a World Heritage Site, and it has also been denominated a South African National Heritage Site.

Robben Island has long imperiled ships and their crews because of the reefs which enclose it.

Often the Atlantic Ocean washes heavily onto the island, sending ships into the offshore reefs, but before they can founder, the heavy surf briskly rips them to pieces without allowing the crew to escape.

The island was once used as a prison, but today it is a popular place for tourists.

Guides lead tours of the prison and island.

The South African government owns all of the island except the church that's located there.

In addition to the Robben Island Museum, there are many tourist attractions, like the Robben Island Lighthouse.

It sits atop Minto Hill, which was once called Fire Hill.

It's the island's highest point, and it served as a beacon for ships to warn them about the rocky reef encircling the island.

Robben Island is also home to a sacred Muslim pilgrimage site known as the Moturu Kramat.

Moturu was one of the first imams in Cape Town, and he was banished to Robben Island and died there during the Eighteenth Century.

Many tourists also travel to Robben Island to see the African penguins up close as they are bred and reared there.

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