have you about South Africa!

Today we are going to take a life experience that will blow your mind from up to down, a journey that you will never forget in your entire life, today we are going to talk about everything you should know about South Africa before you go there, this trip is a continue guide to our journey of the “nomads of Africa “.

Location

South Africa is one of the beautiful countries in Africa, situated as it mentioned in the country’s name in the south of the continent of Africa, All of Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Lesotho(and this country is surrounded by South Africa), Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Both of the Indian and the Atlantic oceans surround the coast of South Africa. The Diverse of people in this country is so understandable, because the country has 11 official languages (Zulu is the most spoken language by local people).

You may remember in 2010 the world cup finals have been hosted in Africa for the first time in history, and South Africa had that honor to host it. You may wonder why this country had the rights to host the finals more than any other country in Africa, it’s because South Africa is the strongest country in the continent of Africa and the under structures was ready in deadline time.

About the Cities

 This country is divided into 10 major cities (Pritoria-durban-Newcastle-Johannesburg-Kimberly-Polokwane-Porte Elizabeth-Upington-Cape Town-Bloemfontein), and it has three different capitals for a three different regions. Pritoria is the administrative capital, Cape Town is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.

Geography and People

1,219,090 square kilometers is the South Africa area surface, for a population of 54 million people in 2018 according to the CIA World Factbook. The South African Rand is the official currency of the country. It has a variety of Religions but the Christianity is the most practiced religion by 8% of the local people, and the 20% of them are divided by Islam, Hinduism and indigenous.

Climate

It has a reverse weather seasons of those in the northern places, traveling from region to region in South Africa you will find a different weather patterns, Summers are generally lasts from December to March and it’s temperatures around 26°C , while the winter lasts from June to September and it’s temperatures can be dropped below frizzing. The far south regions in this country are the coldest ones. 

History

South Africa is a perfect destination to start your « nomads of Africa » journey; it’s a country in culture, food, touristic places and history. This country is the home the most powerful man who believed in living in peace, and he made his separate and racist country to a one powerful hand it’s the only « Nelson Mandela ».

In 1488 The Portuguese were the first Europeans to reach South Africa, and by 1652 the Cape become under the British control, after many wars and peaceful conventions that made in the upcoming years, the Republic of South Africa was formed in 1961, after 59 years later SA had become way powerful economically from other African countries.

Is it safe to travel to South Africa?

In my opinion and after reading so many articles, it has a very high level of crime; the major crimes are spread into the community of SA, including murder, rape, and many thefts around.

The Us Department advise you to take an extra caution when you are visiting this country to be safe from the Muggings, armed assaults and thefts against practiced against foreigners.

That doesn’t mean that SA is not safe, it’s the safest third world country with almost a 3,8 million tourist visiting it beauty every year. The amazing local people of SA and the welcoming greetings of them to their daily businesses, make the major cities much safer for the foreigners.

So the answer of the well asked question, weather SA is safe to travel or not? Well, it is safe to travel there.

Where to go in SA?

It’s easy, you just need to know your type of travelers and what you want to discover, Why? South Africa it has almost everything to enjoy, no matter what’s type of trip you prefer, whether you prefer seeing nature enjoy yourself with the amazing Kruger National Park, which offers you a life time Safari experience with a wild animals well known in SA walking beside your car a fresh air coming from two million hectares of a clear trees and beautiful nature..

And if you are a city boy or girl and you like the stunning architecture of cities, South Africa opens her heart for you with a beautiful and well ranked city as it is the planet’s most beautiful cities, it the one and only Cape Town, the local people love to call it Mother city as it is the oldest city in SA, it offers you an amazing city charm, the culture, history, markets, restaurants, mountains, and extremely beautiful beaches in the southern city, will force you to stay in it and never leave.

And many other places, cities like the mighty city of Johannesburg, the city that blows many people minds each year, with the perfect organization.

Durban is the second largest city after the Mother Town, this city is the center of the KwaZulu-Natal province, with a tropical climate and an amazing golden beaches, the best charm you can find in Durban is at night when the lights of night bars and restaurants blows away the travelers all around the world, my advice is to try shopping in Victoria Street Market which is the favorite destination for foreigners.