1. Table Mountain in Cape Town is believed to be one of the oldest mountains in the world. Table Mountain alone has over 1,500 species of plants, more than the entire United Kingdom.
2. South Africa has the longest wine route in the world.
3. South Africa is the second largest exporter of fruit in the world.
4. South Africa is rated 3rd in the world in supplying safe, drinkable tap water.
5. South Africa has the cheapest electricity in the world.
6. The Karoo region is home to some of the best fossils of early dinosaurs.
7. Mossel Bay is in the Guinness Book of records as having the second most moderate climate in the world.
8. Pietermaritzburg’s city hall is the largest red brick building in the Southern Hemisphere (through Natal, it is a huge building very similar to a castle)
9. South Africa is the world’s largest producer of macadamia nuts.
10. There are more than 2,000 shipwrecks, dating back at least 500 years, off the South African coast. More than one of these, including the Waratah, simply vanished without a trace.
2. South Africa has the longest wine route in the world.
3. South Africa is the second largest exporter of fruit in the world.
4. South Africa is rated 3rd in the world in supplying safe, drinkable tap water.
5. South Africa has the cheapest electricity in the world.
6. The Karoo region is home to some of the best fossils of early dinosaurs.
7. Mossel Bay is in the Guinness Book of records as having the second most moderate climate in the world.
8. Pietermaritzburg’s city hall is the largest red brick building in the Southern Hemisphere (through Natal, it is a huge building very similar to a castle)
9. South Africa is the world’s largest producer of macadamia nuts.
10. There are more than 2,000 shipwrecks, dating back at least 500 years, off the South African coast. More than one of these, including the Waratah, simply vanished without a trace.
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