Eastern Cape Provincial Article - South African Vacations

Edward in the east. Most of the beaches of its popular coastal resort towns
provide safe, warm bathing for the thousands of visitors who visit it annually,
while the untamed Wild Coast offers unspoilt seclusion.
The western region of the province extends from the forests of the
Tsitsikamma National Park in the west to Algoa Bay in the east and from the
Karoo plains and mountains in the north to the Indian Ocean coastline in the
south, where the dusty plains are replaced by lush forest creepers and where
the gurgling waters of its streams take over from creaking Karoo windmills.
The natural beauty of the Eastern Cape is not confined to its land areas.
Reefs of incomparable beauty and water that offers better colour at depth than
anywhere else in the world are found just off the rugged coastlines of St
Francis Bay and Algoa Bay. Divers are treated to views of colourful coral,
delicate sea sponges, nearly transparent sea wasps, exotic sea anemones
and shoals of tropical fish swimming among rocky pinnacles and the rusty
remains of sunken ships.
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