Refreshing

Cintsa

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April 9th 2006
Cintsa was yet another place that many travellers we'd met had told us that we must visit. Fortunately by now we'd learnt to keep our expectations low so as not to be disappointed when these places weren't all they were cracked up to be. We were very happy however before we even arrived as from the shuttle we saw our first game sighting of the trip, a couple of zebra, wildebeast and bonking giraff ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Chintsa

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more