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16. The longest walking road is from Cape Town, South Africa, to Magadan, Russia, and is 14,334 miles long. 17. Due to plate tectonics, Alaska moves almost three inches closer to Alaska each year. 18.
The V&A Waterfront is a mixed-use destination located in the oldest working harbour in the Southern Hemisphere. [1] With Table Mountain as its backdrop, [2] the 123-hectare neighbourhood is located within the Cape Town, South Africa, where millions of people visit each year. [3] It contains art, entrepreneurs, and sustainable design.
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [11] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [12] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality .
Fish for some trout, swim or canoe, or even rent a yurt for a fun overnight camping activity. 13. Bike 25 miles. You can walk, ride or run the iconic Cape Cod Rail trail, which goes through six ...
Robben Island ( Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals ( robben ), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans name Robbeneiland, which translates to Seal (s) Island . Robben Island is roughly oval in shape ...
Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of 10 National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa's six different biomes and administered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Prior to 1 September 2004, the institute was known as the ...
Handspring Puppet Company. The Handspring Puppet Company is a South African puppetry performance and design company. It was established in 1981 by Adrian Kohler, Basil Jones, Jon Weinberg, and Jill Joubert, [2] and is based in Cape Town, South Africa. War Horse, a play seen by nearly eight million people, features horse puppets designed and ...
The African fur seal inhabits the southern and southwestern coast of Africa, from Cape Cross, Namibia to around the Cape of Good Hope and from Black Rocks, near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province. The Australian fur seal lives in the Bass Strait, on four islands off Victoria (southeastern Australia), and five islands off Tasmania.