Colorful wooden huts on a sandy, white beach
A close-up of an elephant’s tusks and trunk
A Xhosa woman smokes a long tobacco pipe
Yellow, flowery fields surrounding an old white farmhouse
Photo: Male lion nuzzling a female
Aloe trees in a mountainous, desert landscape
Yellow-Billed Hornbill, South Africa
Vineyards crawl up a South African mountainside
Cheetah lounging on the floor of a safari lodge
Smiling woman with face paint
The lights of Cape Town shine at dusk
Flag-waving fans cheering the South African soccer side
A gloved hand polishing gold bars
An aerial view of the Cape of Good Hope
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Muizenberg Beach, Cape Town
Colorful Victorian bathing huts echo a grand resort history that stretches back to the 19th century at Muizenberg beach—one of Cape Town’s finest. The waters of False Bay feature a long break with a ridable wave nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) long. Even those content to stay ashore can sometimes spot southern right whales.
Photograph by Gavin Hellier/Getty Images

South Africa Photos

See photos of South Africa (including Cape Town, Johannesburg, elephants, and more) in this travel photo gallery from National Geographic.

January 03, 2010

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