Attractions IN/AROUND Bedford
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Cookhouse Wind Farm
The largest wind farm in the country, if not the continent, the Cookhouse wind farm has a 138.6 MW capacity, only just pipping JBay's wind farm at the post as far as capacity is concerned(Jeffreys Bay wind farm is just around the metaphorical corner from ...
Airports / Landmarks
King Phalo Airport
While this airport is probably best known simply as East London Airport, it was officially renamed to King Phalo Airport in 2021, and was previously called Ben Schoeman. Being situated in East London, it is a convenient base for travellers that are ...
National Parks / Nature Reserves
Mountain Zebra National Park
The craggy heights of the Mountain Zebra National Park's Bankberg embrace rolling plains and deep valleys, and has become an entrancing preserve for the Cape mountain zebra. The proclamation of the park in 1937 saved these animals from extinction, and ...
Nature Reserves / National Parks
Mountain Zebra Wilderness Corridor
The valuable grasslands between the Mountain Zebra National Park and the Camdeboo National Park are now formally protected by a partnership between the Wilderness Foundation and SANParks. Known as the Mountain Zebra Wilderness Corridor, the aim ...
... and a little further afield
Nature Reserves
Amalinda Nature Reserve
The Amalinda Nature Reserve is situated less than 10 kilometres from the ever-growing city hub of East London in the Eastern Cape. Established in 1968, this reserve measures 134 hectares and boasts some of the stunning vegetation for which this part of ...
Forests / Landmarks
Amathole Forests
The mountains and valleys of the Amathole are swathed in afromontane mistbelt forest, interspersed with pine and eucalyptus plantations. These forests, or forest complex, lie bounded by the towns Stutterheim, Hogsback, Alice and Dimbaza with ...
Nature Reserves
Commando Drift Nature Reserve
The 6 000 hectare Commando Drift Nature Reserve lies roughly 60 km north of Cradock on the road to Tarkastad. At its heart is the Commando Drift Dam, fed by four rivers. On what is essentially a mixture of Karoo veld and recovering grasslands, after ...
Mountain Passes
Dontsa Pass
The Dontsa Pass is one of the most scenic passes in the area. It negotiates forested hillsides overshadowed by impressive mountain peaks and dotted with several dams, cutting through the little village of Keiskammahoek that takes the traveller on ...
Beaches
East London Beaches
Think warm Indian Ocean waters and sub-tropical weather that allow visitors to enjoy the climate all year round - East London basks gloriously between the Nahoon River in the north and the Buffalo River to the south of the city, and the phrase ‘unspoilt ...
Landmarks
East London City Hall
The foundation stone of the stately East London City Halll was laid in 1897. The clock tower commemorates the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. Built in the Victorian Renaissance style, the marble for the imposing staircase at the East London City Hall, ...
Nature Reserves
East London Coast Nature Reserve
The East London Coast Nature Reserve is a gorgeous stretch of coast that extends from the Great Kei River in the north east all the way to the Tylomnqa River in the south west. Between these two bodies of water lies well over 3 000 hectares of ...
Golf Courses
East London Golf Club
The East London Golf Club, skilfully fashioned out of dense coastal bush, hills and dunes, just a few metres away from the warm water of the Indian Ocean, has hosted six South African Opens, which confirms the high esteem in which the course is held ...
Museums
East London Museum
The East London Museum has the world's only dodo egg, a large natural science collection, collections ranging from the prehistoric times of South Africa to the early history of the Xhosa people. The Museum has a model of a coelacanth. This ancient fish ...
Mountain Passes
Fort Cunynghame Pass
This rather odd rendition of ‘Cunningham' is the name for the pass on the N6 near Stutterheim. Whilst the pass is a modern road, easy to drive and with some pretty spectacular views, its name is an historical one ...
Bedford as a destination
Also in the neighbourhood
Adelaide, Cintsa, Cove Rock, East London, Fort Beaufort, Gonubie, Hogsback, Katberg, Kidds Beach, King Williams Town, Steynsburg, Stutterheim, Tarkastad, Winterberg
Staying Overnight
Duke of Bedford Inn
In the heart of the picturesque village of Bedford you'll find a charming establishment called "The Duke of Bedford Inn". The old Victorian hotel...
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