Things To Do in Frontier Country

Extreme Sports / Family Entertainment / Sports & Leisure

Zip Line with Adrenalin Addo

Overnight? Stay in Addo
The Addo region of the Eastern Cape is spectacular for its sprawling bushveld, high blue skies, and gorgeous weather. With Adrenalin Addo, you can enjoy it from new ...

Birding / Parks & Gardens

Visit the Makana Botanical Gardens

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
Head off to the Makana Botanical gardens on a week-day morning when few people are around. You can enter after passing through the Rhodes University's Eden ...

Museums

Albany Museum Complex

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
Established 1855, the Albany Museum Complex comprises five museums and is the second oldest museum in South Africa. The Museum Complex has an Education Department ...

Monuments / Religious / Spiritual

The Grahamstown Cathedral

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
The Cathedral of St Michael and St George now known as the Grahamstown Cathedral was built in the 1800's and first opened its doors in 1830. This is not the ...

Monuments

1820 Settlers National Monument

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
The 1820 Settlers National Monument, located in the historic town of Grahamstown (now Makhanda) in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, stands as a significant symbol of ...

Monuments / Museums

The Provost Prison

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
This was built in 1838 as a military prison in the Drostdy grounds when Sir Benjamin d'Urban, who was Governor of the Cape Colony, instructed the royal engineers to ...

Oldest Official Letterbox in South Africa

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
When was the last time you posted a letter or send a postcard? In today's world it is all electronic and instant, but one can't forget the excitement of receiving ...

Cory Library For Historical Research

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
The Cory Library is found at Rhodes University and collects materials of all kinds to support research into the history of South Africa, related fields in the ...

Museums

The Eastern Star Gallery

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
The Eastern Star Gallery gets its name from a newspaper that was established in Grahamstown in 1871, which was the predecessor to the popular and daily The Star ...

Astronomy / Museums

Observatory Museum

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
If you only have time to visit one museum on your visit to Grahamstown then the Observatory Museum as it is a unique museum which celebrates the beginning of the ...

Museums

Natural Science Museum

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
The oldest of the Albany Museum Complex, the Natural Science Museum, was established in 1855. A visit to this museum will allow you to learn more about the natural ...

Museums

National English Literary Museum

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
The National English Literary Museum gives us the opportunity to promote reading and encourage appreciated of all forms of creative South African literature that is ...

Museums

International Library of African Music

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
The International Library of African Music, fondly known as ILAM, was established in 1964 and is a researching, publishing and teaching centre for African ...

Museums

History Museum

Overnight? Stay in Grahamstown
The History Museum originally focused only on the contribution of the 1820 British Settlers and their descendents but it now is all encompassing and includes ...

Nurseries

Kumbula Indigenous Nursery

Overnight? Stay in Bathurst
Kumbula Indigenous Nursery is situated in the picturesque 1820 Settler village of Bathurst, in the Eastern Cape. Our first aim is to promote the use of indigenous ...