World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Little Karoo

Known as 'the jewel of the Klein Karoo', Ladismith is located at the foot of the Klein Swartberg mountain range in the Klein Karoo. It's connected by tarred roads to all the major cities, including Cape Town, Oudtshoorn, George, Mossel Bay and Port Elizabeth.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal

Margate is a seaside resort town in the south of the KwaZulu-Natal coast, just about 20 kilometres southwest of Port Shepstone. The river which flows into the sea at Margate is called "Nkhongweni" (place of entreaty) because the original inhabitants were reputed to be so mean that travellers had to beg for hospitality.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town

Noordhoek has undoubtedly one of the longest, widest and most beautiful stretch of beach in the Cape. The Long Beach extends over 8 kilometres to Kommetjie. It is too vast to ever be crowded and is ideally suited for long walks. In Winter, when the waves are higher, a lagoon forms in front of the dunes.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Little Karoo

Oudtshoorn has been called South Africa's tourism capitol, and with good reason. The town has been blessed with the greatest variety of tourist attractions imaginable. The peculiar ostrich, the breathtaking Cango Caves, majestic mountain ranges, the unspoilt natural environment, culinary adventure, wine tasting and the town's rich history.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Garden Route

Plettenberg Bay is the jewel of The Garden Route. It's more than a village, less than a town. Plettenberg Bay is tranquil and charming, hospitable and rather special. Plettenberg Bay is characterised by sweeping, unspoilt golden beaches, a dramatic rocky peninsula, intriguing lagoons and estuaries, towering indigenous forests and unpolluted rivers and sea. With its exceptional climate, and beautiful view sites over the Indian Ocean, Plettenberg Bay is perfect for tourists interested in exploring, watching or just lazing.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, West Coast

This area boasts several small towns and coastal villages in close proximity to each other in a rugged and beautiful landscape. Fascinating day trips to historic fishing villages, nature and game reserves, fossil parks as well as numerous wine estates and majestic mountain ranges are within easy reach and Cape Town International Airport is just over a one hour drive to the South. The tranquil waters of the bay are ideal for water sports, fishing, sailing or swimming. Whale and dolphin watching charters as well as island cruises are easily arranged and the area is a hiking and bird watchers delight. 4x4 trails and safaris as well as Saldanha airport with facilities for light aircraft all close by.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal

This is one of the most popular resorts on the sunny KwaZulu Natal South Coast, famous for its strelitzia (bird of paradise) flowers. An attempt was made to use the bay to export sugar but it offered scant shelter from rough seas. However, boats found rich fishing grounds nearby at the Aliwal Shoal. A lighthouse was built in 1892 to mark the shoal, but was eventually moved to Port Shepstone. The village soon became a thriving resort and trading centre as it is today. Apart from a fine beach with shark-protected bathing and tidal pools, Scottburgh has a crocodile breeding farm, miniature railway and a bird watching hide in the coastal forest.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

The town of Umkomaas on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast in South Africa, with its spectacular sea views, developed on a hill crowning the river's southern bank and became a premier holiday destination. Today, thanks to a shipping hazard and evidence of the havoc it s wreaked, the town's colonial-style architecture is 'base camp' for scuba divers from around the world. Five kilometres offshore from Umkomaas lies the internationally-renowned Aliwal Shoal - a fossilised sand dune of sponges, soft and hard coral - first spotted in 1849 but not adequately highlighted until after it sank the steamer Nebo in 1884.

World Directory, Asia, China, Guangdong, Shenzhen

Shenzhen is a city of sub-provincial administrative status in southern China's Guangdong province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. Owing to China's economic liberalization under the policies of reformist leader Deng Xiaoping, the area became China's first-and ultimately most successful-Special Economic Zone.

World Directory, Asia, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong has the big city specials like smog, odour, 14 million elbows and an insane love of clatter. But it's also efficient, hushed and peaceful: the transport network is excellent, the shopping centres are sublime, and the temples and quiet corners of parks are contemplative oases.