KRUGER NATIONAL PARK It is a warm afternoon at Kruger National Park A family boards a safari vehicle with open sides As they move past a herd of impala the driver suddenly stops In the distance a lion rests under a tree His bushy mane blows in the breeze 4
OTHER TOP SITES BLYDE RIVER CANYON NATURE RESERVE THE GARDEN ROUTE KIRSTENBOSCH NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN TABLE MOUNTAIN Farther down the road they arrive at the Sabie River A white rhino bathes in the water Yellow village weaver birds make a racket from their hanging nests Later the family discovers a group of elephants feeding on plants by the river’s edge Welcome to South Africa 5
LOCATION NAMIBIA ZIMBABWE BOTSWANA JOHANNESBURG BLOEMFONTEIN PRETORIA LESOTHO SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN PORT ELIZABETH ATLANTIC OCEAN 6 PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS South Africa’s Prince Edward Islands are located in the southern Indian Ocean They are about 1,200 miles 1,931 kilometers southeast of Cape Town
MOZAMBIQUE ESWATINI DURBAN INDIAN OCEAN PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS South Africa is located on Africa’s southern tip The country covers 470,693 square miles 1,219,090 square kilometers It has three capital cities Pretoria is in northeastern South Africa Bloemfontein sits in the center Cape Town lies along the southwestern coast The Indian Ocean washes upon South Africa’s eastern and southern coasts Waves of the Atlantic Ocean crash onto its western shores Namibia Botswana and Zimbabwe are South Africa’s northern neighbors Mozambique and Eswatini lie to the east The small nation of Lesotho sits inside South Africa’s borders 7
