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South Africa |
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View South Africa Travel Tips Page :: View South Africa Regional Information Page |
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"Nicknamed The Rainbow Nation, its spectacular and varied land and its friendly people never fail to captivate those who travel in South Africa. the Kruger National Park, Africa’s premier safari reserve, South Africa has picturesque wine-farming towns in the Garden Route, dense subtropical coast in KwaZulu Natal, arid semi-desert in the little Karoo and dramatic mountains in the Drakensberg." |
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Safety in South Africa
Despite South Africa’s terribly high crime rate, most visitors to South Africa come and go without incident. Crime rate is probably the most serious problem facing the country, but it is highly concentrated in the poor African and coloured townships, and in Johannesburg. Precaution rather than paranoia is the way to remain safe.
The greatest danger to your personal safety is probably on the roads, where South Africans mix drinking and driving to an atrocious extent.
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The following advice may be of use:
- Dress down, and try not to look like a tourist.
- Don’t wear jewellery, fashion sunglasses or expensive watches.
- Know where your valuables are.
- Carry your bag under your arm.
- Don’t let groups of strangers get too close to you.
- Lock all car doors at all times in the city.
- Take the bare minimum of accessories to the beach.
- Keep your passports, plane tickets, jewellery of value and large sums of money in safe custody.
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