The Eastern Cape is one of South Africas most underdeveloped provinces. It can provide visitors with an experience of untouched Africa, with its rolling hills, vast coastline, forests, areas of semi-arid desert, Drakensburg Mountains, and diverse flora and fauna.

What is the Eastern Cape known for?

The Eastern Cape Province was established in 1994, after the first democratic election in South Africa. The province is most famous as the home of former South African president and Nobel Prize winner, Nelson Mandela. The area has a violent history of fighting for ownership of the land.

Did you know facts about the Eastern Cape?

1: The Eastern Cape covers over 170,000 square kilometres, from snow-capped peaks of the southern Drakensberg Mountains to the lush forests of the Tsitsikamma and along an 800 km long coastline from Cape St Francis to the Wild Coast. 2: Locals are 80% Xhosa-speaking.

What is the culture of Eastern Cape?

Eastern Cape Cultural Experiences is a unique and authentic experience of living with the Xhosa People in different villages of the Eastern Cape, cooking with them and staying with them in their living villages. Eastern Cape is the second biggest Province in South Africa where the majority of people are Xhosa speaking.

Who was the first Xhosa person?

Bud-Mbelle, and John Tengo Jabavu. Stories and legends provide accounts of Xhosa ancestral heroes. According to one oral tradition, the first person on Earth was a great leader called Xhosa.

What is the history of Eastern Cape?

The Eastern Cape as a South African Province came into existence in 1994 and incorporated areas from the former Xhosa homelands of the Transkei and Ciskei, together with what was previously part of the Cape Province. The province is also the home of the Mpondo clan, which primitively descended from the Xhosa clan.