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Tourism and InformationAdventure & Sport
INTRODUCTION:
The Eastern Cape offers excellent and varied adventure and sport facilities and the hosts numerous exciting events all year round. The region often hosts international sports events, especially rugby and cricket, in the internationally recognised stadia of St George's Park Cricket Oval, Buffalo Park, Absa Stadium and Telkom Park Football Stadium. Nelson Mandela Bay, tagged as the "Watersport Capital" of Africa, offers unrivalled conditions in addition to an abundance of action packed activities throughout the year.
The Eastern Cape also offers some of the best boardsailing conditions in South Africa and provides near perfect conditions for bay and river sailing, as well as quality wave-jumping. Scuba diving is very popular and the diving sites in Port Elizabeth and East London are of world-class quality with beautiful reefs, shipwrecks, fish and colourful soft coral species. Island cruises and sea and sundowner cruises are on offer in Algoa Bay which enables one to see Cape Fur Seals, numerous sea birds, surrounding shipwrecks and sometimes even pods of dolphins.
A variety of adventure activities can be explored by the adventurer in and around Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City. Activities include horse riding and quad biking over the dunes and along the beach. For the cyclist there are safe tarred roads or the mountain biking option on good gravel roads through beautiful scenic farmlands and nature areas. The different hiking and 4x4 trails give visitors the opportunity to experience the unique biodiversity and abundance of bird and plant life of the area.
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