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- Destinations
- Africa
- South Africa
- Port Elizabeth
- Grahamstown
Grahamstown
The historic settler town of Grahamstown, 78 miles (125km)
northeast of Port Elizabeth, is presided over, from the top of
Gunfire Hill, by the 1820 Settler's National Monument, an arts and
theatre complex which forms the focus of the town's annual
internationally recognised Arts Festival held in July. Grahamstown
was founded in 1815 as a garrison to drive the Xhosa eastwards
across the Fish River frontier, giving rise to a century of
frontier war. The town has an English colonial flavour, and is home
to the renowned Rhodes University and some top private boarding
schools. There are several museums, including the JLB Smith
Institute of Ichthyology where two stuffed specimens of the
coelacanth are on display. The town also boasts the only Victorian
camera obscura in the southern hemisphere.
Information & Facts
Language
South Africa has 11 official languages, including
Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho. English is widely
spoken.
Money
South Africa's currency is the Rand (ZAR), which is divided into
100 cents. Money can be exchanged at banks, bureaux de change and
the larger hotels. ATMs are widely available (there is a daily
limit for cash withdrawals) and major international credit cards
are widely accepted, except in petrol stations where cash is
required. Visitors should be vigilant when drawing cash from ATMs,
as con artists are known to operate there. Travellers cheques and
some foreign currencies are accepted at larger hotels and shops,
but commission is charged, otherwise all commercial banks will
exchange them.
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