South Africa Travel Guide For Kids
Just to blow your minds, South Africa has 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. South Africa is often referred to as the “Rainbow Nation” because of the multicultural diversity, which means the amount of different cultures who are accepted as South African people.
South Africa is a pretty big place and most people venture from one area to another instead of just staying in on city. The list of things to do are pretty extensive and involve quite a lot of travelling. Are you ready?
The country is made up of 9 provinces:
East Cape
Free State
Guateng
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumulanga
Northwest
Northern Cape
Quick Facts:
Population: 57,435,192 (2018)
Languages Spoken: Afrikaans (official), Zulu, English
Currency: South African Rand
Capital City: Administrative: Pretoria – Legislative: Cape Town – Judicial: Bloemfontein
Airport Codes for South Africa
Click to View Airport Codes for South AfricaAggeneys | AGZ | |
Alexander Bay – Kortdoorn | ALJ | |
Alldays | ADY | |
Bloemfontein Airport | BFN | |
Cape Town International Airport | CPT | |
Durban | DUR | |
East London | ELS | |
Ellisras | ELL | |
George | GRJ | |
Johannesburg – OR Tambo International Airport | JNB | |
Kimberley | KIM | |
Kleinsee | KLZ | |
Lanseria | HLA | |
Lusisiki | LUJ | |
Margate | MGH | |
Messina | MEZ | |
Mkambati | MBM | |
Mossel Bay | MZY | |
Mzamba | MZF | |
Nelspruit | NLP | |
Nelspruit – Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport | MQP | |
Newcastle | NCS | |
Oudtshoorn | OUH | |
Phalaborwa | PHW | |
Pietermaritzburg | PZB | |
Pietersburg | PTG | |
Pilanesberg/Sun City | NTY | |
Plettenberg Bay | PBZ | |
Port Elizabeth | PLZ | |
Pretoria – Wonderboom Apt. | PRY | |
Richards Bay | RCB | |
Sishen | SIS | |
Skukuza | SZK | |
Springbok | SBU | |
Thaba’Nchu | TCU | |
Ulundi | ULD | |
Umtata | UTT | |
Upington | UTN | |
Vryheid | VYD | |
Walvis Bay | WVB | |
Welkom | WEL |