Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape is in South Africa and stretches along the Indian Ocean between Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Port Elizabeth and East London.
Port Elizabeth
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Gqeberha is South Africa's fifth largest city. It is on the Indian Ocean coast half-way between Cape Town and Durban, in the Eastern Cape, about 260 km from Knysna. It lives up to its reputation as the friendly city and the windy city.
East London
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East London is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port.
Jeffreys Bay
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Jeffreys Bay is located within the Cacadu District on the Sunshine Coast of South Africa. Also known as J-Bay, the town is famous for surfing, white sand beaches and an abundance of sea shells.
Destinations to Discover
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Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast is a region of the Eastern Cape. The Sunshine Coast has more sunshine hours per year than any other part of South Africa. With plenty of charm, sun-drenched beaches, warm waters and quaint seaside villages, it makes a popular holiday destination.
Wild Coast
The Wild Coast is part of the Eastern Cape province. It offers spectacular coastlines without the tourist crowd. The region is very rural and infrastructure is sparse, so plan ahead.
Baviaans
The Baviaans is a sparsely populated region in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape. It is a sought-after wilderness destination that offers camping, hiking and a serene refuge with clean skies, starry nights and sweet breezes.
Eastern Cape
- Type: province of South Africa with 7,230,000 residents
- Description: province of South Africa
- Also known as: “Eastern Cape Province”, “province of Eastern Cape”, “Province of Eastern Cape”, and “province of the Eastern Cape”
- Neighbors: Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, and Western Cape
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Eastern Cape” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oos kaap”
- Afrikaans: “Oos-Kaap Provinsie”
- Afrikaans: “Oos-Kaap”
- Afrikaans: “Oos-Kaapprovinsie”
- Arabic: “كيب الشرقية”
- Arabic: “كيب الشرقيه”
- Armenian: “Արևելյան Կապ”
- Asturian: “Cabu Oriental”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Burun vilayəti”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Keyp vilayəti”
- Basque: “Lurmutur Ekialde”
- Basque: “Lurmutur Ekialdea”
- Belarusian: “Усходне-Капская правінцыя”
- Belarusian: “Усходняя Капская правінцыя”
- Bengali: “পূর্ব কেপ”
- Breton: “Kab ar Reter”
- Bulgarian: “Източен Кейп”
- Catalan: “Cap Oriental”
- Catalan: “Província del Cap Est”
- Cebuano: “Eastern Cape”
- Chinese: “Tang Cape Séng”
- Chinese: “东开普省”
- Chinese: “東開普”
- Chinese: “東開普省”
- Croatian: “Eastern Cape”
- Czech: “Východní Kapsko”
- Danish: “Eastern Cape”
- Danish: “Øst-Kap”
- Danish: “Øst-Kapprovinsen”
- Dutch: “Oost-Kaap provincie”
- Dutch: “Oost-Kaap”
- Dutch: “Oostelijke Kaap”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيب الشرقيه”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Kablando”
- Estonian: “Ida-Kapimaa provints”
- Estonian: “Ida-Kapimaa”
- Faroese: “Eastern Cape”
- Finnish: “Eastern Cape -provinssi”
- Finnish: “Eastern Cape provinssi”
- Finnish: “Eastern Cape”
- Finnish: “Itä-Kap”
- Finnish: “Itäinen maakunta”
- French: “Cap oriental”
- French: “Cap-Oriental”
- Galician: “Cabo Oriental”
- Galician: “O Cabo Oriental”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი კაპლანდი”
- German: “Eastern Cape”
- German: “Oos-Kaap”
- German: “Ooskaap”
- German: “Ost-Kap”
- German: “Ostkap”
- German: “ZA-EC”
- Greek: “Ανατολικότερο Ακρωτήριο”
- Gujarati: “ઇસ્ટર્ન કેપ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Tûng Cape-sén”
- Hakka Chinese: “Tûng Khôi-phú-sén”
- Hebrew: “הכף המזרחי”
- Hebrew: “פרובינציית הכף המזרחית”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी केप प्रान्त”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी केप”
- Hungarian: “Eastern Cape”
- Hungarian: “Kelet-Fokföld”
- Indonesian: “Eastern Cape”
- Indonesian: “Tanjung Timur”
- Italian: “Capo Orientale”
- Italian: “Eastern Cape”
- Italian: “provincia del Capo Orientale”
- Italian: “Provincia del Capo Orientale”
- Japanese: “東ケープ州”
- Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಕೇಪ್”
- Korean: “이스턴 케이프 주”
- Korean: “이스턴케이프주”
- Latin: “Caput orientale”
- Latin: “Promontorium Orientale”
- Latvian: “Austrumkāpa”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Kapas”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Kyšulio provincija”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Kyšulys”
- Macedonian: “Источен Кејп”
- Malay: “Cape Timur”
- Malayalam: “കിഴക്കൻ കേപ്”
- Marathi: “ईस्टर्न केप”
- Mazanderani: “شرقی کیپ اوستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tang Cape Séng”
- Northern Frisian: “Uastkap (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “Uastkap”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eastern Cape”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “IMpuma-Koloni”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Kapp”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eastern Cape”
- Norwegian: “IMpuma-Koloni”
- Novial: “Est Kabe”
- Novial: “Est Kap”
- Nyanja: “Eastern Cape”
- Pedi: “Kapa Bohlabela”
- Persian: “کیپ شرقی”
- Polish: “Prowincja Przylądkowa Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Leste”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Oriental”
- Portuguese: “Província do Cabo Oriental”
- Romanian: “Oos-Kaap”
- Romanian: “Provincia Eastern Cape”
- Russian: “Восточная Капская провинция”
- Russian: “Восточно-Капская провинция”
- Russian: “Восточный Кейп”
- Serbian: “Istočni Kejp”
- Serbian: “Источни Кејп”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Eastern Cape”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Istočni Kaap”
- Shona: “Kepi ye Mabvirazuva”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර කේප් පළාත, දකුණු අප්රිකාව”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර කේප්”
- Slovenian: “Eastern Cape”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna Kaplandija”
- Slovenian: “ZA-EC”
- Somali: “Eastern Cape Province”
- Southern Sotho: “Kapa Botjhabela”
- Spanish: “El Cabo Oriental”
- Spanish: “Provincia del Cabo Oriental”
- Spanish: “Provincia Oriental del Cabo”
- Swahili: “Rasi Mashariki”
- Swahili: “Rasi ya Mashariki”
- Swati: “Eastern Cape”
- Swedish: “Eastern Cape”
- Swedish: “Östra Kap”
- Swedish: “Östra Kapprovinsen”
- Tajik: “Кейпи Шарқӣ”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு கபே”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு கேப்”
- Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Кап провинциясе”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు కేప్”
- Thai: “จังหวัดอีสเทิร์นเคป”
- Thai: “อีสเทิร์น เคป”
- Tswana: “Eastern Cape”
- Turkish: “Doğu Kap”
- Ukrainian: “Східна Капська провінція”
- Ukrainian: “Східний Кейп”
- Ukrainian: “Східно-Капська провінція”
- Ukrainian: “Східнокапська провінція”
- Urdu: “مشرقی کیپ”
- Venda: “Kapa Vhubvaḓuvha”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Cape”
- Volapük: “Lofüdakepiän”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan Cape”
- Western Panjabi: “لیندا کیپ”
- Western Panjabi: “مشرقی کیپ”
- Wu Chinese: “东开普省”
- Xhosa: “IPhondo laseMpuma-Koloni”
- Xhosa: “IPhondo yaMpuma-Koloni”
- Yoruba: “Eastern Cape Province”
- Yoruba: “Eastern Cape”
- Yue Chinese: “東開普”
- Zulu: “IMpumalanga Kapa”
- Zulu: “Mpuma-Koloni”
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