Grahamstown

Known as the 'City of Saints' because of the plethora of churches in the city and inextricably linked with the annual Arts festival, held in the city since 1974, Grahamstown is just off the N2 en route from Port Elizabeth.

Marketed as the heart of Frontier Country, Grahamstown has retained the small town Victorian appeal of its founders in the early 1800s. But to most South Africans it is Grahamstown's association with the Arts Festival, fast becoming Africa's festival capital, that draws visitors by the thousands in July every year.

The festival has never closed its doors to any race, colour, sex or creed, making it a lively political and protest forum during the apartheid era. It continues to reflect the richness of South Africa's diversity and now supports the growing trend of 'collaborative' works that aim to bring about cultural unity and encourages experimental theatre in the new South Africa.

ACCOMMODATION
	AMAKHALA GAME RESERVE Amakhala Game Reserve began in 1999 as a joint conservation venture and today has six independently owned lodges. All are owner managed by the descendants of the original families who arrived here with the British settlers of 1820 - For further information click here
	EAGLE'S NEST B&B Eagle's Nest B&B is on the sunny side of Grahamstown. Ideally situated near schools, city centre and in walking distance to shops, museums, Rhodes University and restaurants. Two reasonably priced self-contained garden flats each with their own private entrance - For further information click here