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DESTINATION

Things to do

TABLE MOUNTAIN
Students can enjoy some of the
best views of Cape Town from the
fl at-topped Table Mountain, either
by hiking up the well-trodden trail
or travelling in comfort on the Ta-
ble Mountain Aerial Cableway,
which promises a 360-degree
view of the city.
Multicultural cuisine
CONSTITUTION HILL
“Constitution Hill in Braamfontein One of South Africa’s biggest
will teach you more about South appeals is its wide variety of
Africa’s journey to democracy,” cuisines. “Because South Africa
says Trish from Wits Language is a Rainbow Nation, you can
School. Exhibitions around the site fi nd food from all over the world
of the former prison and military in Johannesburg,” explains
fort in Johannesburg, which today Trish. Students should head to
contains South Africa’s Constitu- Neighbourgoods Market in Juta
tional Court, give visitors an insight Street on Saturdays for an idea
into the country’s volatile past, of what’s on offer, she adds.
as well as some of its key Johannes from Kurus English
political fi gures. Mahatma says, “visiting a Shisa Nyama in
Gandhi and Nelson Mandela one of the Cape Town suburbs
were both imprisoned here. is a must”, to experience a tra-
ditional South African barbecue,
BLOUKRANS BRIDGE including native game meat such
Thrill-seekers may want to use as Springbok or Kudu.
a trip along the coastal Garden Cooking on the barbecue, or
Route as an opportunity to take ‘braai’, is a “very serious matter
the plunge at one of the highest here’’, explains Emilie Féré from
bungee jumps in the world. The the Language Teaching Centre
attraction sees brave souls launch www.languageteachingcentre.
themselves from the 216-metre- com in Cape Town. “[Taking part
high Bloukrans Bridge, which in a] Braai is something obvious-
crosses over the Bloukrans River. ly that all international students
should experience.”

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