Eastern Cape Weddings

The Eastern Cape is home to both the Sunshine and Wild coasts on the Indian Ocean, with her warm waters and idyllic beaches. Top wedding destinations such as the 'friendly city' of Port Elizabeth set on the shores of Algoa Bay; Jeffreys Bay - the town of endless summer; East London with her serene white beaches and mildly tropical climate; Port Alfred's sandy beaches that stretch for miles; and the dramatic setting of Port St Johns, are all unique and equally beautiful wedding locations. In striking contrast, the interior of the Eastern Cape embraces the arid Karoo amidst flat and spectacular landscapes with distant shadowy mountains and historical towns; the southern slopes of the dramatic Drakensberg and malaria-free encounters with African Wildlife.

This is the terrain of the Addo Elephant Park and various Big Five game reserves. Towns such as Graaff Reinet, known as the 'gem of the Karoo', and Nieu Bethesda, home to Helen Martin's Owl House, are set in the heart of the Karoo whilst Hogsback, on the slopes of the Amathole Mountains in the midst of Tolkienesque indigenous forest in a setting punctuated by waterfalls, makes the short journey inland worth the effort. [close]