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St George's Park Cricket Ground
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Port Elizabeth is home to the Eastern Province Cricket Board and boasts the internationally recognized St George's Park Cricket Oval. The recently-built Duckpond in St George's Park, which was a recipient of the Award of Excellence from the Institute of South African Architects, has a seating...
Old Post Office
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
The Old Post Office is situated at the top of Flemming Street. It was opend in 1900 and was designed by the Public Works Department of the Cape Colonial Government under Mr. H.S. Greaves. Its style is typical of public buildings of the late Victorian era. It later incorporated the former...
Trinder Square
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Trinder Square, located in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) Central, began life as a natural vlei—a shallow pond used for watering livestock in the early 1800s. In 1883, it was drained and enclosed with iron railings, transforming the site into a landscaped public garden. Today, it is a small urban...
Victoria Park
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > South End
The tranquil Victoria Park located along Victoria Park Drive, next to the Victoria Park Primary and High Schools in South End is a gem of landscaping. The park offers beautiful landscaped gardens, attractive water-lily ponds with quaint stone bridges, a thatched gazebo where one can linger to...
Mendi Memorial
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Ibhayi
Mendi Memorial commemorates the lives of the South African Native Labour contingent who died on the troopship "SS Mendi" after sinking off the Isle of Wight, near St. Catherine’s Point on 21st February 1917. The "Mendi" sank after colliding with SS "Darro" in heavy fog.
The SS Mendi was a...
Old Railway Station Museum
Location : Eastern Cape > Kariega > Uitenhage
Built on Market Street in the year of the opening of the railway from Port Elizabeth, it is reputed to be one of the oldest railway stations in South Africa. At this quaint museum, two vintage locomotives, a variety of coaches, period furniture and equipment capture the atmosphere of the early...
Barnacle Bay Rides
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha >
We have two boats - Tuxedo and South Sea's on which we undertake bay and island trips. We will see a large variety of birds and mammals in the Algoa Bay area. We also do beach trips and sundowners. Fishing trips are also done.
Rates from R250
Port Elizabeth Railway Station
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
North of the Campanile is The Railway Station building that has existed on the present location since 1875 when the first line was constructed to Uitenhage about 40 Kilometres away. The original building was designed by James Bisset, Resident Engineer, Harbour and Public Works. Extensive...
Hillside House (NMMU Campus)
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Built in the early 1830’s for Harbour Master Edward Wallace, the house was extensively altered in about 1881 for the General Manager of the Bank of Africa.
Used for a time as a students residence, the house was restored by the University of Port Elizabeth in 1995 to provide offices.
Mandela Bay Theatre Complex (previously PE Opera House)
Location : Eastern Cape > Gqeberha > Central
Mandela Bay Theatre Complex (previously known as Port Elizabeth Opera House) with two theatres, namely The Opera House and Barn Theatre which are located on the corner of John Kani Road and Winston Ntshona Street, Central, Gqeberha was opened in 1892 and was proclaimed a national monument in...