Eastern Cape, South Africa · Africa
Mthatha sits on the route: 25 minutes from Libode, 59km from Hole in the Wall.
Mthatha is in Eastern Cape, South Africa, with about 160,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Libode, about 23 km away.
Mthatha ( əm-TAH-tah, Xhosa: [ḿ̩ˈtʰâːtʰà] ), alternatively rendered Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known as the K. D. Matanzima Airport after formerRead more
leader Kaiser Matanzima. Mthatha derives its name from the nearby Mthatha River which was named after the sneezewood (umtati) trees, famous for their wood and medicinal properties.
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Within an hour or so of Mthatha: Hole in the Wall (59 km).
Mthatha is in Eastern Cape, South Africa, about 23 km from Libode.
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A detached sandstone cliff at the mouth of the Mpako River pierced by a wave-cut arch the sea booms through. Eight kilometres south of Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast, reached by a rough but driveable track.
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