Detourmap
Places worth the detour in South Africa
Detourmap lists 146 places in South Africa, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (119). Best known: Cape of Good Hope. 81 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 146
- Oldest here
- Big Hole 1871
- Little known
- 81 of 146
- City page
- 1
By region
One first-level division of South Africa has enough places for a page of its own.
By city
One city in South Africa has enough places for a page of its own.
Nature & landscapes in South Africa 119
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5.Cape Agulhas
Nature · Renowned
Headland in the Western Cape, South Africa, the southernmost point of mainland Africa
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6.Vredefort crater
Nature · Renowned
Largest verified impact crater on earth, dating from the Paleoproterozoic Era
Archaeological & historic sites in South Africa 27
All 27 archaeological & historic sites in South Africa →
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in South Africa?
Cape of Good Hope. Headland of Cape Peninsula, South Africa. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in South Africa?
146: 119 nature & landscapes and 27 archaeological & historic sites. 81 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in South Africa?
Big Hole, dated to 1871. 27 of the 146 places here carry a founding date at all.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.