Welcome to Port Elizabeth

Port Elizabeth was the 5th stop on the cruise to Cape Town and the 2nd in South Africa.  It got very hot at this port as soon as you got away from the shoreline.   We had planned to go to another game reserve and actually went inland over an hour and a half to one.    At the game reserve the temperature had reached 100 degrees and the safari jeep they had for us had no top.   We made a decision not to take the chance and get heat stroke or something worse, so we did not do the tour.   Since we had done an actual safari in Kenya and Tanzania it was ok not to do this.    Minimal video and pictures to show you. 

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  • Population 967,000
  • Founded in 1820
  • Name was changed to Gqeberha in February of 2021
  • New Name not really being used.
  • Nickname is the friendly city or the windy city.
  • First mention was in 1488
  • Hub for automobile manufacturing in South Africa
  • Addo Elephant National Park is 45 miles to the north

A view of the port