South Africa has the third highest level of biodiversity in the world.
The Tugela Falls is the second highest waterfall in the world, where the water tumbles down 850 metres.
Blyde River Canyon is the third largest canyon in the world (and the largest ‘green canyon’)
Most of the world's proto-mammalian fossils are found in the Karoo region - along with a 280 million year old fossilized shark.
The only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace prize winners is in South Africa. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses in Vilakazi Street in Soweto.
The world’s first heart transplant was done in South Africa in 1967 by South African Dr Chris Barnard.
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique are tearing down fences between the countries’ game parks to create a 35 000 square kilometers game park which will become the largest conservation area in the world.
