| The Transkei area of the Eastern Cape has | | | | found throughout most of the country. |
| become a regular destination for tourists. | | | | The Wild Coast is perhaps the most visited part, |
| The Transkei is especially attractive to tourists | | | | with stretches of golden beach sprinkled with |
| who seek an "African experience". | | | | shells, overlooked by traditional Xhosa villages set |
| Coffee Bay and Port St. John's are two of the | | | | amid the green hills, and punctuated by rough |
| main tourist towns. Backpackers' lodges are | | | | potholed roads. |
| readily available relatively cheap. | | | | Coffee Bay and Port St John's are the two main |
| The smoking of marijuana is popular and draws | | | | tourist towns and have become a haven for |
| many tourists to the area. Cannabis of varying | | | | independent travellers and backpackers. |
| qualities are also extensively harvested in the | | | | Hole in the Wall close to Coffee Bay is a popular |
| Transkei and grown in the gardens of many of | | | | attraction, a geographical marvel where the sea |
| the local inhabitants. | | | | has pounded a tunnel through a huge rock in the |
| South African legislation prohibits these activities | | | | sea. |
| for non-registered users and producers (like | | | | Historically, the Transkei was one of the |
| sangomas). The smoking of marijuana or cannabis | | | | homelands created by the Apartheid government |
| is illegal in South Africa. | | | | to be set aside for black, Xhosa-speaking South |
| The Transkei (meaning 'across the Kei') is a region | | | | Africans until it became an independent state in |
| situated roughly between East London and Durban | | | | 1976 with Umtata (Mthatha) as the capital. |
| in the Eastern Cape, bordered by the Great Kei | | | | In Umtatayou have to visit Umtata and see the |
| River in the south and the Umtamvuna River near | | | | Nelson Mandela Museum that showcases his life in |
| Port Edward in the north. | | | | photos and displays. |
| Characterised by green rolling hills scattered with | | | | Just to the north the little town of Qunu lays its |
| round thatched huts, and a stunning coastline, the | | | | claim to fame as the birthplace of Mandela. |
| ruggedly beautiful Transkei region has become | | | | Transkei is still true Africa - not yet been invaded |
| increasingly attractive to tourists seeking an | | | | by large hotel chains or any of the Westernized |
| unspoilt experience of South Africa, a far cry | | | | luxuries found elsewhere in South Africa. |
| from the many westernised luxuries that can be | | | | Come for a visit. |