Queenstown Attractions
Queenstown, situated in the narrow corridor between the former homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, is the commercial, administrative and cultural center of a fertile agricultural region. It has little of tourist interest, but, as a modern town with hotels, restaurants and shops, may be a convenient stopover on a long journey. There are two museums with material of local interest.
The Lawrence de Lange Game Reserve occupies an area of 818 ha/2,020ac on the slopes of the Madeira Mountain, just outside the town. A 7km/4.5mi long hiking trail runs through the reserve to the summit of the hill, on which, with luck, visitors may see kudus, springboks, blesboks, red hartebeests, black wildebeests, impalas, gemsboks, elands and steppe zebras.
Queenstown is a town of parks and gardens. Among the finest are the Walter Everitt Sunken Gardens, with two lakes surrounded by lush vegetation which attract many water birds.
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