Uitenhage Attractions
35km/22mi north of Port Elizabeth is Uitenhage (pop. 202,000), a busy modern industrial city which is famed for its beautiful trees and gardens. It is an important center of automobile manufacture, metalworking, mechanical engineering and railroad engineering. The Volkswagen works are the largest car assembly plant in Africa.
Cuyler Manor Cultural Museum
The Cuyler Manor Cultural Museum, 4km/2.5mi from the town center, occupies the former home (restored) of a British officer named Jacob Glenn Cuyler.
The manor features period furnishings and is home to a demonstration farm.
The manor features period furnishings and is home to a demonstration farm.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | Closed | 14:00 |
| Close | 13:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 | 13:00 | |
| Open | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | 14:00 | |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Drostdy Africana Museum
The Drostdy Africana Museum has a collection of material on African life and culture before the arrival of white settlers.
Old Railway Station Museum
The old Victorian railroad station in Market Street (built 1875; restored) now houses the Railway Museum which displays steam locomotives and railroad equipment.
