In this informative and entertaining video, we celebrate the cultural diversities of the people of South Africa … The Rainbow Nation. On a visit to the Zulu People we see how they entertain tourists with there traditional dance, once used by King Shaka to consolidate Zulu Impies into a formidable force in preparation for battle. The Xhosa nation in the Eastern Cape maintain a traditional lifestyle and share their warmth and hospitality with tourists from across the globe. We see how traditional dishes are made by the Swazis, Sothos and Tswanas and visit an Afrikaner farm where delicacies and traditions dating back to the Voortrekkers have lived on, while the Cape Malays and Indians share with us their colourful lifestyles. It’s a fascinating look at the many different ways of life in this beautiful country, South Africa.

A visual celebration of South Africa's scenic beauty, culture & wildlife.

The missionaries who ventured into the semi-desert regions of South Africa's Northern Cape were of hardy, pioneering stock from major European capitals who survived incredible hardships in this great thirstland. The stories of these missionaries, who include the renowned Robert Moffat and David Livingstone amongst their ranks, unfold against a harsh, dry landscape of rugged beauty. They were doctors, engineers, carpenters and farmers who not only shared their skills with the locals but accomplished great feats such as building a cathedral with nothing more than a picture as a guide, turned desert soil into fertile agricultural areas through innovative irrigation schemes, translated the bible into Tswana and shaped the minds of men who became great leaders such as Sol Plaatje, writer and founder of the African National Congress.

This video takes you on a journey into an often forgotten corner of South Africa - The hauntingly beautiful Kalahari region of the Northern Cape. Experience the power of the mighty Orange River as it cuts across the dry, weathered landscape, plunging at one point to create one of the world's greatest spectacles - the Augrables Falls. Venture down the rapids or explore the many fascinating sites of historical and ecological interest that this region offers: the "Eye" of Kuruman - the largest natural spring in the Southern Hemisphere; the Raptor Rehabilitation Centre; the Robert Moffat Mission Station; The Anglo-Boer War fort at Prieska and the second largest national park in South Africa - The Kalahari Gemsbok. The ecological diversity and the fascinating patterns of survival of the abundant wildlife in this spectacular park draw countless visitors back year after year.

Stretching from the epicentre of South Africa to the wild, untamed West Coast of the continent and northwards to the Namibian desert lies the Northern Cape: A contrasting landscape of field upon field of brilliantly coloured wild flowers and age-old lava mountains interspersed with sandy plains and fertile green river valleys. The location of South Africa’s diamond rush towns which sprung up during the last century in and around Kimberly as well as several Anglo/Boer war battle sites including the famous Magersfontein. The location of Southern Africa’s largest mountain desert, the Richtersveld, which slopes down to the eerie mist-bound western coast, once the entrance point of pirates, renegades and adventurers.

A place where unending fields of dreams merge with mountains, moonscapes ... and dazzling colours give way to gentle hues ... a land of solitude and mystery, pregnant with the spirits of the past ... a land where rivers of diamonds cut through the sunbaked earth. Travel along the ghost trail and make acquaintance with some of Kimberly's most unusual residents and tap into the psychic world of the mystical, magical masters of the universe, the San Bushmen of the Kalahari.