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Things You Didn’t Know About South Africa
When you think of South Africa, the first thing that probably comes to mind is Nelson Mandela and apartheid.
4. There’s ‘summer’ skiing
Yes, there’s downhill skiing in South Africa.
In fact, there’s downhill skiing in two countries in southern Africa: South Africa and neighboring Lesotho.
Tiffendell Ski Resort in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Highlands and Afriski in Lesotho’s Maluti Mountains (both ranges are part of what’s more widely known as the Drakensberg Mountains) offer a relatively short season running between June and August, the Southern Hemisphere winter.
Runs aren’t long — about a kilometer in total at each resort — but there’s real snow and when there isn’t enough falling from the sky, both Afriski and Tiffendell have snow-making equipment.
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