Superb beaches are a half hour away.
Scenic mountains nearly 5,000 feet high form a spectacular backdrop to the town. Stellenbosch is often called the most attractive town in southern Africa. South Africa's million-plus square kilometers host a variety of landscapes, from breathtaking coasts and mountains in the south to the grassland bush in the north. The tip of the continent encompasses everything from the austere flats of the Karoo Desert to subtropical beauty in Natal's exotic beaches, capped by the majestic Drakensberg mountain range. Its largest rivers, the Orange and the Limpopo, change from dry beds in winter to spectacular torrents during rainy season.