Since the end of apartheid in the 1990s, visitors from around the world are discovering South Africa.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Today on Travel with Rick Steeves, we're getting an insider's guide to the place Desmond Tutu calls the Rainbow Nation

with stunning scenery trendy wine charming architecture and awe-inspiring wilderness safaris, South Africa has an understandable allure.

I would say Africa just captures people's hearts.

In just a moment, Carmen Arnott joins us.

She was raised in South Africa and now helps visitors plan

trips to her homeland. With Carmen, we'll feel the racing pulse of Cosmopolitan Cape Town

and venture into the country's struggling and revealing townships.

We'll also learn how to experience the essence of South Africa and let it capture our hearts.

It's all coming right up on today's Travel with Rick Sieves.

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Steve's and I'm Rick Steve's. Right now we're traveling to South Africa. People love

safaris and I hear about all sorts of different safari destinations and more and more people are talking about going down to South Africa for a safari.

And there's much more to a travel experience in South Africa than just checking out the wild animals.

You've got booming cosmopolitan cities, you've got vibrant tribal life, you've got some

pretty exotic beaches, and you've got, got I think a lot of interesting side trips you can take from

that sort of springboard to the wonders of southern Africa.

I have with me today Carmen are not who's raised in Cape Down and she works now in the United States

as a program director for a tour company and Carmen's going to tell us a little bit about travel

in South Africa. Carmen, thanks for being with us.

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