Ann Bryant Art Gallery
Upper Oxford Street
Tel: 722 4044
Open Weekdays 9.30am-5pm; Saturday 9.30am-12pm; Every Third Sunday only.
Entry is free.

Aquarium
Beachfront, Esplanade, East London, South Africa
Tel: 705 2637
Open daily: 9am-5pm.
Fish Feeding daily at 10.30am and 3pm.
Seal Show daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm.
(Performances are only 10 minutes).
Fees: Adults: R9, Children (3-16 years) R5, Pensioners R5, Schools/groups R3 per person.
This is the oldest aquarium in the country. It is also a satellite office for Tourism East London supplying brochures and information to the public.

Beachfront - Esplanade
The East London beachfront has a lot to offer the tourist
There are restaurants, take-aways, shops, surf shops, pool halls, night clubs, putt-putt, fishing, surfing, beaches, public swimming pools, super slides, ice cream parlours, hotels, flea markets (on Sundays) and many other attractions...

Bonza Bay Superslide
Bonza Bay, East London, South Africa
Tel: 748 2927, 748 3938

Border Birders Club
A super birding club where the whole family can have a nice Saturday walk around, looking at different types of birds and chat to the friendly members on the way.
The club goes to places like Inkwenkwezi, local farms and Cove Rock.
For more information: Look for the notice on the notice-boards outside the Beacon Bay Library and at the Aquarium.
Click Here for the latest Border Birders Club Outings.
Tel: Ken Griffith on 735 2195

Bridle Drift Dam
25kms from the City on Mount Coke Road. Tel: 745 1729 (h)
Facilities for boating, yachting, wind-surfing, and angling.

Bridle Drift Nature Reserve
Tel: 745 1576

Calgary Transport Museum
13km from East London on N6 to Stutterheim
Tel: 730 7244
Fine collection of restored horsedrawn vehicles, carts, wagons, buggies and a gypsy caravan and governess cart.
Open daily: 9am-4pm.
Closed Good Friday & Christmas Day
Fees: R5 - Adults, R3 - Children.

City Hall
Situated in Oxford Street, East London, South Africa
Tel: 705 2235
Has a beautiful marble staircase, a Victorian hall and quadrangle. The foundation stone was laid in 1897, by Mayor David Rees. The design included the "Victoria Tower". This clock tower was added to commemorate Queen Victoria's 60 years on the throne. With its large clock faces it rather resembles Big Ben's Tower. The marble staircase was constructed from marble directly imported from Carrar in Italy. The building was fully restored between 1989 and 1991.

Cove Rock
An impressive rock formation 16km west of East London (near Grand Prix track).
Supports a varied seabird population.
Reached by taking a 45 minute beachfront walk from Lagoon Valley or 1km along the beach from the car park.
It offers a grandstand view of the area and makes an ideal fishing platform.

Fort Glamorgan
Now known as the Department of Correctional Services: East London
Situated on the West Bank.
Permission to enter must be obtained before visiting.
Tel: Mr Dane Peffer at (043) 731 1610, Cell: 083 452 0724
Fort Glamorgan was established in 1848/49 at the same time that the harbour was officially founded, to provide "quarters for troops and to include a large commissariat store assets".
Today you can see a brick vaulted building that was once the powder house. Access to the Powder House is through the main prison gates. The Powder House is now a national monument.

Gately House
1 Park Gates Road, Bottom of Terminus Street or entrance through zoo.
Tel: 722 2141
Home of East London's first mayor-family heirlooms well preserved.
Visiting Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm.
Friday 10am-1pm, Saturday/Sunday 3pm-5pm.
Admission by donation.
It is unique in that virtually all that is displayed was acquired by the original owners over the years.
It was declared a National Monument in 1973.

German Settlers' Memorial
Esplanade.
Commemorates the 1858/9 arrival of more than 2 000 German men, women and children, which helped expand the settlement.
Designed and sculptured by Lippy Lipschitz.

Gonubie Nature Reserve
Open to the public. Key available on request from Municipal Offices in Main Road.
Ideal for bird watching and also a wide variety of indigenous plant species.
Tel: 740 4000
Open Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 7.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm.
Sundays 11am-1pm & 2pm-4.30pm.

Hood Point Lighthouse
Tel: 700 3056
Visiting days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2pm-4pm. Saturday 9am-11am.
R2 per person.
Was built in 1895.
To get there: Travel to the West Bank - Dr Zahn Road into Bank Street and turn right into Hood Street of High Street and continue past the Golf Course.

The Kimerling Plaque
On the corner of John Bailie and Galway Road, Bunkers Hill.
Commemorates the first controlled power driven flight in South Africa, which took place in Bunkers Hill.

Latimer's Landing
Pontoon Road, East London, South Africa.
East London's own Waterfront Development

Library
Gladstone Street, East London, South Africa.
Tel: 722 4991
Visitors Welcome.
Open Monday and Thursday 9am-8pm, Tuesday and Wednesday 9am-6pm, Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 8.30am-12.30pm.

Lock Street Gaol
Fleet Street, Quigney, East London, South Africa
Formerly a prison built in the 1800's and South Africa's first woman's gaol - now a quaint business shopping centre specialising in curio's and crafts with many fascinating home industries.
This gaol houses persons such as Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (ex-wife of Nelson Mandela) and Daisy de Melker, the woman who poisoned three husbands with arsenic.
So while you shop around see the original gallows.

Mini Steam Train Trips
Every first Sunday of the month from 9am-12.30pm
Gonubie Farmers Hall
Tel: 74 2172

Mpongo Park
Open to the public 365 days per year - weather permitting - from sunrise to sunset.
Situated in the picturesque Umpongo River Valley only 29km from East London, Mpongo Park offers a whole world of wild life for game enthusiasts, bird watchers and nature lovers in the Eastern Cape.
We offer:
Self-drive tours; Day and Night safari tours; Horse Trails; Hiking; Touch Farm and Children's Playground; Curio Shop; W.J. Burchell Natural History Museum; The Huberta Restaurant; Take-Aways; The Lapa (for spit roast braais); Picnic and Braai facilities; The Huberta Lodge Bed and Breakfast; Camping and Caravanning.
Recommended route:
Take the North-East Expressway and continue along the East Coast Resorts/Beacon Bay road to the N6 (main road to Jo'burg via Stutterheim/Queenstown). Turn left onto N6 and proceed along for 23km. Turn off to the left at the Newland's /St Lukes road (follow the Mpongo Park signboards). Mpongo Park is 6km down the road.
PO Box 72, Homeleigh, 5212
Tel/Fax: 739 1668, Tel: 739 1605, 739 1669.

Museum - The East London Museum
Upper Oxford Street (Entrance and parking in Dawson Road)
Tel: 743 0686, Fax: 743 3127
Open Monday-Friday 9.30am-5pm; Saturday 2pm-5pm; Sunday & Public Holidays 11am-4pm
Adults R5, Children 50c, School groups & Scholars in uniform free.
Wonderful adventure into the past - Best known as home of the Coelacanth & world's only Dodo Egg.
The museum also has an excellent display on the rich and colourful Xhosa Culture.
Also a Museum Caffeteria with refreshments.

Nahoon Fossil Footprints
Nahoon Beach.
Park at Nahoon Point and walk to Bats Cave to view the oldest homo sapien footprints known to science, 200 000 years old!
You are advised to walk in groups when visiting this sight.

Orient Beach Complex
Esplanade, Beachfront.
Pay beach and kiddies pools.
Stroll along the Orient Pier and enjoy our Water Tube (open in summer months).

St. Peter's Church
Situated in High Street, West Bank, East London, South Africa
Tel: 722 2277 to view.
This fine old building was built in 1857 and is noted as the oldest church in East London.

Tilty Hill Touch Farm
Baden Powell Drive, Horseshoe Valley.
15 Minutes from the city centre situated in the lush Horseshoe Valley on the Nahoon River.
Tea Garden (all produce and eats are homemade or grown) and picnic baskets available.
Horse riding and trails also organised.
Also cater for children's parties.
Tel: 730 7177
Open daily (except Mondays, Christmas & New Year) 9.30am-1pm, 2pm-4.30pm
Entry: R5 (Children under 2 free. Fee includes container for animal feed), Pony/Tractor rides R1 each.

The Travelling Cookie (Sweet Factory)
Tel: 736 6095
Situated behind Parker Pen on the West Bank. Phone to make a booking for a tour.

Tumbleland - Kiddies fantasy playground
300 square metres indoor play centre situated in the Basement.
Devro Centre, Devereux Avenue, Vincent, East London, South Africa.
Closed Mondays.
Open: Tuesday-Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm. Saturday 9am - 5pm. Sunday 9.30am - 1pm.
Tel: 727 1162.
Beacon Bay Spargs Centre: 748 3770

Umtiza Nature Reserve
(formally Fort Grey Nature Reserve)
About 15km from East London.
3 short day nature trails, all of which start at the office.
1.5km = 30min; 2.5km = 1 hour; 6km = 2 hour.
Tel: 736 9909

Waterfront - Latimer's Landing
Take Pontoon Road
Fresh Fish for Sale.
The Waterfront has many shops and restaurants to offer you.

Water World & Fun Park
On the West Bank (near the Grand Prix track).
Super tube, speed slides, river cascades, paddlings pools, play park.
Arrange for kids parties.
Tel: 748 4265, 736 1373.

Zoo - Queens Park Zoo
Park Avenue, East London, South Africa
Box 984, East London, 5200, South Africa
Tel: 722 1171
Open 365 days a year - 9am-5pm.
Colourful variety of animals, birds and reptiles in beautiful park surroudings.
Pony rides for children from 10am & 4pm - and a refreshment kiosk.
Adults R8, Children (3-16 years) R5. Special rates for schools/groups R2.50. Pensioners R4.50
Experience our 2,5 hour night walks (maximum 40 people) twice a month - can be booked by phoning.
Farmyard Zoo: Walk among the animals, entertainment for children, etc.
For locals why not become a FELZOO member - there are many wonderful benefits.

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