Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is one of eight metropolitan municipalities in South Africa.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is one of eight metropolitan municipalities in South Africa. It is located on the shores of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape province and comprises the city of Gqeberha, the nearby towns of Kariega (Uitenhage) and Despatch, and the surrounding rural area.
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Worth seeing in and around Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a soccer and rugby union stadium in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It hosted 2010 FIFA World Cup matches, including the third-place play off.
1.4 km · stadium in Gqeberha, South Africa · Wikipedia - 02St George's Park Cricket Ground
St George's Park Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Gqeberha,, in South Africa. It is the home of the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, one of the oldest cricket clubs in South Africa, the Eastern Province Club and Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
2.1 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia - 03Fort Frederick
Fort Frederick in Gqeberha, South Africa, was built in 1799 in order to stop the French from conquering the Cape Colony during the Napoleonic Wars and played a vital role in establishing British rule in South Africa in combination with the Battle of Blaauwberg. The fort has never fired a shot from its guns.
2.7 km · fort in Eastern Cape, South Africa · Wikipedia - 04St George's Park
St George's Park is a multi-use park in Gqeberha, South Africa.
1.9 km · multi-use park in Gqeberha, South Africa · Wikipedia - 05Mandela Bay Theatre Complex
Mandela Bay Theatre Complex, formerly the Port Elizabeth Opera House, is a theatre in Gqeberha, South Africa. It opened in 1892 and is a proclaimed a national monument since 1980.
2.4 km · theatre in Gqeberha, South Africa · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Cathedral, Port Elizabeth
St Mary's Cathedral, Port Elizabeth is a religious building that is affiliated with the Anglican Church of South Africa and is located at St Mary's Terrace, Central in the city of Gqeberha in Eastern Cape province, South Africa. It serves as the main church and seat of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth which was created in 1970.
900 m · Anglican cathedral · Wikipedia
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Getting to Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
- Airports
- Chief Dawid Stuurman (PLZ), 5 km · King Phalo (ELS), 230 km · George (GRJ), 297 km
- Stations
- Horse Memorial, 1.6 km · Grey High School, 1.3 km · Port Elizabeth Railway Station, 2.6 km · Old Harbour Board Building, 2.7 km · Port Elizabeth Main Library, 2.5 km
- East London → Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality242 km · quickest by road, 4h 41m · R265–355
- George → Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality279 km · quickest by road, 5h 16m · R285–385
- Bloemfontein → Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality525 km · quickest by air, 6h 56m · R1,350–2,090
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMinibus taxis from Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth go from Norwich Minibus rank cnr or Strand Street and Flemming Street.
- Get inThere are minibus taxis going to Knysna and Cape Town.
- Get aroundThe main form of transportation for most people is the (minibus) taxi.
From Wikivoyage: Port Elizabeth, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is 2 km from Gqeberha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gqeberhacity in the Eastern Cape, South Africa900 m