Unique and Charm South Africa (2)
This post is the second part of the unique and charm South Africa. South Africa has many interesting places to offer. One of the unique tour destination is the religion tours.
Although Muslims in South Africa is only 1.5% of the population, but this religion has been given its own color for this country.Largest Islamic population in South Africa is located in the area and Kampong Makassar BoKaap, Cape Town.This area is the area where the slaves, the disposal of politicians and clerics carried by the Dutch from Southeast Asia in the 17th century and the 18th.
In BoKaap stood the first and oldest mosque in South Africa, namely Auwal Mosque.This mosque was founded in 1798 and named by Imam Abdullah Kadi Abdus Salaam or Master Teacher.From here the history of Islam in South Africa begins. The second is the Palm Tree Mosque built in 1820 is a house converted into a mosque. Besides the mosque, there are several important tombs of the scholars of Islam propagator called Karamat.And there are about 23 Karamat around Cape Town, one of the most famous is the tomb of Sheikh Yusuf, a major scholar, nephew of the king of Gowa, who disposed by the Netherlands and founded the village of Makassar.During his lifetime, he was actively spreading the religion of Islam and raise awareness to be free from colonialism.It turned out that awareness is recognized by Nelson Mandela and inspired him to liberate South Africa from apartheid.
Beside the religion tour, there are also beach tour that you should not forget. One of the most attractive tourist charms of the Cape Town area is the beach.Right at the foot of Table Mountain, or a mountain shaped like a table, there are Beach Victoria & Alfred Waterfront [Waterfront V & A].This area is part of the Port of Table Bay, the main port in Cape Town who conjured a tourist area. Interesting is the population of wild seals that are not disturb and allowed to live side by side with a busy harbor.
Also we can find the population of penguins at Boulders Beach area, which is located in the waters of False Bay, or East coast of the Cape Peninsula.In the natural Reserve of Table Mountain National Park, there is approximately 4000 African penguin. If you are lucky, from the shore you could see a group of whalescome to the surface in the middle of the sea.