Airport
Mthatha Airport
Mthatha · OR Tambo
The regional airport just outside town, the quickest way into the Wild Coast interior without driving the N2 from East London or Durban.
Scheduled services have come and gone over the years — check current flights before planning around it.
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Museum & heritage
Nelson Mandela Museum
Mthatha
The national museum of Mandela's life, split between the Bhunga Building in central Mthatha and the heritage site at Qunu about 30km along the N2.
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Qunu
Mthatha
The village where Nelson Mandela spent his childhood and where he is buried, set in the open grass hills south-west of Mthatha along the N2.
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Mqhekezweni
Mthatha
The Thembu Great Place where Mandela was raised after his father's death, north of Mthatha, still a working rural community rather than a built-up tourist site.
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