Car rental East London, South Africa

Car rental East London – Must Know

While driving in South Africa, you should keep your car in the left lane. The speed limit is 120 km/h (75 mph) on national highways and urban freeways, 100 km/h (60 mph) on secondary roads, and 60 km/h (35 mph) in built-up areas. Mobile phones are not allowed while driving in South Africa. You should always drive with locked doors and cell phones should not be put on the passenger seats.

Attractions in East London

East London Beaches

Between the mouth of the Buffalo River to the south and the Nahoon River to the north are the city's three finest sandy beaches. The nearest to the city center is Orient Beach, with a playground, a paddling pool, a children's slide and mini golf, where you can get by your car rental East London.  At Nahoon Beach, on a large lagoon 8km north of the city center is an offshore reef provides ideal conditions for surfing.

East London Zoological Gardens

The most striking thing about the East London Zoological Gardens is its near-seamless integration into the natural coastal forest that surrounds it. Chock-full of interesting indigenous flora and home to a historic fountain that's famous in the region, the animals almost feel like an bonus. It is located in the center of the city and you can get here using your car rental vehicle.

City Hall

Take your car rental vehicle and come to East London's City Hall - a striking building between Oxford Street and Argyle Street (in which is the Visitors' Information Bureau). The clock tower was added on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. In front of it is an equestrian monument commemorating those who fell in the Boer War.

East London Museum

Get your car rental vehicle to visit the East London Museum, perhaps the most interesting natural history museum in the country, with numbers of unusual exhibits. The star attraction of the museum is the coelacanth, a fish with limb-like fins which until it was caught in the Chalumna River, near East London, in 1938 was believed to have become extinct more than 50 million years ago.

German Settlers' Memorial

It commemorates the German settlers who came to East London in 1857-58. On the monument are five bronze panels depicting their departure from Germany, their voyage to South Africa and their arrival in East London. Don’t lose your chance to visit this monument with your car rental vehicle!