January 21

FIFA World Cup

By Craig Harding on January 21, 2010

 

City:Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay)
Stadium: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Port Elizabeth is one of the largest cities in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, 770 km east of Cape Town. The city, often shortened to PE and nicknamed “The Friendly City” or “The Windy City”, stretches for 16 km along Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa.

Located at the end of the picturesque Garden Route along the Cape coast, the city is one of South Africa’s major destinations for tourists, many of whom come simply to enjoy the many fine beaches in and near the city. Commonly as the watersports capital of South Africa and boasts an ever increasing number of watersports events annually. Algoa bay is home to scuba diving, game fishing charters, surfing, windsurfing, kiteboarding to name but a few.

However it is in the wider area surrounding where you will find some of the areas best attractions, namely the many malaria free safari destinations such as Shamwari, Kichaka and Kwandwe to name just a few.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, set on the shores of the North End Lake is the first football dedicated stadium in the city or surrounding areas. The stadium, one of the newly-built stadiums for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, was completed a year prior to the commencement  of the world’s greatest show on earth and a capacity of 48 000.

Nelson Mandlea Bay Stadium

Games in Port Elizabeth

12 June – 13:30 Group B Korea Republic v Greece
15 June – 16:00 Group G Côte d’Ivoire v Portugal
18 June – 13:30 Group D Germany v Serbia
21 June – 16:00 Group H Chile v Switzerland
23 June – 16:00 Group C Slovenia v England
26 June – 16:00 Round of 16 1A v 2B
02 July – 16:00 Quarter-finals 5 v 7
10 July – 20:30 Match for 3rd L1 v L2

World Cup on RhinoAfrica:
https://www.rhinoafrica.com/2010_fifa_world_cup_tm
https://www.rhinoafrica.com/2010_fifa_world_cup_tm/2010_fifa_world_cup_tm_packages/

 


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Craig Harding

Craig Harding is the general go-to guy at Rhino Africa. He's pretty chilled out so he's the right guy to have by your side on an intrepid adventure. He says 'the journey is the destination' so we just all nod and agree - it's better that way...

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