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Ghosts of South Africa

They lurk in ruined farmhouses, vibrant hotels, city alleyways and gloomy castles – just ask your ghostly tour guide for their South African ghost stories.

Prince Albert's story-weaver takes visitors on a ghostly tour.

South Africa's ghostly walks

South Africa's ghostly walks are vivid encounters with the land’s haunted history. Best enjoyed after a glass of sherry, with the midnight hour approaching.

Grahamstown ghost tours feature many historic buildings

Grahamstown's ghost tours

Grahamstown, a pretty little university town, has plenty of history, much of it fairly macabre. Don’t miss this town's ghostly tours.

The eerie side of the Mother City is presented on Cape Town ghost tours.

Cape Town's ghost tours

Cape Town’s ghost tours take you to the most atmospheric, eerie, sppoky and historical of this beautiful city’s many attractions.

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Pretoria's ghost tours

Ghost babies crying in the night, fights to the death in cellars, ghosts from the Anglo-Boer War...you'll find them all in Pretoria.

Johannesburg's ghost tours

A rich seam of gold runs through Johannesburg, and a rich seam of ghost stories too, recording the days of hardscrabble plunder and violence.

Port Elizabeth's ghost tours

Port Elizabeth is one of South Africa's older cities, and where there is history, there are almost certainly restless spirits. Come find out more.

South Africa's ghost tours

South Africa is a history layer-cake, and if you pluck at the edges, many great stories are revealed, some featuring things that go bump in the night.

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Ghostly Encounters

The Castle of Good Hope

The oldest building in South Africa is said to be the most haunted too….
The Southern Seas

Legend has it that 7th century a Dutch trader, known as Der Fleigende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman) haunts the Cape seas.
Uniondale, Klein Karoo

Maria Charlotte Roux, known as the Uniondale Hitchhiker is one of the world’s most famous ghosts.
The Old Gaol, Grahamstown

Grahamstown’s notorious old gaol is said to be the place where Henry Nichols (the last man to be hanged there) can still be seen walking around.
Africana Museum, Kimberley

The ghost of Dyer, the city’s first qualified librarian is said to haunt the building once known as the Kimberley Public Library.
Port Elizabeth Public Library

This building, erected in 1902, is said to be the home of ex-caretaker Robert Thomas who passed on in 1943. Or did he?
Matjiesfontein, Central Karoo

It is in this Victorian village in the Karoo that the spirits of the founders are said to wander freely.
Nottingham Road Hotel, KwaZulu-Natal

This, the oldest country establishment in KwaZulu-Natal, is said to be haunted by the spirit of an extrovert barmaid.
Rudd House, Kimberley

This homestead is found in Kimberley and locals will tell you that sometimes, deep in the night, you can hear a baby crying.
Doornkloof, Pretoria

The old homestead of Jan Christian Smuts was also said to be haunted… who are we mere mortals to argue?