Lion’s Head named best free tourist attraction in Africa

Lion's Head seen from Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town. Photo: canva

A new study from Casago went in search of the best free tourist attractions around the world and Cape Town’s Lion’s Head made a feature.

Lion’s Head seen from Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town. Photo: canva

Lion’s Head ranks best free tourist attraction in Africa

Every continent, country and state around the worls has free attractions that are a tourist’sdream come true, and now, Casago went in search of the best of them all across the globe and ranked them based on the ratings of previous visitors.

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The study found that the highest-rated free tourist attraction in the world was the Luc Vanlaere Harpist – Mini Harp Museum in Bruges, Belgium, which has the highest five-star reviews for free attractions worldwide.

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In terms of our own continent however, several attractions in South Africa alone featured in the Top 10 ranking of highest-rated free tourist attraction in Africa.

Coming in at number one, Cape Town’s very own Lion’s Head had the highest five-star reviews for free attractions on the African continent and boasted an incredible 76.48% of five-star ratings.

Another Western Cape gem, Knysna Heads took the number four spot and had a 69.34% of five-star reviews. The number 10 spot was taken by another Cape Town icon, Camps Bay Beach, which had 61.94% five-star rankings.

Knysna Heads took the number four spot in Africa. Photo: canva

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Top 10 on the continent

Besides the three Western Cape free spots, these other tourist attractions in Africa made the Top 10:

Lion’s Head, Cape Town, South Africa
Chefchaouen Medina, Chefchaouen, Morocco
Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles
Knysna Heads, Knysna, South Africa
Blue Hole, Dahab, Egypt
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou, Ait-Ben-Haddou, Morocco
Nungwi Beach, Nungwi, Tanzania
Coptic Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Medina of Fez, Fes, Morocco
Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town, South Africa

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Sundeeka Mungroo is a content writer, foodie and all-round adventure-seeker. She's a graduate of the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, and has worked as a copywriter and editor in the digital marketing industry. Sundeeka currently writes for I Love South Africa and The South African. She lives in the beautiful Mother City and loves exploring all that South Africa has to offer.