Price: Click for Replacement You'll need a GSM Phone to go with this card!

The prepaid SIM card for South Africa is easily the least expensive solution for making and receiving cellular phone calls while you are in South Africa. ALL incoming calls, regardless of their origin, are always, absolutely FREE! Outgoing rates, as outlined below, are extremely inexpensive as well. And since these cellular phone cards are prepaid, there is no need for a contract.

Having a cellular phones while travelling internationally is indispensable in terms of security and convenience, and with a prepaid South Africa SIM card, it is now also affordable! We also offer other overseas destinations. Click here to view our complete list of prepaid SIM cards!

Features:

• FREE incoming calls - always!
• Low rates within South Africa and overseas
• A Pay As You Go SIM card
• A South Africa cellular phone number
• Free talk time worth US $5.00
• After first minute calls are billed at 30 second intervals
• A choice of 2 airtime recharge options: 'Call-a-lot' or 'Receive-a-lot'
• Free Voicemail
• No yearly contract, monthly charges or credit check

note: Country specific SIM cards can only be used with GSM cellular phones. You will need to rent or purchase one of our unlocked GSM phones designed for overseas use.

Call from the US to your Overseas SIM CARD number at SUPER-LOW RATES with International Calling!

SIM cards that are opened are non-refundable.

Activating Your Service:

• Put the MTN SIM card into your mobile phone
• Be sure that battery is charged
• Turn on your phone and enter the PIN code
• Dial 555
• Scratch the surface of the Pay As You Go voucher to reveal the code
• Follow instructions and when prompted enter the voucher code
• After confirming the voucher code hang up
• Start calling

Adding Talk Time:

Additional Talk time may be added by purchasing vouchers at any shop or petrol station displaying the logo. To redeem your voucher simply call 555 from your cell phone and confirm the voucher code, hang up and start talking.

Depending on the kind of cellphone user you are, you choose Pay As You Go cards to suit you:

Call-a-lot - for making more calls than you receive
Card Cost	Inclusive Outgoing Calls	Access Period
$US4.30 (R30) card	Calls to value of R30	15 days
$US8.70 (R60) card	Calls to value of R60	30 days
$US27.00 (R180) card	Calls to value of R180	90 days
$US53.00 (R360) card	Calls to value of R360	180 days
$US103.00 (R720) card	Calls to value of R720	360 days

Receive-a-lot - for receiving more calls than you make
Card Cost	Inclusive Outgoing Calls	Access Period
$US6.50 (R45) card	Calls to value of R15	90 days
$US13.00 (R90) card	Calls to value of R30	180 days

When loading more Pay As You Go cards, all airtime minutes will be added to the balance remaining on your account - you do not need to use up the full outgoing call value within the access period. Access time can be accumulated up to a maximum of 24 months at any one time.

Rates:

Calls are charged for a minimum of 60 seconds for the first minute (or part minute) and after the first minute at intervals of 30 seconds for each half minute or part half-minute.

South African Domestic Rates (per minute)
Call Type	Peak	Off-peak
Standard calls	$0.40	$0.21
Calls to other South African cell phones	$0.40	$0.21
Calls to other MTN cell phones	$0.36	$0.19

• Peak times: 7AM-8PM weekdays
• Off-peak times: at all other times on weekdays, weekends and Bank Holidays
• Standard calls are those made to a fixed phone

South African International Rates (per minute)
Country	Rate
USA	$1.45
Australia	$1.45
Germany	$1.45
UK	$1.45
Botswana	$0.72
Netherlands	$1.45

Service Life:

If you don't receive or make calls within six months, your cellphone number will be withdrawn from the network.

Access time can be accumulated up to a maximum of 24 months at any one time.

Coverage:

Cellular coverage in South Africa is excellent, far exceeding typical cellular coverage in the US.

Drakensberg Mountains - South Africa's best kept secret

By: Andrew Attwood - [travel]

Posted 12/03/05

South Africa offers tourists coming to our country a huge choice of holiday destinations. But its the Drakensberg Mountains that are still kept as an secret place thats seems a bit off the normal beaten track and while some folks do make it to the Drakensberg most dont. The best place to start your journey would be to download the free Drakensberg Tourist Map which will give you a great idea of where everything is. This is the only to scale tourist map thats available for the region. It shows all the back roads, indicates which are recommended and which are not and indicates how far things are. But what I like about the map is that its freely distributed, includes all the activities that the region offers and a great selection of the best accommodation that the Drakensberg has to offer. The Drakensberg starts in the North with Clarens and the Golden Gate National Park and ends in the South at Bushmans Nek. Inbetween you will find the Royal Natal National Park with its Amphitheatre, Mweni the wildest part of the mountains, Cathedral Peak, Monks Cowl, Injasuti, Giants Castle National Park, Kamberg with the best bushman rock art site in the whole Drakensberg Mountains, Loteni, Sani Pass, Cobham, and Garden Castle.

There is lots to do in the region but the main reason you come to the Drakensberg is because of the mountains. While every part of the Drakensberg is special and has its own uniqueness there are a few spots you dont want to miss. The best place to get to the top of the escarpment is at Sentinel peak. The return hike is 5 hours and takes you the top of the Tugela Falls which falls some 948 meters into the Royal Natal National Park below. The view from on top of the Amphitheatre is proberbly one of the most spectacular views in the world. Most tourists tend to walk at the bottom and while its worth the visit ist just not the same as the top. The Central Drakensberg and Northern Drakensberg form one region and by far the best example of this section of the Drakensberg Mountains is Giants Castle National Park. Essentially the experience in any part of this region is the same where you have the oppertunity to hike the lower reaches of the Drakensberg Mountains or otherwise stay low in one of the valleys. What makes Giants Castle more interesting is the large choice of trails and the lack of other people. I suppe it wont stay that way forever but the experice of walking in the montains and not seeing another sole can still be found here. From Giants Castle looking south the mountains become softer , less dramatic but make no mistake hiking trails in thes gentler landscape is just as good and should be included in your trip. Kamberg is a really good spot where the added attraction of the best site of bushman rock art is available.

Bushman Rock Art is most definatly a reason to visit the Drakernsberg Mountains The excellent video presentation before the 3 hour guided tour at Kamberg gives a great explaination of the history of the people as well as the rock art at game pass shelter. The rock art at Giants Castle at the main caves is also good and is a very easy walk. The Didima Rock Art Centre at Cathedral Peak offers a great presentation although the paintings are reproductions. All rock art must be viewed with a guide.

Horse riding through the foothills of the Drakensberg is an experience not to be missed. Sengani horse trails offers safe trails for beginners and experienced alike. Spionkop game reserve even offers game viewing on horse back. Steeped in history, the Battlefields Region offers enthralling tales of British, Boer, Zulu and Voortrekker history. The Anglo Boer War reached as far south as Mooi River and the many sites are best visited with a specialist guide The region offers a fun and fascinating collection of art galleries, craft shops, cheese tastings, leather work, antiques, clothing, gifts and pottery. All the activities represent a unique collection of South African creativity. Take a slow journey to view outstanding galleries such as Millgate, Indigo Fields Gallery, and Zombeza. Community development projects like Eyethu Ceramics and Thandanani Craft uplift local communities allowing tourism a wider benefit. A trip up Sani Pass into Lesotho and a visit to the highest pub in Africa is a must. It's a dramatic 4x4 trail climbing 1330m in 6,5km's Passports required.

Game viewing is available at Weenen, Spionkop, Umgeni Valley and Golden Gate. For Birders the Lammergeyer hide at Giants Castle the Crane Foundation at Kamberg and the bird of prey display at Falcon Ridge are highlights. Fort Durnford in Estcourt offers one of the most complete bird egg collections in South Africa. For adventure seekers the region offers white water rafting and quad bikes , the longest cable slide in South Africa, a gorge swing and a flying trapeze, bicycle tours and even hot air ballooning The Drakensberg Boys Choir is a world renowned choir which performs most Wednesdays at 3:30 pm. Bookings 036 / 468 1017. Don't miss this enriching cultural experience. Another enriching culteral experience is Mpopomeni Zulu tourism experience where tourists have the oppertunity to meet local people, hear a bit of the history of the settlement and taste some of the traditional food. Whats great is that the experience is about real people and does not feel touristy at all. Or just pamper yourself at one of the region's many health spas. For a difference Indigo Fields offers a real Africa day spa experience Drakensberg resourses

www.drakensberg-tourism.com - Hiking trails and accommodation in the Drakensberg. The best tourism promotion website for the Drakensberg and Natal midlands available on the net. www.drakensberg-tourist-map.com - downloadable map for the Drakensberg and Natal Midlands Regions.

The most essential tool for torists visiting this region www.drakensberg-accommodation.com - A huge list of links to accommodation in the Drakensberg Mountains
www.drakensberg.net A pictoral guide to the Drakensberg
www.antbear.com Antbear Guest House near Giants Castle in the Central Drakensberg
www.vergezient.co.za Vergezient Mountain retreat in the Northern Drakensberg
www.palmswift.com Palmswift BandB accommodation in Winterton
www.sycamore-ave.com Treehouse accommodation in the Natal Midlands
www.sengani-horse-trails.com Horse trails in the Drakensberg Foothills
www.dbchoir.co.za Drakensberg boys Choir
www.bergfree.co.za Mountain guide for the Drakensberg region
www.midlandsreservations.co.za Drakensberg central reservations office

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