Car Hire Umtata

The city was founded a year after a military post was set up in the area. This soon grew thanks to the arrival of the Catholic and Anglican Church in the city followed by the development of the city as an administrative centre and subsequent capital for the Transkei. During and after the apartheid era it gained importance for being the home and subsequent political hotbed for many of the leading figures of the anti-apartheid movement including the president, Nelson Mandela.

How do I get to Umtata?

Travel to Umtata is easy as the city has its own airport with direct flights to Johannesburg Airport daily with Airlink. The airport is just outside the city and has a bus link to Umtata city centre. Last year the airport handled nearly 40,000 passengers who came to see the museums dedicated to Nelson Mandela or who set off from the city to explore the so called ‘Wild Coast’.
 

Visiting the trio of Nelson Mandela museums is a must for an insight into the history of the man in relation to that of the nation. Another must for the adventurous is to drive, then perhaps hike and camp, along the Wild Coast that stretches east from the city. 

Umtata has its place in the history of the nation as well as being the gateway to some of its most magnificent geography. A hire car from Umtata means you can spend some time visiting the three elements of the Nelson Mandela Museum in Umtata, Qunu and Mvezo as well as using it for getting out into natural South Africa with an expedition along the Wild Coast.

Getting around the museum trail will only need a standard hire car in Umtata but the terrain of the Wild Coast means that you’d be more secure with a four wheel drive vehicle. Whatever your plans, we have the car for you and at a price that will please. Our award winning service is backed up with telephone and online assistance whilst on the road assistance is available during your stay should you need it.