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Port Alfred has many activities for visitors including fishing, Scuba diving diving, canoeing, waterskiing and tubing. Other sporting activities include golf, hiking, horse trails and surfing. Port Alfred also houses one of the newest educational institutes in Southern Africa, the Educational Institute for Service Studies (EISS). Being affiliated to a Dutch University, Christelijke Hogeschool Nederland , EISS offers state of the art Hospitality Education to students from Southern Africa and far beyond. HISTORY Port Alfred was established in the early 1820’s by the British settlers who had been moved into the area by Lord Charles Somerset as a buffer between the Western Cape and the Ama Xhosa. The leaders of some of the settler parties who helped settle in the area were William Cock and William Holder. The town’s original name was Port Kowie named after the river which runs through the town. Later when Queen Victoria’s son Prince Alfred visited the name was changed to honour him. |
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