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Intaka Island – the green amidst the skyscrapers
Intaka Island – the green amidst the skyscrapers
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Casa Labia in Muizenberg
Casa Labia in Muizenberg
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Blombos caves – early cave men were more than thugs
Blombos caves – early cave men were more than thugs
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The Bainskloof Pass
The Bainskloof Pass
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The gardens of Vergelegen – time out in Somerset West
The gardens of Vergelegen – time out in Somerset West
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Hiking up Du Toitskloof in the Limietberg Nature Reserve — The Krom River hike
Hiking up Du Toitskloof in the Limietberg Nature Reserve — The Krom River hike
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Orange Kloof Forest Trail
Orange Kloof Forest Trail
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Under the influence in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban
Under the influence in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban
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A leisurely afternoon at Riebeek Kasteel
A leisurely afternoon at Riebeek Kasteel
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Rasondale Farm Stall
Rasondale Farm Stall
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Monday, 29 September 2008
Going Wild

Interview with a Game Farm Owner

posted to: Game and Wildlife Encounters, KwaZulu Natal

SA-Venues.com talk to Cecillie Nel, owner of Emdoneni Lodge & Game Farm, in Hluhluwe. Q: How long have you been run­ning Emdoneni Lodge and how did it all come about? A: Emdoneni has been a fam­ily run busi­ness since 1993. In 2000, Louis and I bought out the fam­ily shares ...

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Friday, 26 September 2008

Langebaan — A West Coast Gem

posted to: Attractions, Western Cape

Share Defined by its rugged shorelines, coastal veget­a­tion, her­it­age fish­ing vil­lages and unpre­ten­tious life­style, the Cape West Coast still holds an ele­ment of the wild unknown. A tan­gibly strong cul­ture of fisher-folk with their quaint small wooden fish­ing boats and simple lives on the sea, are qual­it­ies that draw vis­it­ors from across the globe. Loved [...]

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Tuesday, 16 September 2008

Wild Animal Hosts look forward to meeting you

posted to: Game and Wildlife Encounters, Limpopo Province

Share In Limpopo, bor­der­ing the his­toric Leydsdorp where gold was 1st dis­covered in South Africa in 1891, you will find a wild­life reserve and sanc­tu­ary that is held in trust for more than 4500 res­cued wild anim­als. Many wild anim­als have been res­cued by the SanWild Wildlife Emergency Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre over the years [...]

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Friday, 12 September 2008

Take a Trip to Saldanha

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share The sea­side town of Saldanha lies in the north­ern corner of the largest and deep­est bay in South Africa and is a bust­ling har­bour town with a thriv­ing fish­ing industry with fish, cray­fish, mus­sels, oysters and sea­weed. Any vis­itor takes a walk amongst the fish­er­man when they bring in their catch is in for [...]

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Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Cape Town Street Crafts

posted to: Miscellaneous, Western Cape

Share Anyone who travels round the streets of the Mother City can­not fail to be moved by either the extreme beauty or the dire poverty that makes up much of Cape Town life. Each jour­ney can be an emo­tional roller-coaster ride – joy, sad­ness, enchant­ment, anger, hope. But for me one of the most powerful [...]

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Tuesday, 2 September 2008

The Bainskloof Pass

posted to: Attractions, Western Cape

Share However wordly and well-travelled you are, meet­ing a man who has had an ear and part of his nose bit­ten off by a bird of prey is an unusual exper­i­ence. The ranger as the camp site we stayed at in Bainskloof had a remark­ably good sense of humour for someone mauled by an eagle. [...]

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Monday, 1 September 2008

The French Charm of Franschhoek

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share Meaning French Corner, Franschhoek, was first col­on­ized by the French Huguenots in 1692. One of the most fam­ous attrac­tions in the town remains the Huguenot Memorial, with its dis­tinct­ive three arches, rep­res­ent­ing the Holy Trinity and the woman, hold­ing a bible and broken chain, sym­bol­iz­ing these early set­tlers escape from reli­gious oppres­sion, which is [...]

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