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Oh I do want to be beside the seaside of St Francis Bay
Oh I do want to be beside the seaside of St Francis Bay
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For Bicycle Enthusiasts ... South Africans and their bicycles
For Bicycle Enthusiasts ... South Africans and their bicycles
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To boldly go... why swimming with the penguins at Boulders is so great
To boldly go... why swimming with the penguins at Boulders is so great
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Mooiberge — seeing is believing
Mooiberge — seeing is believing
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Another Good Reason to Visit Cape Town
Another Good Reason to Visit Cape Town
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Kgalagadi — two day wilderness trail that will leave you changed
Kgalagadi — two day wilderness trail that will leave you changed
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The building hidden in amongst the trees – visiting Light from Africa
The building hidden in amongst the trees – visiting Light from Africa
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Top things to do in Durban
Top things to do in Durban
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The Kouga Wilderness – experience it by land or by water
The Kouga Wilderness – experience it by land or by water
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A weekend in Franschhoek
A weekend in Franschhoek
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Simply Stunning Stellenbosch

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share Beautiful Stellenbosch lies just 55 kilo­metres east of Cape Town sheltered in a val­ley sur­roun­ded by moun­tains that include the Papegaaiberg - little more than a hill in real­ity - the Stellenbosch Mountain, Jonkershoek Mountains and the Great Drakenstein Mountains. Stellenbosch is not only the second old­est European set­tle­ment in the Western Cape - it was founded [...]

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

New Photographs of South Africa

posted to: KwaZulu Natal, Photos of South Africa

Share Thanks to every­body that has taken the trouble to sub­mit pho­to­graphs to us. We've selec­ted some of them to dis­play at South Africa Photographs, July 2009. We'll be upload­ing more as they come in. Please keep them com­ing! We par­tic­u­larly liked this one that came in today taken in the Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal ...

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Monday, 29 June 2009

Photographers' Competition July 2009 (closed)

posted to: Win with SA-Venues.com

Share Budding pho­to­grapher? Submit your favour­ite photo of South Africa and win! Your photo will be fea­tured and cred­ited in our next news­let­ter and in line with our Theme for July 2009 (Celebrate All Things "Vino" in July), you'll also win a case of wine. All the best pho­to­graphs sub­mit­ted will be fea­tured here for [...]

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Monday, 29 June 2009
Celebrate All Things "Vino" in July

Wine Events in July

posted to: Annual Events and Festivals, Destinations and Provinces

Share Just because you can't make it to the Cape Winelands in July doesn't mean you can't cel­eb­rate South Africa's great wines a little closer to your inten­ded des­tin­a­tion (or home if you are local). There are a few excel­lent events being held around the coun­try that cel­eb­rate South African wines. Here's a quick round [...]

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Monday, 29 June 2009
Celebrate All Things "Vino" in July

Things to Do in The Cape Winelands

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

Share You’ll be hard pressed to find a moment to put your feet up and relax in “couch potato” fash­ion if you are plan­ning to spend time in the Cape Winelands. That’s not to say you won’t be relax­ing … there are plenty of things to do that require min­imum input for max­imum return … [...]

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Monday, 29 June 2009
Celebrate All Things "Vino" in July

Winelands for Less

posted to: Accommodation and Specials, Western Cape

Share We're all watch­ing our budgets at the moment. But that doesn't mean we can't take a much deserved break. You just have to plan a little bet­ter and look around for the best deal. A week­end away doesn't have to break the bank! While cel­eb­rat­ing "all things vino" in July 2009, we thought we'd [...]

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Monday, 29 June 2009
Celebrate All Things "Vino" in July

Pop Your Cork!

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

Share If it’s superb vit­i­cul­ture you’re look­ing for, then spend­ing some time explor­ing the Winelands of the Western Cape will def­in­itely pop your cork. There are a stag­ger­ing num­ber of wine routes to choose from (around 560 winer­ies), most of which are little more than an hour, at most, out of Cape Town. And the [...]

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Monday, 29 June 2009

The Definitive Guide to Kalk Bay

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share Clutching sun faded tow­els and cloaked in floaty kaf­tans, the more adven­tur­ous res­id­ents of Kalk Bay make their daily pil­grim­age down to the tidal pools that gen­er­ously grace the False Bay coast­line. Splashing in refresh­ingly cold sea water every morn­ing could be the secret to the youth and vital­ity of the people in Kalk [...]

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Saturday, 27 June 2009

See 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 tak­ing a walk amongst the fish­er­man when they bring in their catch is in for [...]

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Friday, 26 June 2009
Celebrate the Start of Winter in June

It's Christmas in Tulbagh

posted to: Annual Events and Festivals, Western Cape

Share It's Winter in the Western Cape and Tulbagh is cel­eb­rat­ing Christmas early by wel­com­ing one and all to visit their town for a host of won­der­ful winter warm­ers this Saturday and Sunday (27–28 June 2009). Father Christmas will be there and you may even be able to take a trip with him down Church Street [...]

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Thursday, 25 June 2009

Stellenbosch Natural and Organic Farmers' Market

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

Share Pick up freshly picked pro­duce at the Stellenbosch Natural and Organic Farmers' Market on the grounds of the Stellenbosch Waldorf School. The proven­ance of organic ingredi­ents sold at this intim­ate little farm mar­ket (trad­ing since 2001) adds sim­ul­tan­eously to the qual­ity of taste and life. The pas­sion­ate prac­tice of pure pleas­ures and plant­a­tions are [...]

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Thursday, 25 June 2009

Real men's health is not all push-ups and bench-presses!

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Destinations and Provinces

Share We all know that the term 'met­ro­sexual' is now a little passé, with few people even able to remem­ber a time when guys didn't cleanse and mois­tur­ise. We men, how­ever, are still a little behind on the evol­u­tion­ary lad­der of bod­ily beauty. The spa exper­i­ence, so loved by the men of ancient Rome for [...]

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Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Watch the Penguins Play

posted to: Attractions, Western Cape

Share Things in life aren't always black and white... except for the African Penguin. Of course things that are black and white leave little room for indi­vidu­al­ity... except for the African Penguin whose spe­cific mono­chro­matic mark­ings are so unique that they per­son­al­ise the birds like fin­ger­prints on humans. What may seem like con­ser­vat­ive tuxedo colouring [...]

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Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Time Out in Kommetjie

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share Separated from neigh­bour­ing towns by moun­tains and cliffs, the coastal town of Kommetjie offers its vis­it­ors a sense of undis­turbed nat­ural beauty and peace­ful isol­a­tion. Situated between rural Noordhoek and the sea­side town of Scarborough, the wil­der­ness and foliage of the moun­tains pre­served, and the stark con­trast of the ocean, Kommetjie is a secret [...]

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Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Magical McGregor

posted to: Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share The small town of McGregor is what most would call “off the beaten track”; aside from a small sign­post on the N2 high­way, there is almost no indic­a­tion of its exist­ence.  Perhaps because of its isol­a­tion and the inspir­ing nat­ural sur­rounds, it has become some­what of a haven for artists. The vil­lage lies at [...]

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