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Handcrafted ale anyone?
Handcrafted ale anyone?
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Nieu Bethesda – why it's worth a visit
Nieu Bethesda – why it's worth a visit
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Paarl's twin obelisks – a visit to the Taal Monument
Paarl's twin obelisks – a visit to the Taal Monument
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Down the garden path … Cape Town Company Gardens
Down the garden path … Cape Town Company Gardens
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Nelspruit's Lowveld Botanical Garden – a little piece of heaven
Nelspruit's Lowveld Botanical Garden – a little piece of heaven
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New in Cape Town — Land sailing in a blokart
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Suicide Gorge – the ultimate kloofing experience
Suicide Gorge – the ultimate kloofing experience
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A day at Cape Point Nature Reserve ...
A day at Cape Point Nature Reserve ...
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Montagu's village market – fun filled Saturday mornings
Montagu's village market – fun filled Saturday mornings
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See the forest from above — Karkloof canopy tours
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Friday, 30 October 2009

Winner 2 Night Getaway to the Big 5 Pilanesberg Park

posted to: Win with SA-Venues.com

Share CONGRATULATIONS to Brett Lee of South Africa who has won a 2-night get­away to Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge in the malaria-free, Big 5 Pilanesberg National Park, in the North West Province of South Africa, sponsored by South African Golfing & Safari Tours. The prize includes accom­mod­a­tion in a Family Room for 2 adults AND [...]

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Friday, 30 October 2009

Picnicking at Harold Porter, and sighting penguins ...

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Attractions, Western Cape

Share Harold Porter is a really pleas­ant sur­prise! In fact, it's one of the Cape's best kept secrets ... I had for­got­ten just how gor­geous the drive from Cape Town to Betty's Bay along Clarence Drive, known also as Route 44, is. We were to visit friends in Somerset West in the even­ing and, since [...]

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Friday, 30 October 2009

Groot Constantia Christmas Gift and Garden Fair

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

Share I hadn’t man­aged to get to the Christmas Gift and Garden Fair dur­ing the even­ing this week so popped in dur­ing lunch time on its last day.  Held at Groot Constantia, the set­ting itself would have been good enough if the fair had not lived up to expect­a­tion.  But it did not fail to [...]

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Friday, 30 October 2009

29 Blue Flag Beaches in South Africa

posted to: Attractions, Awards and Accolades

Share The new sea­son of Blue Flag South Africa was launched at Muizenberg beach in Cape Town yes­ter­day where it was announced that 29 of South Africa's beaches have achieved Blue Flag status — an increase from 19 to 29 this year ...

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Friday, 30 October 2009

African Paradise Flycatcher photo by Janet Bloom

posted to: Photos of South Africa

Share Todays beau­ti­ful pho­to­graph is of an African Paradise Flycatcher taken by Janet Bloom in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Says Janet: "We saw this mom and dad feed­ing their chick at a lodge in Madikwe Game Reserve when it star­ted rain­ing. The dad swooped down and sat on the chick until the shower was over. [...]

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Thursday, 29 October 2009

A hop, skip and a jump to Pilgrim's Rest

posted to: Attractions, Mpumalanga, Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives

Share Getting to Pilgrim's Rest from Johannesburg takes longer than you think it will. It shouldn't, as the obvi­ous route along the N4 is pretty straight for­ward — Witbank, Belfast, Waterval Boven — but this is where it starts get­ting fuzzy, because by this stage not only were we tired, hav­ing only left work at [...]

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Thursday, 29 October 2009

The Outeniqua Powervan

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, The Garden Route

Share For any­one trav­el­ling through the scenic George / Knysna area, one of the attrac­tions is, or always has been, the Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe, one of the last remain­ing steam trains in Africa. However, many will be as dis­ap­poin­ted as we were to learn that the “Choo-Tjoe”, as she is affec­tion­ately known, has not run since [...]

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Thursday, 29 October 2009

Meerkat photo by Jennifer Peers

posted to: Photos of South Africa

Share One of the first entries received for our November Photography Competition is this great shot of a Meerkat (also known as sur­ic­ate) sub­mit­ted by Jennifer Peers — thanks so much for shar­ing this with us Jennifer, its very spe­cial! Meerkat adults take it in turns to stand on guard find­ing a con­veni­ent spot where [...]

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Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Win a Weekend Away for 4 Couples in Sandton (closed)

posted to: Win with SA-Venues.com

Share WIN a lux­uri­ous week­end away for 4 couples to the 5-star graded Tladi Lodge in Sandton. The sprawl­ing thatched lodge is set on 2 acres of well ten­ded tran­quil gar­dens with a ten­nis court and a swim­ming pool in the Sandton sub­urb of Sandown, which lies between Morningside and the Sandton CBD, a prime position [...]

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Wednesday, 28 October 2009

South African Sports News – 28 October

posted to: Weekly Sports Wrap

Share Arrows shoot down hap­less Ajax Golden Arrows were crowned MTN8 cham­pi­ons in Soweto on Saturday night when they crushed Ajax Cape Town 6–0 in one-sided MTN8 final at the Orlando Stadium. In the pro­cess, Arrows won their first major trophy and a record R8-million winner-takes-all prize. The match was effect­ively over as a con­test after [...]

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Going Wild

Photographers Competition November 2009 (closed)

posted to: Win with SA-Venues.com

Share Restore my faith that not all trav­el­lers are only inter­ested in the Big 5 ... sub­mit your favour­ite game reserve or nature photo and win! The only spec is that it can­not be a photo of a Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Rhino or an Elephant. Oh, and ama­teur pho­to­graph­ers only please. Your photo will be [...]

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Going Wild

Big 5 or Bust?

posted to: Game and Wildlife Encounters, Miscellaneous

Share Something that always amazes me is the mod­ern day traveller’s over­whelm­ing desire to spot the Big 5. This is not to say that I don’t appre­ci­ate such a sight­ing and rel­ish every moment watch­ing Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo and (for me, the as yet unseen) Leopard in the wild, but when lucky enough to [...]

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Special Accommodation Offers in November

posted to: Accommodation and Specials, Destinations and Provinces

Share As we always do this time of the month, we scout around look­ing for the best accom­mod­a­tion deals to include in our monthly news­let­ter. And we've uncovered some excel­lent options for you — from top of the range lux­ury game lodges at dis­coun­ted rates to deals on accom­mod­a­tion for the budget con­scious traveller ... [...]

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009

November Events

posted to: Annual Events and Festivals, Destinations and Provinces

Share It’s that time again, the end of the month and you are won­der­ing what you will do next month. The fest­ive sea­son is almost upon us and before you get over­whelmed by all of those end of year func­tions make some space in your diary for some of these fant­astic events hap­pen­ing all around [...]

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Going Wild

Well Found Welgevonden

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Game and Wildlife Encounters, Limpopo Province

Share After a tir­ing jour­ney, admit­tedly just a 3 and a half hour drive from OR Tambo International Airport, we had finally arrived at the West Gate of the Welgevonden Private Game Reserve (near Vaalwater in the Limpopo Province) for a long-awaited game hol­i­day. We hap­pily aban­doned our rental car (no private vehicles are allowed [...]

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