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Solms Delta — picnics, heritage and film-making
Solms Delta — picnics, heritage and film-making
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Just what they're getting up to in Hogsback
Just what they're getting up to in Hogsback
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Von Geusau — the chocolates, the man, the story ...
Von Geusau — the chocolates, the man, the story ...
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A stay in Vermont
A stay in Vermont
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A hell of a trip to Gamkaskloof
A hell of a trip to Gamkaskloof
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5 great things to do when in Graaff-Reinet
5 great things to do when in Graaff-Reinet
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Jolly up the Klein River on the African Queen
Jolly up the Klein River on the African Queen
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Breakfast at the Wild Oats Market
Breakfast at the Wild Oats Market
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Foot safaris in the Kruger National Park
Foot safaris in the Kruger National Park
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Dress like Madiba
Dress like Madiba
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Monday, 23 November 2009

Culture vultures in Kalk Bay

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

Share On Wednesday I not only man­aged to sneak into an art exhib­i­tion open­ing and mingle with the art afi­cion­ados of Cape Town, but I also man­aged to snatch a moment of poetry at Kalk Bay Books straight after­wards. I didn't know the Kalk Bay Modern exis­ted, until a col­league of mine insisted on stopping [...]

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Monday, 23 November 2009

All eyes on Cape Town (photographs)

posted to: Attractions, Photos of South Africa

Share The city is buzz­ing with vis­it­ors all here to enjoy what Cape Town has to offer in the lead up to the final draw for the FIFA 2010 World Cup which is hap­pen­ing on 4 December. Readers of the UK Telegraph recently voted Cape Town as their favour­ite city out­side Europe and in Condé [...]

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Friday, 20 November 2009

Cape Town a World Top 10 Party City

posted to: Awards and Accolades, Western Cape

Share Lonely Planet has cre­ated a new guide, the “1000 Ultimate Experiences” and South Africa can feel proud as Cape Town has been awar­ded a place of hon­our in the world’s top 10 party cit­ies. Other coun­tries in the top 10 are Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Montreal, Canada and Thessaloniki, Greece. But [...]

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Friday, 20 November 2009

Food & Wine Market at Hermanuspietersfontein

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

Share This is a pop­u­lar mar­ket on a Saturday morn­ing for res­id­ents of Hermanus and the sur­rounds. Its set­ting is the Hermanuspietersfontein Wine Cellars at the Hemel en Aarde Village closest to Onrus, and if you're not there to pick up the weekend's nibbles and nosh, then you're there for break­fast with friends. It's a [...]

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Friday, 20 November 2009

Peaks, Valleys and Champagne ... in the Drakensberg

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Attractions, KwaZulu Natal

Share One of my favour­ite hol­i­day spots is the Drakensberg in KwaZulu Natal. Don’t get me wrong, I love the beach and there is noth­ing bet­ter than an early morn­ing swim in the Indian Ocean, but the Drakensberg offers just as good a hol­i­day and there is no need to watch out for jelly­fish and [...]

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Friday, 20 November 2009
Let the Festivities Begin

Festivals and Events in the Garden Route over the Festive Season

posted to: Annual Events and Festivals, The Garden Route

Share We are head­ing into the fest­ive sea­son, time to take some time off, spend some qual­ity time with fam­ily and friends and a pop­u­lar hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion to do this in is the Garden Route, with many towns and inter­est­ing sites to explore. I thought I’d give you a bit of a head start on [...]

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Thursday, 19 November 2009

Johannesburg Mozart Festival Programme

posted to: Annual Events and Festivals, Gauteng

Share Lovers of clas­sical music will be glad to know that the pro­gramme line up for the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival has been announced. So here is just a little taste of what you can expect from 23 January to 9 February 2010. Originally organ­ised in 2006 in cel­eb­ra­tion of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birth­day anniversary [...]

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Thursday, 19 November 2009
South African Hiking Trails

Skeleton Gorge hiking trail

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

Share For vis­it­ors to Cape Town, a trip up the iconic Table Mountain is usu­ally at the top of the to-do list, as obvi­ous an excur­sion as vis­it­ing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, or lick­ing gelato in Rome. But instead of hop­ping on the Cable Car for a less-than-10-minute ride straight to the top, why [...]

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Thursday, 19 November 2009

Smitswinkel Bay Photographs

posted to: Photos of South Africa, Western Cape

Share Photographs taken of Smitswinkel Bay on the False Bay Coast in the Cape. Smitswinkel Bay (or Smitswinkelbaai) is prac­tic­ally inac­cess­ible and right next to the Cape Point Nature Reserve. Reached only by foot, it is worth the effort to get there. The bay here is pop­u­lar for snor­kelling, diving and fish­ing and the water [...]

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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

South African Sports News — 18 November

posted to: Weekly Sports Wrap

Share South African open­ers put England to the sword Graeme Smith (pic­tured) and Loots Bosman pro­pelled South Africa to a crush­ing 84-run vic­tory over England in their Standard Bank Pro 20 match at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday. The Proteas amassed 241/6 in their allot­ted 20 overs, which was their second highest total in international [...]

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Wednesday, 18 November 2009
South African Hiking Trails

The Table Mountain Pipe Track

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

Share Summertime is a great oppor­tun­ity to exper­i­ence the Cape Town sur­rounds by get­ting out onto one of the many hik­ing trails on offer. If you like walk­ing but are not up for a big hike, the Pipe Track is a nice flat walk per­fect for after­noon and early even­ing excur­sions. The walk faces the [...]

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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

A stay in Vermont

posted to: Attractions, Reviews and Visitors' Perspectives, Western Cape

Share Tell people that you're on your way to Vermont and many give you a puzzled response. They obvi­ously are not expect­ing you to go all the way to America for the week­end, but whilst their brains are whizz­ing around try­ing to place the town on a map, I res­cue them and explain that it [...]

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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Birds Eye View by Noula Bouwer (photograph)

posted to: Game and Wildlife Encounters, Photos of South Africa

Share Todays pho­to­graph was sent to us by Noula Bouwer as is entiled "Bird's Eye View". A great pho­to­graph of a gir­affe, Noula has sub­mit­ted a num­ber of really great pho­to­graphs to our cur­rent pho­to­graphy com­pet­i­tion. You can see more of her entries at November Photography Competition. Giraffe are non-territorial, social anim­als that travel in [...]

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Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Which two oceans, mum?

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Family Holidays in South Africa, Western Cape

Share It's a pretty valid ques­tion when asked by a four-year old en route to the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, but it had me stum­bling for a moment as, with my indic­ator stuck, my head craned round to see oncom­ing traffic, and my other fin­ger reach­ing for the air con­di­tion­ing that needed a [...]

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Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Two Oceans Aquarium photographs

posted to: Attractions, Family Holidays in South Africa, Western Cape

Share Todays pho­to­graphs are a col­lec­tion of pho­to­graphs taken at the Two Oceans Aquarium. The Two Oceans Aquarium at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town is without doubt one of the most excit­ing attrac­tions in the city, par­tic­u­larly if you have chil­dren. Called the Two Oceans Aquarium because the vast Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet [...]

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