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Top 10 Family Friendly Resorts in South Africa Perfect for Long Weekends and Holidays
Its not always easy to get away for a vacation with the kids, and it can be challenging to find a family friendly destination where there is a little something for everyone to enjoy. Here are our top 10 family friendly resorts, where you are guaranteed a great...
The South African Hiking Bucket List for Multi-day Hikes – Spend Time Far from the Madding Crowds
If you’re keen to experience some of South Africa’s top hikes, then the South African hiking bucket list is tailored for you.
Some of these hikes are self-guided and don’t need a booking or terribly much planning. Others need a lot of planning, some necessi...
Swimming with Seals & 15 Other Unusual Things to Do in South Africa
There are many unusual things to do in South Africa, if you look beyond the essential attractions high on any visitor’s list.
Not only is South Africa one of the most diverse and vibrant countries on the African continent but it’s gone all out to create tra...
10 Epic South African Highlights You Can’t Ignore
First time visitor to South Africa? These South African highlights are for you. Because whilst there are many other attractions and beautiful places, it’s these 10 South African highlights that will give you a real taste for the country.
Exploring South Afr...
Mountain View Cottages in South Africa, Where You can Catch Your Breath
South Africa has some of the most spectacular uncharted mountain ranges that often go unpublicised and remain unknown, even to return visitors.
So, it’s almost as easy to find mountain view cottages in South Africa as it is beach cottage stays.
It boils ...
10 Awesome Non-Touristy Things to Do in South Africa
Finding the out-of-the-way spaces and places (non-touristy things to do in South Africa) that haven’t yet been annexed by tourists and their ilk isn’t difficult in South Africa - there’s so much to discover and see that you won’t have to share with others.
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The Most Spectacular Uncharted Mountain Ranges in South Africa
Anyone who’s a seasoned traveller knows about the mountain ranges in South Africa that most impress:
Table Mountain, the Drakensberg, the Pilanesberg, the Tsitsikamma Mountains and the Cederberg make it onto most visitors’ must-do lists.
But the country ...
Escape To these Quiet Places in South Africa
Escape To these 8 Quiet Places in South Africa ~ Travelling can be exhilarating, eye-opening and, more often than not, transforming. The bustle and rush of seeing, doing and experiencing the abundance of what South Africa has to offer its visitors can sometime...
10 Reasons Why You Should Visit South Africa this Summer
Visit South Africa this Summer ~ South Africa hots up between October and February.
On the highveld the heat of summer South Africa comes alive with afternoon thunderstorms that leave the earth rank with a smell uniquely African.
By contrast, down in the...
Best Places to Stay in the Drakensberg, South Africa’s Epic Dragonback Mountains
When it comes to finding the best places to stay in the Drakensberg, South Africa, it all boils down to the view.
It’s that simple.
If there are mountains outside your window, or you can drink in their tumulticity (this really is a word, and one perfect ...
Road Cycling Holidays in South Africa – See the Best of South Africa on Your Bike
Road Cycling Holidays in South Africa ~ Road cycling holidays are not something you associate with the vastness of South Africa - you definitely won’t manage to see the whole of the country on your bike.
Not unless you have months at your disposal (there ar...
Everything You Need to Know to See the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park Properly
The uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park protects a mountain wonderland; a chain of craggy, ancient fold mountains made up of towering Basalt peaks, interminable rolling gorges and valleys, towering cliffs and sandstone caves.
Included in the World Heritage Site is th...
New Year, New Resolutions. Here are some you CAN keep…
So 2018 is finally here and to mark the start of the new year most of us come up with a list of resolutions - goals we'd like to accomplish, things to learn, changes to make - many of which we abandon after just a few days. We'd like to help you choose some re...
The Best Places in South Africa that You Hardly Know About
A list of the best places in South Africa is a long one.
But, unlike similar lists doing the rounds on social media that stick to those places we’ve all visited (yawn), or at least know about, this list of the best places in South Africa is filled with area...
Incredible Places to Sleep Under the Stars in South Africa
Sleeping out in the wilderness, under a star-strewn sky, is not something you can do just anywhere anymore.
In fact, few holiday destinations can promise places to sleep under the stars, like South Africa can; free of light pollution.
South Africa is hug...