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The 15 Most Picturesque Places to Visit in the Karoo
The Karoo is vast and places to visit in the Karoo are myriad. Divided into the Succulent, Nama, Klein and Grassy Karoo it straddles most of South Africa’s inner country, hogging the west coast, sprawling as far east as Cradock and Smithfield, extending north...
Do You Know These 10 Unusual South African facts?
Unusual South African Facts ~ Everyone already knows that South Africa has an exceptional constitution, the longest wine route in the world, is the only country in the world to voluntarily abandon its nuclear weapon programme, and is so diverse it boasts deser...
Travel Bucket List 2018 – Unusual South African Destinations
Unusual South African destinations make up our travel bucket list for 2018. Bucket lists by definition contain experiences one hopes to experience in this life. This travel bucket list is for those of you who love travelling South Africa, but have run out of i...
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...
13 Enigmatic South African Towns to Visit Before You Turn 40
Actually, I'll let you into a secret: it isn't about what age you are when you visit these towns. It's about making damn sure you visit them. Because few of them make it onto conventional 'must do' lists. For some reason they're regarded as obscure, non mai...
The Secret Season: WINTER in South Africa – Where to Travel, and Why
South Africa does not do blizzards and snow banks. You will never (except on very rare occasions) find your plane grounded for ice on the wings. In fact, the deepest snow you'll find is deep in the mountains, or on their peaks. The daily average temperat...
30 Legendary Photos Across South Africa to Knock the Socks Off All Your Other Photos
Incredible moments are all over Instagram. So much so, that we’ve almost become immune to a great photo. Almost. But, these viewpoints around South Africa will easily give you 30 legendary photos to knock the socks off all your other travel photos. 30 L...
9 Best Small Towns of the Northern Cape
Small towns of the Northern Cape ~The Northern Cape is a vast expanse of country hugging the northerly reaches of South Africa up against the borders of Namibia and Botswana. It’s hot, dry and beautiful - something of a wilderness presided over by a merciless ...
7 Reasons to Explore the Karoo Roggeveld between Britstown and Sutherland
The alternative route between Bloemfontein and Cape Town - A spate of idiosyncratic towns will enchant you, as will the incredible scenery, windmills, hospitable people, corbelled houses and star-strewn skies - the likes of which you’ve never experienced befor...
20 Best Secret Scenic Spots In The Northern Cape
When it comes to recharging, re-connecting and reclaiming one's sense of self, the Northern Cape's isolation and beauty is hard to beat. It is one of the biggest provinces in the country, known for its desert landscapes, wild spring flowers and wildlife. Bu...
Top 10 Views in South Africa
South Africa has heart-stopping vistas aplenty. We struggled more with narrowing it down to a list of 10 than trying to find the views in South Africa ... BRANDWAG BUTTRESS, GOLDEN GATE Close to the border with Lesotho, in the Free State, lies the Golden...
10 attractions that will have you packing your bags for the Upper Karoo
For many the Karoo is a great expanse of (dry) land somewhere in the middle of South Africa. Just where this place of great heat and frosts, with an annual rainfall of next to nothing, starts and ends is a mystery, expounded by the impression that its extent i...
Sutherland, the coldest town in South Africa?
I spent the first few days of August in the coldest place in South Africa; Sutherland. I had arrived prepared with my warmest winter woolies transported from my London days and to be perfectly honest, I was dying to wear my GAP down filled jacket again. Un...
Perlman House Restaurant in Sutherland – a review
I had dinner at Perlman House Restaurant in Sutherland when I was in the town last week and what a night that was! A booking had been made for star gazing (we were in the star gazing capital of the world after all) but we were having such a wonderful time tha...