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Table Mountain Cape Town
195 Reviews Wherever you go in Cape Town, Table Mountain dominates the skyline, so what could be more natural than finding out what the city looks like from the top? The cablecar ride to the top of Table...
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Game Reserves Johannesburg
33 Reviews De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Centre Besides 'normal' cheetahs, De Wildt has a number of King Cheetahs, distinguished by the different coat pattern. There is also a healthy population of African wild...
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Big 5 Kruger National Park
40 Reviews The African Elephant is easily distinguished from Asian Elephants as they have larger ears. The fact that you are in Africa is also a give away. They guys are massive. They are the largest land...
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Penguins / Boulders Beach Cape Town
84 Reviews However often we visit Cape Town, we never tire of Boulders Beach. The main visitor centre with the wooden boardwalks down into the penguin colony are great, and lots of other tourists have written...
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Gold Reef City Johannesburg
22 Reviews Gold Reef City is a Johannesburg institution and as my kids have been nagging me to go for months, I finally succumbed early in the New Year. I have to declare my bias: I hate theme parks, I dislike...
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Game Drives (guided) Kruger National Park
13 Reviews One of the good reasons to have a guided tour sometimes is that they (the guides) can also communicate with each other live while on the game drive and tell each other where the exotic animals are....
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Cape Point Cape Town
145 Reviews Cape Point is a glorious location, especially if the weather is good. Actually it's probably even more impressive when the weather is foul and you get a real sense of what the first explorers had to...
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Sun City Johannesburg
17 Reviews Hey guys Sun city the name which is almost known to most of the passionate tourists coming to South Africa the place where there is a heaven between the mountains far away from here when you approach...
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Game Drives (Self-Driving) Kruger National Park
31 Reviews The Vervet Monkeys are rather common and you might see them in many places, on the road, on the trees and also at the camps, they are much smaller then the baboons and seems very friendly and sweet,...
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Scenic drives / Garden Route Cape Town
50 Reviews 'Iconic' is one of my favourite words (as those who have read my travel pages will know) and there are few locations in Cape Town that better deserve this adjective than the Chapman's Peak Drive! The...
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Downtown Architecture and Tours Johannesburg
20 Reviews The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) is exhibiting some of its historical Dutch collection in three of the gallery rooms between 13 November 2011 and 25 March 2012. This exhibition is being curated by...
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Game Drives (at night) Kruger National Park
19 Reviews Although you can see plenty of game in Kruger during the day, a night safari gives you an entirely different perspective of the park. You can see some animals that are nocturnal, such as leopards and...
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Wine route / Stellenbosch Cape Town
68 Reviews This small town, situated about 40 km east of Cape Town, is worth visiting for a couple of reasons. Founded in 1679, it is the second oldest town in South Africa (the first one is Cape Town)....
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Randburg Waterfront Johannesburg
5 Reviews Well the Randburg Waterfront has been revamped and is now called the Bright Water Commons. There is alot less water but is a 100 times nicer than before. Its a very nice to do a little shopping ,...
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other wildlife Kruger National Park
54 Reviews There is a colony of fruit bats that live underneath the thatched roofs of the outdoor dining pavilions at Skukuza Camp in Kruger. They hang upside down from the rafters and sleep during the day. The...
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V & A Waterfront Cape Town
81 Reviews This is a very popular tourist attraction besides being a working port. You can sense the vibrancy of the area as soon as you get there. There just seems to be a lightness of mood as people wander...
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Apartheid Museum Johannesburg
17 Reviews Jo'burg is sadly not a city blessed with many great museums, but the Apartheid Museum is truly world class and a moving testament to South Africa's troubled history. The title is slightly misleading,...
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Birds Kruger National Park
27 Reviews In addition to its large game animals, Kruger is also the home to a lot of interesting and photogenic bird species. These include eagles, spoonbills, storks, rollers, owls, cormorants, haws, and...
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Beaches Cape Town
91 Reviews Kommetjie (pronounced "Kom-e-key") is one very laid back place, and arguably the New Age capital of the Cape Peninsula. Kommetjie is located on the Atlantic side of the peninsula, just south of...
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Harbeesport Dam Johannesburg
6 Reviews The De Wildt Cheetah and Wildlife Conservation Centre is an interesting place for what the tour operators bill as a “half day tour”. You have to be up early for the 08h00 tour as it takes at least...
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Walking safari Kruger National Park
7 Reviews I’ve been planning and waiting for the walking safari since I was booking the flights and, yes, it was just fantastic. You wake up before sunrise, have a quick warm drink and off to the savannah....
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Museums / Historical Interest Cape Town
85 Reviews The Cape Town museum is located at the end of the Corporation Gardens just next to Parliament, and is a great natural history museum that doesn't seem to get the credit that it deserves. The building...
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MonteCasino Johannesburg
11 Reviews Bright and cheerful entertainment is ongoing at Montecasino Montecasino has buskers, street performers, wandering around and entertaining people. Busking dates back through the ages to earliest...
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camps Kruger National Park
8 Reviews THIS CAMP TO IS SET IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF THE PARK, IT IS SET ALONG THE REMOTE AREA OF THE LETABA RIVER, SO NOT SUPRISSING THAT IT OFFERS GREAT GAME VIEWING FROM THE RIVER AND SURROUNDING THE CAMP...
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Kirstenbosch Gardens Cape Town
65 Reviews A visit to a botanical garden in winter - is it worth paying an admission fee? If you are in Cape Town in winter, don't hesitate. They say that each season is good to visit Kirstenbosch Botanical...
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This is great for anyone who's just a tad over-stressed - a blissful self-indulgence. Spend as long as you like (no, you can't bring a tent and a camping stove) during the day lavishing yourself in the Jacuzzi, simmering in the Steam Room, or sweating it off in the sauna. A thirty minute neck, back and shoulder massage, or perhaps a facial or a manicure. And if you're feeling like burning off a bit of energy you can always work it out in the gym, or swim it off in the pool.
Durban is blessed with balmy weather all year round, making it a perfect holiday paradise. The beachfront is bordered by five star hotels and luxury apartments, all of which have an idyllic view of the Indian Ocean.The Central Business District, a hive of activity, is within easy reach of all hotels and convention venues. If however, you wish to travel further afield, there is a very competent public transport system running throughout Durban, as well as an abundance of taxis.Durban is a major gateway to Africa and is also the largest and busiest port city on the continent. Due to this, there is an extensive road network leading to and from any destination in South Africa. Durban International Airport, is only a 10 minute drive from the City and is serviced daily by domestic flights, as well as international flights.
Johannesburg...From here you can visit: Zoo Lake Sunday Rooftop Market Constitution Court Montecasino Kruger Park PilanesbergPort Elizabeth: A start to the Garden Route and also Addo ParkCape Town: See all of the sights in the town and then visit Cape Point, Stellenbosch, and the many little coastal towns.
Central to this route is Blyde River Canyon, the third largest canyon in the world.On entering the Panoramic Route via Long Tom Pass from Lydenburg, at 2,149 metres above sea-level you travel along the highest tarred road in South Africa. It gets its name from the cannons used by the Boers against the British in 1900. From the crest of Mount Anderson look down 1,000 metres to South Africa's largest man made forest and the town of Sabie which boasts the largest sawmill in South Africa.Visit the Sabie Forestry Museum and see the three spectacular waterfalls, Horse Shoe, Lone Creek, and Bridal Veil. Between Sabie and Graskop you pass Mac Mac Falls.Pilgrims Rest is an old gold mining town frozen in time, now a national museum with an opportunity to try your hand at gold panning. Graskop, situated on the magnificent Drakensburg Escarpment above Kowyn's Pass, is the gateway to Blyde River...
Hartbeespoort Dam lies only 35 kilometres west of Pretoria in the beautiful Magaliesberg mountain range. The dam was completed in 1923 and has become a very popular holiday and weekend resort for Johannesburg and Pretoria. Any type of water sports is possible here. Especially over the weekends and during holidays, it is crowded at the Hartbeespoort Dam. Worthwhile is a trip with the cableway up the Magaliesberg, from where one can enjoy panoramic views. It is also nice to drive only the dam on the dam wall. A special experience is a flight with the hot-air balloon over the Magaliesberg landscape.The Hartbeespoort Dam Snake Park boasts a quite comprehensive reptile collection. In shows is demonstrated how to deal with snakes and other reptiles. A zoo with lions, tigers, leopards and chimpanzees also belongs to the park. Some of the animals are tame and trained and played in movies...
Tsitsikamma reminds me a lot of Maine. It is has a rugged coast line, crashing waves with hillsides covered with beautiful forests. The national park covers 100 km of coast line between Nature's Valley and Storms River mouth. The marine portion of the park protects the coastline out to 5 km of ocean. This area is just bombarded with water whether from the ocean's waves or the constant rainfall. This region gets some of the highest rainfalls in southern africa around 1200 mm per year. The biggest attraction here is the 42 km Otter Trail that follows the rugged coastline from Nature’s Valley to Storms River Mouth. It is considered by some as one of the best trails in the country and can be booked up one year in advance. There is also the less popular Tsitsikamma trail (64 km) that runs parallel to the Otter Trail up into the mountains.There are several nice hikes that you can do around the...
The Wild Card program has been recently introduced in the South African National Park system to make the parks more affordable for those making multiple entries. The card has a small computer chip in it that stores and process information. South African residence may buy a card specific to one region or “clusters”. For instance the Bushveld Cluster would include Golden Gate, Kruger, Mapungubwe, and Marakele National Parks. International tourist pay the same no matter what. The price is good for one year no matter how many parks or how many times you visit.For all parks South African Residence pay R195 for individual, R335 for a couple, and R440 for a Family.For International tourist the card is R795 for individual, R1395 for a couple, and R1795 for a family.Other benefits like 5% cash back on accommodation, car rental, refreshments, etc. may also be available with the card.Kruger and...
Discovered in 1895 as a gold mining town by people having a picnic, this is a beautiful tourist spot, not too busy, so you can enjoy the relaxing surroundings.There is a car park at the fall and local Africans selling arts and crafts, remember to take a camera and a waterproof coat, if you want to take a great picture you will have to get close and that means you will probably get wet, so be warned.
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is world-renowned for the beauty and diversity of the Cape flora it displays and for the magnificence of its setting against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. Kirstenbosch grows only indigenous South African plants. The estate covers 528 hectares and supports a diverse fynbos flora and natural forest. The cultivated garden (36 hectares) displays collections of South African plants, particularly those from the winter rainfall region of the country.
Near the Kruger National Park you can find this very interesting outdoor museum. With the three dimensional models of dinosaurs and other extinct animals this park is a fun education entertainment for the whole family.
The Table Bay Hotel Cape Town
9 Reviews and 345 Opinions One of the more expensive options, but if you can afford it then go for it. The location is great,...
The Westcliff Hotel Johannesburg
5 Reviews and 201 Opinions Being a local, I have never stayed here (and probably couldn't afford to!) - having visited business...
Skukuza Restcamp - Kruger National Park Kruger National Park
8 Reviews and 100 Opinions This is the largest camp on the banks of the Sabie river, it is also the administrative centre of...
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