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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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The Kruger National Park is probably one of the best safari and wild animals parks in the world.I had the plan to visit the Kruger park for long time so when we could get a good barging price to fly to South Africa, we packs our backpacks, camera and some stuff and went on this great adventure.
I think one great option of adventure while visiting South Africa is to do a self driving safari in one of the many national parks in the country. This is easy to do and most roads roads are excellent, good road signs and maps available and all what you need is good eyes and some patient and you will see all the great animals around you. This will surely give you a great joy.
If you heard of Mrs Pless, this is the place where she was found. Declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1999, the Sterkfontein Caves are well worth a visit!It is on this site where world-acclaimed fossils have been discovered.There is a museum/exibition area with very nicely displayed fossils, sculls etc.The Sterkfontein Caves is open to the public from 09h00 to 17h00 every day, and the last tour departs at 16h00. You cannot visit the caves without going on an organized tour. The tour is very good and insightful.If you go in summer, do take some water with.Inside the caves, there are areas where you have to crawl through - if you don't like small enclosed spaces, you might have a bit of a problem.If possible, do visit this very interesting site in South Africa!The website gives very good info.Admission:Adults: R110 Children (4-14 years): R65 Children under 4: Free The restaurant at...
Lake St. Lucia is the largest estuary in Africa and one of the largest in the world. The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Reserve is the third largest park in South Africa stretching from St. Lucia Resort north to Sodwana Bay and then up to the Mozambique boarder. It includes Mkhuze game reserve, Phinda game reserve, False Bay Park as well as Cape Vidal. The lake system is a heritage site contains 5 distinct ecosystems. It is mostly a shallow lake system that is packed with fish that of course brings all the birds. This park is home to about 1000 hippos, 2000 crocodile, as well as a variety of antelope including red duiker, common duiker, wildebeest, reedbuck, bushbuck, and impala. Other animals such as zebra, warthog, mongoose, black rhino, leopard, monitor lizards, vervet monkeys, bush babies, and the rare samango monkey may be spotted. Birds here are fantastic! Particularly interesting are...
So, you’ve made the critical decision and settled on a holiday in South Africa. It’s going to be brilliant. Cape Town is jaw-dropping, the beaches of the Cape Peninsula are beautiful (and more often than not virtually empty), the food is wonderful, the wine even better, and the Garden Route is a road-tripper’s dream. This is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. The Big Five will play a big part in every South Africa holiday, but trying to choose a safari really can be a hair-pulling, teeth-grinding affair. The South African safari market is ridiculously saturated (mainly because it is ridiculously lucrative) and there are so many options that it can be difficult to know where to begin. The good news is that there all kinds of safaris out there – something for every budget and every kind of person (except perhaps those who don’t like animals). Whether you’re a backpacker or an...
Big game spotting is, of course, one of Africa's main attractions and, in my experience, never fails to enthrall. I paticularly loved the game parks of KwaZulu-Natal as, at that time, the animals were not overly familiar with humans or their vehicles and were therefore still pretty wild. Consequently, they were not as easy to spot as in some of the better known parks in Africa, but you could be sure that, when you did strike lucky, you were seeing "the real thing"! This was especially inspiring for me as it helped my art enormously.Of course, you can view most of these animals easily in many of the well appointed modern zoos throughout the world, always an edifying experience. However, nothing can compare with seeing the mighty beasts of Africa in their natural setting.We tended to visit three main parks - Hluhluwe, Umfolozi and Makuzi. We would stay in comfortable villas or rondavels,...
The Drakensberg range stretch for about 1000km from the Eastern Cape to the Northern Province. The biggest part of this mountain range is in Kwazulu-Natal. A large part of the range is part of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, a World Heritage site. The highest peaks are between 3000-3400 m above sea level. There are many different areas worth visiting. I have been to the Central Berg three times now, and once to the Mont-Aux-Sources part.The Central Berg area is very accessible, beautiful with a lot to see and do. It is an about 4h30 min drive from Pretoria. It is a spectacular part of the mountains with some of the highest peaks (Cathkin, Champaign Castle and Cathedral) in this area.See my Drakensberg page for more detailed info
Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa. It might not be the most popular tourist city, but is does warrant a visit for a couple of days. It is home to the Union Buildings, Voortrekkermonument, Church Square, the National Zoo and National Art Gallery.The newly completed Freedom Park Monument, which is most definitely a highlight in Pretoria.For more info about Pretoria, do visit my Pretoria page on VT.
Johannesburg does have tourist attractions well worth a visit. I do believe that the Apartheid Museum, in the South of Johannesburg, is a must visit. I don’t think you will get to see a more authentic and graphic recollection of this terrible era which we are now free from. Do visit!Walking distance from the Apartheid Museum is a huge theme park, called Gold Reef City. This Park is more than just an amusement park with rides etc. You will be able to go down a mine shaft o experience what it is like for miners working underground. There is also a theatre, shops and restaurants. It makes for a lovely day out. It can get very busy during school holidays and peak season (December).Visit Rosebank on a Sunday. Besides the very interesting and lively Rooftop Market, there are plenty shops and restaurants to choose from. Rosebank is also where you will find the African Craft Market, where you...
Johannesburg (Joburg, Jozi, Egoli) could be called the business capital of South Africa and is therefore also the richest city. The city developed after gold was discovered. It is also the biggest city in the country. Johannesburg is a city which move at a fast pace. Despite not being a major tourist attraction, it still has some very interesting things to do and see to offer.Oliver Thambo International Airport is most probably the port of entry for most tourists visiting SA. The airport is East of Johannesburg, and by 2010, we will have a rail system connecting the airport to the city of Johannesburg.Johannesburg, especially Sandton, is the place where you will find most International Hotels like the Hilton etc. Sandton is a business hub of Johannesburg, with Shopping Malls for the more affluent.Pretoria, the Capital, is only about 50km north of Johannesburg.
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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