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  A rainy Lanseria airport
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      A rainy Lanseria airport
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      Flying within South Africa
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  • Gautrain bus at Melrose Arch
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Car / Taxi   Cape Town

Car / Taxi, Cape Town

 51 Reviews  There are numerous car rental companies located at the airport and throughout town but we have secured our car from SIXT First Car Rental from UK via another third party website CarHire3000.com. The... 

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self drive   Kruger National Park

self drive, Kruger National Park

 25 Reviews  Shell Ultra City N4 highway at Middelburg is on the main route from to Johannesburg and Pretoria to the Kruger National park. Thieves are using car lock jamming devices to block the signal to auto... 

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Buses   Cape Town

Buses, Cape Town

 22 Reviews  I have never used the City Sightseeing bus in Cape Town, but looking at the website, it seems like so much fun that I can't wait to give it a go! South Africa is notorious for its lack of public... 

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airport   Kruger National Park

airport, Kruger National Park

 8 Reviews  I fly about once a fortnight on business :( and as often as I can for pleasure :), but let me confess up front that although its an integral part of my life, I just don't like flying. And I really... 

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Trains   Cape Town

Trains, Cape Town

 13 Reviews  The Muizenberg-Simonstown railway is probably one of the most picturesque sections of coastal railway line in the world, and if you're lucky, you can watch whales frolicking in False Bay. The line... 

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safari tour   Kruger National Park

safari tour, Kruger National Park

 9 Reviews  Transport within the park has to be done either with Safari Company or with your own vehicle. In the environment of Kruger Park unlike the Etosha Park in Namibia, where the grass is lower and there... 

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Air Travel   Cape Town

Air Travel, Cape Town

 36 Reviews  Kulula and 1Time fly into Cape Town and generally offer the cheapest tickets. SAA and BA are often 3 or 4 times the price. Shop around and always look for the "best fare prices". If your dates are... 

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DRIVE TO SURVIVE

by DAO

This is about the bad driving conditions I experienced in RSA, so you will know what to look for here. Please see my other transport pages for bad drivers in other parts of the world. 1) Driving on the leftStay FAR left. Drivers love to overtake at the crest of blind summits on your side of the road. Always hug the left side (except at night).2) The white line on the left sideIs the slow/break down lane. You aren’t supposed to drive in it and there may be a stationary vehicle there, but see item 1. You may want to use it. Just watch out at blind summits. Can’t win can you?3) DuskIs more dangerous than at night. Animals cross the road from pasture to home. Often unattended4) Cows See item 3. They move slowly though. Of course remember item 1 and 2. Can destroy your car and kill you5) GoatsThey can be fast, erratic and go any direction including backwards. See items 1-3. Can make you have...

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CABS Car Hire

by SouthAfricaDude

For great prices, and a pretty cool selection of types of car, they are a good choice. Their motto is Customers Appreciate Better Service, which is a good one because their service was excellent. I was able to find only one company who offered a cheaper rate per day to hire a car, but the catch was the insurance excess which was much higher, and a risk I didnt want to take.

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GPS/Cell Phone

by jamie29

The best advice we got came from a man we met on our plane who was from South Africa. He suggested we rent a GPS and a cellphone upon arrival in Cape Town before renting our car. The GPS was a blessing to have and the cellphone also gave us some piece of mind while we were exploring the countryside and driving around.

WARNING! SPEEDING FINES!

by smirnofforiginal

Just a little word to the wise.Over a year after I was driving through Oudtshoorn, admiring ostrich after ostrich after ostrich after ostrich... my credit card statement came in and showed a curious amount as having been paid to the car hire company I had used when I had been in South Africa. The amount was taken from an enitrely different area/office in South Africa to that which I had hired the car and had dealings with... so, naturally, a little question mark flagged up!I rang the UK side of the car hire company and they were very efficient at hunting down the office in South Africa and making inquiries for me.As it turned out, whilst driving through that ostrich ridden strip of the world, I had gone a couple of kms over the speed limit... and KABOOOM! It had taken a year to get my money which the company automatically took but got it they did.So, that is my first warning.The second...

Forecourt attendants make your visit a pleasure!

by CatherineReichardt

Visitors used to serving themselves are often surprised at the number and helpfulness of South African forecourt (petrol pump) attendants.These guys (I've never seen a female one) fill up your car with fuel, and will offer to wash your windscreen as well. They will usually also offer to check your oil and water levels, and even to check your tyre pressure: in other words, all the routine maintenance that you know you should do regularly but never seem to get around to!Why are they so helpful? Well, to be brutally honest, they are chronically underpaid: in a recent strike (mid 2010), it came out that a forecourt attendant gets paid less than R1700 (about than $US250) per month for a 45 hour week. This is a breadline wage, so be sure that you recompense them for their effort, as it is a vital supplementation to their base income. The going rate is about R2 for filling up with petrol, and...

Pilanesberg

by canuck68

I can't speak to the rest of your question but I went with friends for 3 days to Pilanesberg and the experience was wonderful. One day though would still be most enjoyable. We self drove except for one tour and I liked the self driving better as we could stop whenever we saw something and stay in that spot for as long as we wanted to. The vehicles used by the guides are higher therefore you can see more. I think self driving is very adequate. Enjoy your visit.

Mind out for the robots on our roads!

by CatherineReichardt

One of the most bewildering pieces of Sarth Efrikan English is the use of the term 'robots' for traffic lights!I first encountered the term when I first arrived in Jo'burg and was asking for directions. At the time, I was too taken aback to question what the term might mean, and ventured forth with great trepidation, half-expecting to encounter a Dalek or a Transformer at the next junction!Even after all these years (and having come to routinely use the term myself), it still makes me smile!There are, however, other aspects of our robots that will make you snarl rather than smirk. In Johannesburg in particular, it has become an almost everyday occurrence to encounter robots which are out of order, and it can take days - and quite often even weeks - for them to be fixed, during which time busy intersections revert to being 4 way stops and clog up like the arteries of a cholesterol junkie...

Drive a car

by Gili_S

Car rental is a great way to see the country, if it is for the nature, animal watching and adventure, it will give you the flexibility and freedom. Roads are good and it is easy to get everywhere.However, the distances are very far, depends where you go, the Kruger park in the east, Cape town in the west and the desert in the north, it will take long time to drive those distances, so the best is to fly, rent a car in local places will saves you lots of time and hassle.

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Be particularly careful when driving in poor light

by CatherineReichardt

Driving in South Africa is a superb way to get around, but visitors need to be mindful of the risks this involves so that they can exercise due caution. Driving in poor light (dawn, dusk or at night) is particularly risky, and I would advise travellers - particularly those who are unfamiliar with driving in the developing world - to avoid this if at all possible. Why should you only drive in daylight? Firstly, the condition of the road surface is often poor - even on major routes (see my tip on potholes) - and potholes can be difficult to identify if the light is poor. Some of these potholes are huge, and hitting one can cause major damage to your vehicle, as well as increasing the risk of the driver losing control.Secondly, most game becomes more active around dawn and dusk. Kudu in particular have a nasty habit of trying to jump across the road if they are startled by oncoming lights,...

Suggest you hire a GPS with your car

by CatherineReichardt

It is important to note that hire cars in South Africa generally do not come with maps or streetfinder atlases, and few hire companies are willing to lend these out (presumably as these have not been returned in the past?).In general, South African cities are not well signposted, and the confusion is compounded where roads have been renamed to reflect the new political order, which the maps may not yet reflect (navigating around central Durban is particularly nighmarish at the moment for this reason).Tourists are particularly vulnerable when they are lost and either pull off to try and work out where they are, or stop to ask for directions. I would therefore strongly recommend hiring a GPS with the car (all reputable hire companies should offer this, but be sure to specify at the time of booking as they may not have enough units to satisfy demand) - for a very small additional amount,...

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