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Areas to avoid   Cape Town

Areas to avoid, Cape Town

 16 Reviews  gertn is a typical "whenwe", a whenwe being a person who harps back to the good old days of apartheid where south africa was apparently perfect. i would not listen to, or take, his advice as i lived... 

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Malaria   Kruger National Park

Malaria, Kruger National Park

 11 Reviews  Do I have your attention? Good. Most of South Africa is Malaria free. However, Kruger National Park has Malaria and the mosquitoes to infect you with it. My doctor once told me that 1 million... 

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Crime - theft   Cape Town

Crime - theft, Cape Town

 29 Reviews  If you are not prepared to be mugged or stabbed, don't go. I've been a number of times and I love it, there are many great things about it but the apologists saying "be careful" are deluded. Last week... 

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other animals   Kruger National Park

other animals, Kruger National Park

 9 Reviews  There can be lots of animals on the road, and actually you will see lots of them, even if some are not really endangering you, they might damage your car if you crash into any. Here is an example of... 

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Safety at night   Cape Town

Safety at night, Cape Town

 17 Reviews  If you're somewhere in Table view or Bloubergsrand or Camps Bay don't think you are safe after dark. In the evening at the beach in Table View right in front of a tall hotel building (the waves really... 

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elephants   Kruger National Park

elephants, Kruger National Park

 11 Reviews  Do not let children tease elephants, these animals are wild animals, and plz keep distance with car. Do not follow elephants, always allow elephants right of way, drive off slowly if they get too... 

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Driving / Car safety   Cape Town

Driving / Car safety, Cape Town

 16 Reviews  April 2011: Our ever-reliable Cape Town based correspondent Gerald_D (who doesn't write tips but is amazingly informative in travel fora) informs me that Main Road Kalk Bay has been closed northbound... 

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vehicles / traffic   Kruger National Park

vehicles / traffic, Kruger National Park

 13 Reviews  (work in progress) Vistors are not allowed to drive off road is allowed in any of South Africa's national or provincial game reserves. In private reserves, game rangers may take vehicles off road -... 

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hippo   Kruger National Park

hippo, Kruger National Park

 4 Reviews  What I didn't realize before going to Kruger is that hippos kill more tourists than any other animal in Africa. People don't realize that they are dangerous and go right up to them to get a better... 

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lions   Kruger National Park

lions, Kruger National Park

 2 Reviews  Kruger National Park was awesome to be able to see animals in the wild. But DO stay in your car and roll up the window if you're getting close to some animals! They are WILD animals! =) And... 

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weather   Kruger National Park

weather, Kruger National Park

 2 Reviews  Even the professional drivers with 4WD Jeeps are not immune against getting stuck. (Ok the river was a little bigger than the one we got stuck in with the Caravan ...) As you can see, we are... 

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Kruger National Park

by ant1606

Best way to enjoy Kruger park is to drive around. Most roads are paved, but taking a variety of gravel roads proves more efficient for animal sightings.OBEY SPEED LIMITS and watch out for animals. They seem to be used to vehicle traffic but, especially behind corners, give a brake to animals quietly grazing and wondering who is inside that moving cage.We encountered herds of giraf, zebra, buffalo, wildebeest and even elephants clogging our road. The most impressive experience was to find ourselves literally inside a herd of about 50 elephants.Unless you want to share your vehicle interior with monkeys, roll up all windows!

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Kruger National Park

by ant1606

Camps inside Kruger Park are safe places and, with only a few exceptions throughout the whole park, the ONLY areas where it is allowed to get out of a vehicle. Considering the huge amount of wild and fierce animals, it is HIGHLY recommended to obey this rule. Luckily, this is not a zoo but a sanctuary where animals roam free.NOTICE: make sure to return to the camp before 6:00 PM, at this time the camp gates are closed WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS. Any late arrival will be fined. Check time as it may vary according to the season.Only people allowed not to be inside a vehicle are, of course, rangers. Would you ride a bicycle among lion, rhino or elephant?

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Kruger National Park

by ant1606

Unless you visit Kruger Park on a day trip, proof of overnight accommodation booking is requested at any of the park entrance gates. This park is quite big and it is recommendable to spend a few nights there. We spent a whole week without regrets in camps and bush lodges.Advance booking is highly recommended.We spent our first night at the southernmost camp, Crocodile Bridge. At the time of reservation the only option was to secure a space for our own tent. While pitching it in the sunset twilight, just outside the camp fence, and a few meters away from us, this hyena was walking back and forth searching for food.DO NOT FEED ANIMALS. If they get used to it they will keep hanging around camps or even try to break in. We heard from a ranger that a cheetah was found in the restrooms and attacked a guest. Inevitably, and sadly, this cheetah was shot to death.

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Muggings

by Acirfa

Be very careful, a tourist stands out a mile in South Africa and that makes us easy targets. Always have eyes in the back of your head, you will learn this quickly, do not wear or carry valuables, resist throwing a rucksak over your shoulder, keep to the guidlines given. Stay on the clearly marked routes. Do not wander around the streets, particularly of a night, it is asking for trouble

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by cokes

Well people hear all these bad stories of how high the crime rate is in South Africa. Yes I`m not gonna say its the safest place on earth but there is crime like crime in all big cities here in South Africa.In Johannesburg I can honestly say the city centre is not very safe , places like Hilbrow you definitely keep out of. Most places in general around Johannesburg seems to be ok.As for Cape Town , I always felt safe around there well accept for wondering around in the Cape Flats.... As a tourist I don`t think you`ll wonder around there so you`ll be ok.Durban city centre gave me a bit of the creeps , I rather prefered to go to places away from the City itself. Either Go to the North Coast or go to the South Coast.Here is more links to more warnings in Johannesburg , Cape Town , Durban , Hartbeespoort Dam and Sun City

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Not all areas are safe

by Roggeveen

Especially around the larger cities you are warned not to go out alone. Just ask the hotel manager which areas are save and let a taxi take you there.We were warned in Kaapstad and Johannesburg (Soweto).

Mind you don't step on a Snake.

by two_wombles

This is actually more of a caution than anything else to anyone who decides to go running around the bush (i.e. Hiking). Snakes are usually not a problem in South Africa, in fact most snakes are most likely to be long gone before you arrive. Though there is one snake, which is a bit lazy, namely the "Puff Adder". It is a highly poisons snake and accounts for about 60 percent of snake bites in South Africa. Though not to worry too much ... it will probably not budge and inch if you had to go and sit down close to it. In fact if you don't see it, you will probably not even know it is there, even though it is known to have quite a bad temper. That said, be careful none the less, if in the bush, it is not advisable to go running around without shoes, because you may just not know what is lying in the bushveld. If you happen to see a Puff Adder, don't stress, just LEAVE IT ALONE!

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Durban

by Olivaw

Durban--not my place. Durban is heavily Muslim and has the largest mosque in the southern hemisphere. The trick is trying to find it. One would think that would be an easy thing to do and even though we could spot the mosque, finding the entrance was a challenge. There were so many people and stalls of wares, people selling all kinds of stuff. And we didn't want to stop and ask questions for fear of who knows what. It was all very noisy and crowded and people in your face trying to sell you things. At one point I got tapped (attempted pick pocket) which really messed with me. So, Durban wasn't an enjoyable experience but we finally did manage to see the mosque and visited the Indian Market, but I was way over it.

Local news regarding Table Mount. on 8th Dec 2004

by Debbyisontheway

Local news in CT on 8th Dec. 2004.*************************************************The body of a Japanese tourist was found on Table Mountain on Wednesday, while one of his fellow-citizens was in hospital after escaping an attack. A third person, another man, was apparently handcuffed and shackled and thrown off the mountain road recently. Rescue workers found the body of the tourist, in his twenties, at the India Window about 150m from the summit on Wednesday.It took about an hour for rescue workers to reach the body on Wednesday after a German tourist had spotted it. It seemed as if the man had fallen. The man's camera and personal belongings were found with him. Woman stabbedThe woman, 30, who survived an attack on Tuesday, was admitted to Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town. The wounded woman was a tourist who travelled the world on her own. When she arrived at...

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STOP AND LISTEN TO ME

by Africanborn

If you want to visit south africa you WILL BE A VICTIM OF CRIME!!! -Keep away frum taxis as shot outs happen reguarly and I mean reguarly-Downtown Cape Town (cape flatz) is more dangerous than Jo'burg as they are more poorer and and they resort to ANY!! means of violence such as 187 ,rape and theft just to get food or to feed their habits, Jo burg is jus known down here for theft and such- Keep away frum (Bishop lavis, Michelles Plain, Parow west, Goodwood, Langa, Knyanga, they iz dangerous beleive me.- Keep away frum them and Tha hard livingz, you can tell who the hard livingz are because their frunt 4 teeth have been bashed tha F*%" out.If you follow this you still will be a victim of crime but you might jus have some sense when it happensOtherwise I think cape town is a lovely place to live and therez not much to be scared of (!) ha ha haoh and this photo shows where the CAPE FLATS...

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