Around the country
Durban, Johannesburg, the Garden Route, the Karoo and neighbouring countries.
10 Days in South Africa: Itinerary Ideas
South Africa offers a variety of things to do. Those who are looking for an active holiday will be happy to find hiking and walking trails in many national parks and even in botanical gardens; those…
3 Days in Cape Town: Itinerary Ideas
Cape Town is the second largest city in South Africa and offers plenty of things to do . Before figuring out what you want to here, decide when to get here.
Things to Do in Johannesburg
Johannesburg is South Africa’s largest city and also one of the greenest cities in the world. The city is known for the sunny and dry year-round year, with mild temperatures.
There Is Still Time To Book A Vacation in South Africa
With only two weeks to go until the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa, there’s still time to book your vacation.
Stargazing In The Cederberg
Cederberg Astronomical Observatory In a country with more angles on tourism than on a cut diamond, I was interested to discover the existence in the South African Cederberg of a private observatory…
The Wild Coast
In the modern world, 'wild' as far as nature is concerned is a relative concept. It is enough, perhaps, that an area of natural beauty is not utterly trampled by urban development, or destroyed by…
Apartheid Museum and Voortrekker Monument
The Commemorations and Memories of a Race Struggle South Africa is one of the few countries in the world where the politics of revolution are a tourist attraction.
CapeTown: The Mother City
A Jet Set Capital There are a handful of highly cosmopolitan cities that decorate the global travel map – Rio, Sydney and Buenos Aires to name but a few – that all have in some way the attributes of…
Whats on in Cape Town: Things to do
Cape Talk Radio has a great page on their website allowing organisers to list events interactively on a calender.
Fishing up the West Coast!
On Saturday morning we were up at 05:30am (did you know it is still dark then) to go fishing up the West Coast.
Southafricalogue back in South Africa.
Well its very nice to back. Although it is not nearly as hot here as in Mozambique, the humidity was getting painful and although the caipirinhas help, two weeks is not enough for the blood to start…
Table mountain cable car: Frighteningly fast fog.
Just like Manhattanites only go up the Empire State when showing visitors around, Capetonians rarely go up Table Mountain except to show it off to visiting friends and family.
Johannesburg International to Become OR Tambo International
Alert! As of next month (27 October, to be precise), Johannesburg International Airport will get a new name: OR Tambo International .
Kaaimans Pass Update: Garden Route Open for Business
Alert! Following yesterday's dire warnings about the collapse of the N2 highway at the Kaaimans River Pass - which has threatened to spike the Garden Route 's upcoming "season" before it begins - the…
Kaaimans River Pass Ready to Kiss World Goodbye
Alert! In one of the more disturbing developments to come out of last week's flooding in the Garden Route , the Kaaimans River pass - which connects the towns of Knysna and George , and is part of…
Slackpackers of the World, Unite!
It takes a big person to be a slackpacker - to have your hiking cake and eat it, too, and not feel a jot of guilt.
Local Tourism Politics Puzzle This Travel Writer Very Much Indeed
Alert! Despite flooding that has taken almost a dozen lives and wreaked much damage all across the Garden Route , Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool says the half-drowned parts of the coast will not…
Note to Susfloos: Head to the Apartheid Museum or Newtown
Susfloos posts a query on the BootsnAll South Africa travel forum : what to do during a five hour layover in Johannesburg?
We Got Snow, Not Everybody Knows, but it's Alright
Alert! After a frigid weekend, the Western Cape - and more particularly the town of Ceres , which is sort of a Swartland launching pad into the high, cold Roggeveld - has snow!
A Town's Tale of Two Bookshops: The Book Cottage (2/2)
The Walker Bay town of Hermanus - famous for its whale watching, from July to September - is home to two of the Overberg’s best little bookshops, which are right next door to each other.
Namibia is Safe for Normal Tourists Again
Now that the terrible two-headed monster , Brangelina , has finished spawning and finally migrated back to its home territory - incredible, the lengths to which these things will go just to breed,…
A Town's Tale of Two Bookshops: Hemingway's (1/2)
The Walker Bay town of Hermanus - famous for its whale watching, from July to September - is home to two of the Overberg's best little bookshops, which are right next door to each other.
Cape Town Landmark: the Western Province Government Building
Spotted! The Western Cape Provincial Government building, towering over its much prettier neighbor, the St. George's Cathedral.
Johannesburg Landmark: The Nelson Mandela Bridge
Spotted! The Nelson Mandela Bridge, in the heart of the Johannesburg CBD, connecting its Braamfontein and Newtown sections.
Spring Meadow, West Coast
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Skiing in South Africa
For a truly unique winter travel experience in Africa, it's going to be tough to top a ski getaway in the Drakensberg mountains.
Kalk Bay is its Own, Self-Contained Tourism Route
Weekend traffic along Cape Town's False Bay coastline - which begins at Muizenberg, more or less, and trails all the way, via the penguins , down to Cape Point - has been getting less congested by…
Lykwa Sends Chills Down the Old Spine
Spotted! A lykwa (pronounced LAKE-vaw) in De Oude Kerk museum, off Church St. in Riebeek Kasteel ( map ), in the Swartland region of the Cape Winelands. Lykwa What on Earth is it?
Hotline for Cape Town Tourism Complaints
Cape Town loves its tourists, and does its best to take good care of them. Occasionally, though, things go wrong, and infuriation ensues.
Where Do South Africa's Two Oceans Meet?
The confluence of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in South Africa is a matter of some controversy , mostly because of the drawing power afforded to a place that can say it's "where two oceans meet".
Overberg Fire Wreaks Devastation
The Western Cape's summer has been a season of the elements - wind and fire, mostly.
Visit our South Africa Travel Forum
SA Blog invites you to visit the South Africa travel forum on the BootsnAll travel message boards .
DeepBlueSkyy's Road Trip to Durban
DeepBlueSkyy sends in a comment , wanting to know - How safe will his/her road trip from Cape Town to Durban be?
Hiring a Scooter or Motorcycle in South Africa
Hired a scooter or motorcycle in South Africa? Tell us where, when and how it went! SA Blog links follow.
Tulbagh - The 6-Part Serial Adventure! (6/6: Tarzan Boot Store)
Part 6/6: Tarzan Fabriekswinkel, Home of the Ultimate Boot in the Swartland .flickr-photo { }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 5px; margin-bottom:…
Tulbagh - The 6-Part Serial Adventure! (1/6: Getting There)
(An SA Blog Beta Post from Your Correspondent) The hamlet of Tulbagh offers perhaps the best motoring weekend away from Cape Town.