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3 days and 4 of the best places to visit on the Garden Route

3 days and 4 of the best places to visit on the Garden Route

The summer months and right through to autumn, October to May, you can almost be guaranteed to have warm sunny days – but, it is always picturesque and full of surprizes. 

5 tips for your first time in South Africa

5 tips for your first time in South Africa

Head to Cape Town. The beautiful architecture here is complemented by Table Mountain, which towers over the city below.

Humble Spekboom took the travel industry by storm

Humble Spekboom took the travel industry by storm

The SPEKBOOM project brings awareness and informs the world about the challenges we face in travel with enormous social change. We will be by leading the conversation with how we reduce our footprint travellers to South Africa.

Acacia Trees Prevent Elephant Attacks With Armies of Ants

Acacia Trees Prevent Elephant Attacks With Armies of Ants

Ants in your pants? That's nothing compared with ants up your snout. And that's what elephants in the African savanna must contend with when trying to snag a meal from a certain type of acacia tree.

3 easy ways to keep kids entertained on holiday

3 easy ways to keep kids entertained on holiday

If you're a parent, there are few things better than introducing your children to the world beyond your doorstep. The world is beautiful, exciting and awe-inspiring, and travel simply wouldn't be the same without your little ones to share every moment.

Forest Swingers - Mischievous Capuchin Monkeys

Forest Swingers - Mischievous Capuchin Monkeys

Capuchins are spunky little fellas and the most intelligent of all monkeys and stars of innumerable movies. But there’s more to them than on-screen fame. Read on to find out more about these remarkable critters.

The mystery of the Bokoni stone circles

The mystery of the Bokoni stone circles

Most of the mountains and hills of Mpumalanga have stone circles on them and extensive road networks joining them to one another. This has long been thought of as just homes of the local peoples and their cattle kraals. 

The story of the mountains that trapped earth’s history in stone

The story of the mountains that trapped earth’s history in stone

The Makhonjwa Mountains are certainly one of South Africa’s most unique and picturesque areas. In the first geomorphic features these of these rocks these mountains can tell us a lot about where we come from.

Iconic Train transformed into a Luxury Hotel in Kruger  Park

Iconic Train transformed into a Luxury Hotel in Kruger Park

The Kruger Shalati Train is housed on a bridge is being hailed as a unique luxury accommodation experience. The new initiative pays tribute to the history of Kruger when visitors to park once arrived by train.

Notre Dame Fire- a wound at the very heart of Paris !

Notre Dame Fire- a wound at the very heart of Paris !

The nearly 900-year-old Gothic church, which is a tourist hub in the city and one of the most recognizable sites in Europe, was severely damaged.  It survived eight centuries of plague, war, revolution, and the Nazis. How could it be burning?

4 Wineries that let you take Agulhas Wine Triangle serious

4 Wineries that let you take Agulhas Wine Triangle serious

There is something distinctly romantic about tasting wine from vines grown at the southernmost point of the African continent, and not just ordinary wines but extraordinary highly ranked wines competing with the best in the world. 

Cradle of Human Culture route launched in Western Cape

Cradle of Human Culture route launched in Western Cape

 A new culture route aims to take locals and tourists on a journey of archaeological discovery. offering some of the earliest evidence of the evolution of modern human behaviour human societies and customs can be found on this route.

6 ways you can travel green without post remorse

6 ways you can travel green without post remorse

Eco-friendly travel practices can lift the guilt and remorse and lighten the blemish on Mother Earth. According to Tripadvisor, nearly two-thirds of travellers plan to make more environmentally sound choices in future.

Rare Baby Albino Elephant Spotted In the Kruger Park

Rare Baby Albino Elephant Spotted In the Kruger Park

An extremely rare albino elephant has been seen in Kruger National Park in South Africa. The little elephant calf’s pink skin stands out in contrast with the grey skin of her mother and African elephants in her herd. 

The Uniondale Ghost -Mystery or Myth?

The Uniondale Ghost -Mystery or Myth?

An urban legend in the "vanishing hitchhiker" tradition arose after a girl auto accident not far from Uniondale on Easter Sunday of 1968. For years afterwards around the anniversary of her death, she hitchhiked along the road 

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