If you are fed up with football and feeling deflated with the 30 degree heatwave, why not book yourself a last-minute holiday to Southern Africa, and experience winter below the equator. The temperatures are mild, popular sight-seeing areas are much less crowded, and with no televisions or even electric in some parts of the African…
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Cape Town Water Crisis: What it Really Means for International Visitors
If you are planning a trip to South Africa in 2018/2019, chances are, you have already heard about the water crisis that is affecting the Western Cape, and in particular, Cape Town. Lack of rain in recent years has left the regions dams all but dry, and while severe water restrictions have been put in…
Cosmopolitan Cape Town – Is there anywhere better for a Winter Holiday?
There are good winter holiday destinations, and there are great winter holiday destinations, but if you are looking for the ultimate winter holiday destination for your 2014/2015 break, you might struggle to find anywhere more perfect than Cape Town. A cosmopolitan hub with fabulous hotels, gourmet restaurants, endless sightseeing opportunities, and some of the friendliest…
Top Vacation Nations – Where to live if you want more Annual Leave
According to a recent review in Australian Newspaper – The Herald Sun, we Europeans get more annual vacation time that any other nationality in the world, and with the washout summer we have had this year (so far), it looks as though we are going to need those vacation days to find some autumn or winter…
Take a Tuk-Tuk and Explore Cape Town – Free!
We have all heard the saying “there is no such thing as a free ride”, but if you are planning on heading down to Cape Town in South Africa this year, you can take as many free rides as you like in one of the cool Tuk-Tuk’s that roam the city! A fantastic new concept…
And the Best Cities in the World Are…
If you are looking to spend a week or two in one of the world’s best cities, somewhere where you can shop till you drop, dine to your heart’s content, dance the night away, and rely on the taxi driver to take you back to your hotel at the end of a long day, you…
Self Drive South Africa’s Garden Route and enjoy one of the Most Beautiful Stretches of Coastline in the World
One of most breathtakingly beautiful natural playgrounds in the word, South Africa’s Garden Route is the perfect place for your next self-drive holiday. A fabulous stretch of coastline, easily accessible from Cape Town or Port Elizabeth, the Garden Route is a place of spectacular natural beauty, and during your self-drive adventure, you can expect to…
Culinary Cycle Tour – Now that sounds like my kind of Holiday!
If you like the sound of a cycling holiday, but don’t like the thought of 10 hours a day in the saddle, and you like the sound of a culinary holiday, but are worried about all those calories, a Culinary Cycle Tour could be the perfect choice for your next holiday adventure! Combing 4-5 hours…
Last Chance to Enter the Cape Argus Cycle Tour 2014
With just over five weeks to go until the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour 2014 (that’s 39 days, 12 hours, and 32 minutes for anyone who’s interested!), the pressure is on to train, train, and then train some more, in preparation for the world’s largest timed cycle race. I’ve whinged and whined about…
Cape Argus Cycle Tour – Voted One of the World’s Top 10 Cycle Routes!
Anyone following our blog will know by now that we are Cape Argus Cycle Tour fanatics, and if the recent National Geographic ‘Journey of a Lifetime’ book is anything to go by, it seems we are not the only ones! A brilliantly organised 109km race around the Western Cape of South Africa, the Cape Argus…
Cape Argus 2014 – Training with Professional SA Cyclist
If you are lucky enough to live in the Western Cape of South Africa, you have the Cape Argus Route on your doorstep, the summer is about to arrive, and you will have plenty of time to train and get in top condition for the Cape Argus Cycle Tour in March 2014… For those of us…
Training for the Cape Argus Cycle Tour 2014 – Tours for International Cyclists
If you are lucky enough to live in Cape Town, training for the Cape Argus Cycle Tour 2014 is going to be a breeze. Not only is spring just around the corner, but you have the 109km route on your doorstep, and you can give Suikerbossie and Chapman’s Peak more than a few test runs…
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