Travelling throughout Southern Africa is a ‘Dream Holiday’ for many, but the distances are vast, and the international flights can soon push up the overall cost of your trip… so how do you travel from South Africa to Namibia, Botswana to Zambia, and Zimbabwe to Mozambique without blowing your budget…? Well, you will be pleased…
Tag: South Africa
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…
Looking for a 2014 Holiday? Here’s where you SHOULDN’T be Heading
I love rounding off the week with the latest travel news, holiday trends and surveys, so I was delighted to find one such article in the Daily Mail Newspaper today, revealing the 10 Worst Destinations in the world for a holiday! An interesting survey, but one that seems to be based on crime, notoriety and…
The African Sky at Night – Home to the Most Beautiful Sunsets in the World
We have been lucky enough to visit many countries in the world, but we have yet to find anywhere with more beautiful sunsets than Southern African. A celebrated part of daily life, in South Africa at least, sunset is when friends and family come together to share their stories of the day and enjoy a…
A Gourmet Tour of Africa – This is why we LOVE to Travel!
One of the things we love most about travelling is trying different foods, new wines, and local delicacies that one just cannot get anywhere else in the world. During our recent 5-week trip to South Africa and Namibia, we certainly made the most of the gourmet offerings (my expanded waistline is a testament to that…
Roaring above Cape Town on our Lions Head Tour!
There are so many things to see and do in Cape Town that you could easily spend a fortnight just exploring the city and its surrounds, but if there is one thing you shouldn’t miss during your stay in the Mother City (in my humble opinion!), it would have to be climbing Lions Head Mountain….
Perfectly Paternoster
If, like us, you are a huge fan of South Africa, then you have probably already ticked Kruger Park, Sabi Sands, the Garden Route, Cape Town, and a whole host of inland treasures off your bucket list… but if you haven’t ventured up the west coast yet – you are in for a treat! During…
Looking for Holiday Inspiration? Check out the New York Times 52 Places to go in 2014
The New York Times has released its ‘52 Places to Go In 2014’, and if you are undecided about where to go for your 2014 holiday, you might just get all the inspiration you need from this comprehensive and well thought out list. With a different destination for every week of the year, there really…
A Drink for Every Destination – What’s Your Favourite Holiday Tipple?
I think most of us are guilty of over indulging during our holidays abroad, and while it may not be ‘socially acceptable’ to drink a Piña Colada at 11am down at your local pub, it is almost mandatory when you are lying by the pool in an exotic destination! But the more I travel, the…
Get More for Your Money at these Great Value 2014 Holiday Destinations
When you work in the travel industry, you constantly have one eye on the international exchange rates, and if the first three weeks of 2014 are anything to go by, it looks as though this year is going to be a great year for British Travellers. The good old Great British Pound is clambering its…
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…
Countdown to Cape Town
Holiday hot spot to the rich and famous, Cape Town attracts more than its fair share of A-Lister’s each year, and with just over 6-weeks to go until we head down to the city on our annual pilgrimage to the Cape Argus Cycle Tour, we are excited to find out which ‘star’ will be joining…
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