Port Elizabeth Travel Blogs

Out at the beach all day, splashing in the waves! Heaven! One moment im floating upside down in the clear blue water, the next a life guard shouts "everyone out the water theres a shark".............. Iv never seen lads move so fast! Half an hour passes and everyone is back into the water, but d…

From Croatia to Sofia, war remnants in Mostar and Sarajevo is hard to forget. Then jetsetting half the globe to Johannesburg, South Africa. With Capetown the main highlight, Cape of Good Hope is where the meeting point of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

Our drive through scenic and charming Cape town brought us to Port Elizabeth: This port famously known as the friendly city is the gateway to the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is a modern town with all the commercial amenities like domestic and international airports and a harbour that serves fo…

Known as the Windy City, Port Elizabeth is the kite surfing and wind/surf sport capital of South Africa. It also enjoys some of the best beaches on the south facing shores of South Africa, and despite a long history, and a fine historic legacy, it is a young city with plenty of action, and an excel…

What a place to see with the wild life. My daughter fell in love with the baby lion cubs. The nautre is so peacefuland surine.

We spent yesterday in Port Elizabeth, and as we were staying close to the beach we didn't stray far from there.  It was a lovely, warm day so we strolled along the seafront and sat on the beach for a while, watching the locals play football.  We discovered a few craft stalls on the waterf…

I spent three months in South Africa in 2006

So having left the game park, we did a quick detour back to St Lucia to collect my mobile phone which I had accidentally left behind. Those who know me well won't be surprised by this, but I was very lucky that it had been looked after for me. Our next stop was the Durban branch of the Shafto fami…

As I leave Gold Valley today, I feel like I've already had my adventure and its time to go home... but I'm only 1/3 of the way done.  Matt & Sylvia have been amazing as well as their entire staff.  By the time I leave I feel more like a member of the family rather than a guest.  …

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It was a long drive to Port Elizabeth from Cape town. But I can't complain, everything was beautiful and new to me. I liked everything around it.I stayed at a farm where no one else other than the people living in the house is around. I don't think I can live there, though, it was a beautiful exper…