South Africa Travel Blogs

The first European settlers called them 'Dragon Mountains'; the Zulus call them 'Barrier of Spears' - whatever you know them as, the Drakensberg mountain range is one of the most spectacular natural features of Africa. The Drakensberg is situated in the Eastern parts of South Africa running approx…

This is Tuesday afternoon. I am currently lounging on the outdoor terrace of my hotel—the Holiday Inn Maputo. It is one of the few better hotels that sit right on the beach. Writing this journal is difficult, because I am constantly being distracted by the beautiful beach sprawled out before…

Traveling to South Africa On the 10th of october was my bigg day... I had to get up at 4AM in the moring.... to take the train to get in time before 8AM. I took me 2 hours and 40 minutes to get to the airport by train... My sweet mother went with me.... She took great care of me with drinks and fo…

I actually did not have any plans to go back to South Africa again but after I found a plane ticket with Lufthansa going to Joburg at rock bottom price I figured it was a sign that I should go once more and find some big animals to look at for a bit of time. Hence I got the ticket without much …

Had a walk to the Company Garden, to the Waterfront and to Bo Kaap, the malay quarter of Cape Town. Eugene was an excellent guide.

May 30th The feelings I experienced while stepping off the plane for the first time in Africa were quite overwhelming. It was my 5th continent to visit and I was ready to explore with my Lonely Planet guide in my hand (even though I was incredibly jet lagged)!  It was by far the furthest jou…

This was a beautiful place to watch the sun set. table mountain was stunning as the city sat below it. The sand was clean, but the water was very cold. People were out doing this thing called kite surfing. Was the most interesting thing to see. We watched as these guys jumped way up into the air ov…

From Kenyatta to Jo’burg I flew by Kenya Airline and half emptied seats in 3 hours before midnight. Upon arriving at OR Tambo Airport I was scared to know the airport pick up that arranged earlier was not there. Earlier I made reservation for the hostel to pick me up and they confirmed to be at i…

At the end of the canyon the Fish river flows into the Orange river. This marks the border between Namibia and South Africa. We crossed the border at the town of Noordoewer, heading to the South African town of Vioolsdrif. I just love those names in Afrikaans!Oddly enough, the Orange river is named…

A few photos from my first ever trip to Southern Africa. Since this ended up being more of an urban adventure, I hope to return again soon for some animal explorations

Our last bit of sightseeing.  Today we set out on a trip to Cape Point, that in the summer would be fantastic, but we unfortunately didn't pick the right day for it. Our guide first of all took us to a place on the coast  - Hout Bay - where we could go on a boat to a little island to see …

We landen in Johannesburg. Het is zonnig en warm (tussen de 20 en 25˚C). We stappen niet uit via de welbekende slurf, maar komen via een trap op het asfalt terecht en worden met bussen naar de terminal gebracht. Terwijl we in de rij staan voor de douane stuur ik een sms naar huis om te laten weten…

I can’t believe I almost gave Table Mountain a miss. I was umm-ing and ahh-ing about paying 85 Rand to see it, but it turned out to be worth every cent. I went up the mountain by cable car at about 9.30 am and didn’t come back down ‘til 2 pm and even then, I didn’t really want to leave. &n…

After being picked up by Johan, our tourleader, we first drop our luggage at the hotel in one of the suburbs of Johannesburg. We're told not to go downtown, because it is very unsafe. Since we're only staying here for one night, there's no time for that anyway. In the afternoon our bus takes us to …

For about 3 consecutive years, I visited South Africa and only stopped in Johannesburg, however my luck changed when my boyfriend of 3 years Don, decided we needed some quality time and booked a 10 days trip to Cape Town in 2002. We began preparing for our trip three weeks ahead. Since I worked for…