Monthly Archives: January 2012

When is the best time to visit South Africa?

South Africa is a fabulous all year-round destination so when you visit depends on what you would like to do.

If you want to lounge on the beaches, midsummer is the best time to do so, though bear in… Continue reading

Matsamo Cultural Park

On the Jeppe’s Reef border post, between Swaziland and South Africa, a quite unique cultural experience awaits the visitor in the form of the Matsamo Cultural Park.

Matsamo is an authentic village where tourists learn how the Swazi lived for… Continue reading

Happy Living in South Africa

HSBC annually conduct a survey, The Expat Explorer, among expatriates to obtain info on 69 aspects of their lives such as

their finances, quality of life, what it’s like to raise children abroad and others.

Forbes Magazine recently ranked… Continue reading

Tankwa Karoo

Photo of Albert Weideman of the Tankwa Karoo National Park – desolated, but with landscapes that will take your breath away.

Tankwa karoo

Kogelberg: the finest example of mountain fynbos

Kogelberg is justly called the heart of the Cape Floral Kingdom and boasts around 1 650 plant species, of which 150 are endemic and noteworthy.

The landscape wasn’t suited to farming and for many years Kogelberg was left essentially untouched.… Continue reading

Picking Berries in Magoebaskloof

How about travelling to Magoebaskloof and Haenertsburgfor a weekend of family fun: picking, eating and enjoying delicious, healthy berries?

Pick your own berries at one of the participating farms. Or  go down to the Village Market and explore… Continue reading

Explore the historical V&A Waterfront in Cape Town

Take a step back in time to a bygone era; to a time of sailors, seafarers and intrepid adventurers – join one of the V&A Waterfront‘s historical walking tours.

Follow in the footsteps of South Africa’s founders when the… Continue reading

!Khwa ttu – Cultural Centre of the San

!Khwa ttu, the San Education and Culture Centre, 70 km north-west of Cape Town offers you the unique experience of being introduced to the world of the descendants of the first indigenous people of southern Africa.

!Khwa ttu is… Continue reading