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Tip of Africa, route 62 and whales | Nov 25 06'

by Niamh and Cathal a 34 year old traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Hermanus

"Cape Agulhas - the southernmost tip of Africa"

After we'd finished looking at the elephants and their friends we headed off west towards Mossel Bay, along the famous Garden Route. The scene... Continue reading »
Pretty Clarens | Nov 20 06'

by Niamh and Cathal a 34 year old traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Clarens

After a yummy breakfast, we piled into Drew and Lindsay's rented Fiat and set off to Maseru. At Maseru we got some lunch which we ate on the roadsi... Continue reading »
Cape Town: Cape Point | Nov 14 06'

by World Is My Oyster a 28 year old from New York City, on vacation in Cape Town

We meet Brenda and Pascal at 7:30am. We spent all day with them, laughing and stopping at various light houses and functional harbors. From t... Continue reading »
Hiking Corridor Ravine and Grootkop | Jun 03 06'

by Karen Watkins a female from Cape Town, on vacation in Cape Town

"Too many cairns on Grootkop"

BLOWN UP CORRIDOR RAVINE Sunday 4th JuneI was supposed to take two ladies and two children into (the restricted, permit only) Orange Kloof but they... Continue reading »
Cape Town | Nov 10 06'

by World Is My Oyster a 28 year old from New York City, on vacation in Cape Town

"we sat in on an elderly dance preformance, let me tell you these women had more rythym in their orthodics than I will ever have"

Wendy and I (Tovah) arrived in Cape Town late to discover that our Hostel, the Ashanti (which had come highly recommended), was more like a&nb... Continue reading »
A wonderful finale to wine country! | Apr 21 07'

by Scott & Nancy a traveling as a couple from Minneapolis, on vacation in Stellenbosch

Our final day in the winelands, we hit Backsberg (one of the few totally "green" wineries in the world) as well as a great cheese farm which made t... Continue reading »
Hoerikwaggo Table Mountain Classic Trail | Mar 27 07'

by Karen Watkins a female from Cape Town, on vacation in Cape Town

"The Table Mountain Trail will delight both culture vultures and nature lovers."

TO FOLLOW Continue reading »
Guns on the streets are worth game in the Bush | Apr 04 08'

by D.B. William a 22 year old male from Boise, on vacation in Nelspruit

Nelsprite, wasn't far, only about our half hour ride with a shared taxi. Sun came through the window roasting me like a sunstroke mongoloid as I li... Continue reading »
Murphy’s Danish law, a Leopard and a camera | Feb 27 07'

by Bhubezi-Jake a 39 year old male traveling as a family from Nelspruit, on vacation in Numbi

Any rate, we travelled around Phabeni koppie – and saw nothing!Then on the Voortrekker-link road outside of P.K - again nothing!From there onto the... Continue reading »
Great Whites, Ostriches and The Kingdom in The Sky | Feb 27 07'

by Captain America a 29 year old male from Corvallis, on vacation in Cape Town

"And with one massive ostrich head but, it’s all over, I´m another forgotten victim of wild Africa"

I love peering down as I fly over a new country. I take mental notes of the mountains, gorges and rivers below, at 30,000 ft it all seems so conque... Continue reading »