Historic lighthouses of South Africa
Home > Search results > Top 10 detail Bird Island Iighthouse off Port Elizabeth's coast. © Chris Marais Doring Bay Lighthouse, West CoastThe Doring Bay lighthouse at the base of this little West...
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Read moreMalaMala Game Reserve
MalaMala has become something of a byword when it comes to luxury game lodges. It has set many standards in that respect, and few can beat its Big 5 wildlife...
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Read morePelagic diving with sharks
Grab your flippers and fins and go pelagic diving with mako and blue sharks – 2 of the world’s most majestic sharks. Head out to the deep ocean and search...
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Read moreDiving with Cape Fur seals
Fix your flippers, grab a mask and get ready to go diving or snorkelling with Cape Fur seals. If the weather conditions are right prepare yourself for a memorable experience....
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Read moreThe Great White Trail
Enjoy the experience of a lifetime and go shark cage diving on the Great White Trail. Great White sharks are seasonal animals so get yourself to the Cape in June,...
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Read moreHistoric hotels of South Africa
Home > Search results > Top 10 detail Turrets of the Lord Milner Hotel, Matjiesfontein © Chris Marais The Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape TownWelcome to the grande dame of South African historical hotels:...
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Read moreBotanical wonders of South Africa
Home > Search results > Top 10 detail Succulents are among South Africa's botanical wonders. © Chris Marais Cape Floral KingdomFynbos forms 1 of the world’s 6 plant kingdoms, and the only 1...
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Read moreHistorical sites in the Northern Cape
Home > Search results > Top 10 detail Exhibits in the Calvinia Museum, Northern Cape.© Chris Marais Kimberley Mine MuseumThe Kimberley Mine Museum captures the heady old diamond boom days of Rhodes,...
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Read moreSouth African Tourism - Overnight in a D…
Make hiking in the Drakensberg an even more memorable experience when you overnight in a cave. Don’t expect hot-and-cold running water and other creature comforts, but rather an awesome back-to-nature...
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Read moreSouth African Tourism - Test your off-ro…
The Gerotek Trail is just one of the many exciting, challenging and demanding 4x4 trails that the Isuzu Off-Road Academy offers to the public. Discover the full potential of your...
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Read moreThe Red and White Fleet of Cruising Boat…
(San Francisco, CA) — While Red And White Fleet features San Francisco’s original bay tour, the family-owned bay cruise operator is an ideal setting for families looking for enrichment and...
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Read moreSam Neill from “Alcatraz” and “The Vow” …
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, currently starring in Fox’s new Monday night drama Alcatraz and hit movie The Vow, is a familiar face from his array of TV roles and...
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Read moreThe Kingston Flyer Returns to New Zealan…
New Zealand’s iconic vintage steam train, the Kingston Flyer, is back on the rails on a 14km stretch at the southern end of Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown. The 125-year-old Flyer is...
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Read moreMulhouse, Germany, is a City of Printed …
“Schlumpf” – this short word makes some hearts skip a beat! Automobile enthusiasts know where the famous museum of the Schlumpf brothers can be found. To them the car museum...
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Read moreFine Pedigree of England’s Atlantic Link…
The fine pedigree of the courses that comprise England’s Atlantic Links has once again been brought to the fore with the recent announcement that Saunton in north Devon will stage...
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Read moreCelebrate Monterey California’s Liquid A…
MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF. — From high octane events to classic Western watering holes, an excursion into Monterey County’s bounty of hand-crafted liquids – from world-class wines, brews and revival cocktails...
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Read moreTake a Walk on the Wild Side in Grenada,…
February, 2012. (Grenada, W.I.)— On your next holiday, do something different and watch giant leatherback turtles nest on the beach, come face-to-face with mona monkeys, swim amongst hundreds of vibrantly...
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Read moreThe Top Five Places to Celebrate St. Pat…
With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, many are on the hunt for the best place to celebrate the day that’s dedicated to shamrocks, leprechauns, and those oh-so-festive Irish! If...
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Read moreSeychelles Carnival 2012 Confirms Presen…
The organizers of the 2012 Carnival in Seychelles have now confirmed that Michael Quinn & the Bourbon Kings, well-known Country & Western Artists from the USA will be in Seychelles...
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Read moreRyanair Cuts Edinburgh Services
Ryanair’s claims that its plans to reduce services from Edinburgh Airport could mean up to 300 job losses have been dismissed by industry insiders. The budget airline said it would reduce...
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Read moreCape Point lighthouse
Even though it has long since been decommissioned for being built in the wrong place, the old Cape Point lighthouse is an important icon of the Cape Peninsula, and captures...
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Read moreChurches of the Karoo
A church steeple shaped like a leaping springbok; Trafalgar Square in the South African countryside; expertly crafted pulpits; services under a peach tree; Karoo Gothic at its best; and a...
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Read moreSeal Point lighthouse, Cape St Francis
The Seal Point lighthouse at Cape St Francis, built in the late 1870s after many ships hit the reef along these shores and sank, was 1 of the most difficult...
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Read moreSouth African history – an overview
South Africa’s history is a tapestry of tribal movement, colonial expansion, early trading kingdoms and a constant interaction between its many groups. There have been wars, peace treaties, discoveries of...
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Read moreCape Agulhas lighthouse
The Cape Agulhas lighthouse boasts the only lighthouse museum in South Africa and has done more than 150 years’ duty as possibly the most important sea beacon along the South...
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Read moreSlangkop Point lighthouse, Kommetjie
Slangkop Point lighthouse, part of the Marine Protected Area of Table Mountain National Park, is a 34m-high giant of a lighthouse that has become the icon of Kommetjie. Visitors walking...
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Read moreWelgevonden Private Game Reserve
The Welgevonden Private Game Reserve is a 37 500ha stretch of exceptionally beautiful scenery amid river ravines and mountains in the Waterberg. Set within it are 13 luxury bush lodges....
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Read morePlettenberg Bay's Reefs
There's scuba diving for all levels of experience (including kids) on Plettenberg Bay's coral reefs. Seal dives, night dives and shore dives, inside and outside the Bay, will bring you...
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Read moreSouth African Tourism - Plettenberg Bay`…
There's scuba diving for all levels of experience (including kids) on Plettenberg Bay's coral reefs. Seal dives, night dives and shore dives, inside and outside the Bay, will bring you...
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Read moreSouth African Tourism - Hiking in the Dr…
Although the glorious Drakensberg Mountains provide loads of opportunities for super-fit hikers and climbers, if you prefer something less strenuous then hike the Little Berg. Choose easy-to-moderate day hikes in...
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Read moreCape Columbine lighthouse, West Coast
Standing guard over idyllic West Coast Peninsula fishing villages and holiday destinations like Paternoster, Saldanha, Langebaan and Stompneus Bay, the Cape Columbine lighthouse still has a dedicated light-keeper and is...
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Read moreDoring Bay lighthouse, West Coast
Doring Bay used to be a forgotten little West Coast village with a lonely lighthouse and little else. Although the lighthouse is still the iconic local feature, these days visitors...
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Read moreGreen Point lighthouse, Cape Town
Still spilling its bright beams of light onto the sea and sending its foghorn signals out in foul weather, the Green Point lighthouse has been saving lives and ships for...
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Read moreSimon’s Town
As you walk along the Historic Mile in Simon’s Town, you cannot fail to be transported back in time to the days of long ships, pirates, slavers and seafaring adventurers...
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Read moreHistorical Storms River
From its early days as a hunting box from which local adventurers shot elephant and buffalo to its current status as one of South Africa’s adventure centres, Storms River has...
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Read moreDullstroom Inn
Set just off the main street of the fishing town of Dullstroom in Mpumalanga, the historic Dullstroom Inn is a good base for visitors exploring the Barberton/Lydenburg region, chasing down...
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Read moreBuysdorp
The founding father of Buysdorp, a tiny community in the Soutpansberg area of Limpopo province, was the renegade Huguenot, Coenraad de Buys. He was measured at over 2m tall, had...
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Read moreWolhuterskop Game and Nature Reserve
There are few wild places close to towns where you can view animals and birds and explore the landscape by hiking, on horse trails or on mountain bikes. The 1...
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Read moreMeerkat encounter in Oudtshoorn
Just outside the Little Karoo town of Oudtshoorn in the southern Cape is a place where you can experience a meerkat encounter with a wild (but habituated) colony. It’s the...
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Read moreCP Nel Museum, Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoorn was once the world centre of the ostrich-feather trade, which made some people millionaires. The CP Nel Museum, housed in the former Oudtshoorn Boys’ High School building, recreates the...
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