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Best National Parks in South Africa

Are you craving golden, unfurling savannahs, spectacular wildlife and muscular mountain landscapes? Ask, and you shall receive; we’ve rounded up the best national parks in South Africa just for you.

Top Ten Rooftop Bars in Johannesburg

Considered merely a transit city, Johannesburg has been busy grafting to become one of South Africa’s premium tourist spots. And it succeeded. Now a capital of cool with a plethora of trendy hotels,

Four Reasons to Visit South Africa at Christmas

It’s time to switch up your perception of Christmas – snowmen and hot chocolate are out, sunshine and wildlife are in. Visiting South Africa at Christmas may be a far cry from what you’re used to,

Six Best Places to See the Sunset in South Africa

Often described as ‘a world in one country’, South Africa is the continent’s jack of all trades. With landscapes that range from expansive savannahs and

Six Unmissable Landscapes in South Africa

The scenery of South Africa spans pristine beaches, wild national parks, majestic mountains and so much more. As your plane touches down on South African tarmac,

Five Best Rooftop Bars in Cape Town

Cape Town is a city that doesn’t do things by halves. Incredible natural beauty, world-famous wines and some seriously cool rooftop bars. From tropical

Photographic Safaris: Our Top Tips

Africa’s safari destinations (and the beasties therein) are spectacularly photogenic, but if you’ve ever been subjected to a friend or relatives’ photos

The Best Beaches in Cape Town

There’s nothing like a good beach to transport you to the true realm of holiday relaxation, and Cape Town is one of those beautifully balanced destinations

Lunch at Vergelegen, Cape Winelands

The cape of good grape. Wine snobs love to differentiate between the wines of the old world - namely those of France, Italy, Spain, Germany etc and those of the new (and therefore,

My First Safari: Wild in South Africa

Regardless of how many Jellycat giraffe teddies the children own, or how Elmer the Elephan encyclopedic they are, nothing even comes close to seeing African

Safari Holidays Through Expert Eyes: Kruger National Park & Sabi Sands, South Africa

The third in a series of blogs where we get the inside track on safaris in South Africa from the perspective of the guides on the ground. Ross Couper from

Luxury Safari Camps in Madikwe & the Waterberg

Jembisa Jembisa is a small and stylish bush home in the heart of the beautiful Waterberg that specialises in family safaris. The lodge was built from local

Luxury Hotels in the Winelands and Cape

Bartholomeus Klip A Victorian farmstead on its own 10,000 acre private nature reserve, and at the same time a working wheat and sheep farm, all near to Cape Town and the winelands of the Western Cape.

Luxury Camps in Kruger National Park & Sabi Sands

Garonga Garonga is an exclusive 14-bed safari camp in the private Makalali Conservancy, situated west of the Kruger National Park in South Africa's Limpopo Province.

Luxury Hotels in KwaZulu-Natal

Fugitives' Drift David and Nicky Rattray were the great pioneers of Heritage Tourism in South Africa, creating award-winning facilities for visitors to

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