South Africa Travel

Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula feels more like a picturesque coastal village transported from 1950s America than an African town.

Dec 16, 2009 - Sasha Arms

From the urban jungle of Cape Town to the rugged cliffs of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point, the Cape Peninsula takes visitors from one extreme to another.

Dec 16, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Visit False Bay at Boulders while in Cape Town to catch a glimpse of the African Penguin on the beach.

Dec 16, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Grassroute Tours stop at Gugulethu and Khayelitsha - Cape Town's largest townships - and explains the evolution of black and coloured townships and the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Dec 15, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Langa is Cape Town's oldest township and is often a stop on township tours. Grassroute Tours offers a walking tour through Langa with resident, Archie.

Dec 15, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Grassroute Tours is just one of many tour operators in Cape Town offering township tours - a cultural experience all visitors to South Africa should partake in.

Dec 15, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Any visitor to South Africa should visit a township to understand how the majority of South Africans live and the importance of the New South Africa to them.

Dec 12, 2009 - Sasha Arms

South Africa is truly a tourist paradise that offers something of everything for those who wish to travel to Africa. The Free State is the home of the Vredefort Dome.

Dec 7, 2009 - Karen Lotter

The first time one sees Matjiesfontein, it should be at midday at the height of a South African summer, so it appears like a shimmering mirage of an old Victorian hamlet.

Nov 20, 2009 - Chris Marais

Knysna Village on South Africa's Garden route is a 24/7 summer beach party on the N2 Highway - and home to a tightly-knit Rastafarian community.

Nov 19, 2009 - Chris Marais

The City Sightseeing Tour of Cape Town seems like a tourist-gimmick on first impressions, but it is in fact an efficient and cost-effective way to see the city.

Nov 15, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Table Mountain is the glory of Cape Town and a modern, environmentally-friendly visitor attraction, but watch out for the Cableway closing in high winds.

Nov 15, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Cape Town's District Six Museum and surrounding area tells an important story about how people and communities were wronged during the apartheid.

Nov 15, 2009 - Sasha Arms

The South African Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center is an excellent place to understand the context of apartheid as well as the Jewish experience of racist ideologies.

Nov 14, 2009 - Sasha Arms

A visit to the Slave Lodge Museum in Cape Town is important for the international visitor to understand slavery, apartheid and the oppression of South Africa's people.

Nov 11, 2009 - Sasha Arms

The Jive Food Bazaar is easily the unfussiest Indian eating spot in Cape Town and creates balance among some of the city's more posh and much more expensive restaurants.

Nov 8, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Camps Bay is the most sought-after spot in Cape Town for doing the beach, café and cocktail scene - decided by Capetonians, tourists and celebrities alike.

Nov 8, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Set inside a Victorian Warehouse and Biscuit Mill, with fresh food, flowing champagne and bales of hay, where better in Cape Town to spend a Saturday than Woodstock?

Nov 8, 2009 - Sasha Arms

From chic wine bars to Cuban beats and African eclecticism, all in colonial and Victorian surroundings, Cape Town's bars have to be seen to be believed.

Nov 3, 2009 - Sasha Arms

Paulaner Bräuhaus on Cape Town's V&A Waterfront is an ideal spot for quality German beer and food in an easygoing but picturesque location.

Nov 3, 2009 - Sasha Arms

The V&A Waterfront in Cape Town is a modern space with a remarkably European feel, full of shops, restaurants and bars while African beats filter along the pavements.

Nov 1, 2009 - Sasha Arms

The Red Location Museum outside Port Elizabeth in South Africa remembers the Apartheid years in a unique way.

Oct 30, 2009 - Chris Marais

Berg, Bush, Beach, and Battlefields is how many tourism brochures describe the popular tourist attractions of KwaZulu-Natal on the East Coast of South Africa.

Oct 26, 2009 - Karen Lotter

Shalford House in Rondebosch, Cape Town offers a comfortable self-catering apartment with separate entrance and is excellent value for money.

Sep 12, 2009 - Helen Brain

Adams Cottage in Harfield Village, Claremont is comfortable and well equipped and offers excellent value for money.

Sep 10, 2009 - Helen Brain