At first, we thought that heading to the highly recommended wine region near Cape Town would not be very interesting for the kids. In the end, we thought what the hell we’ll go anyway, we need to factor in some adult time on our month-long trip to South Africa! We flew into Cape Town from …
Monthly Archives: September 2016
A Short Cut Through Swaziland
While we were on a four-week holiday in South Africa, we had the opportunity to visit another country, the landlocked country of Swaziland. Departing from the amazing Kruger National Park, the shortest route driving to our next destination St Lucia on the coast fortunately passed right through Swaziland. Not only was it an opportunity to …
Hippo Hooray for St Lucia
After our detour through Swaziland, we continued our trip around South Africa, heading to the coastal town of St Lucia, known mainly for the local hippo population. We had heard stories of hippopotami wandering the streets of St Lucia, a herd that the locals call ‘townies’. Apparently, if you drive around at night you will …
Graskop: It’s All About Cliffs
We continue our 4-week trip around South Africa, and have been flat out since we arrived, with two days at Sun City, now a long drive to Graskop. We didn’t expect the drive to be so interesting and eventful, so far South Africa has been awesome. We needed a few places to rest and give …
Sun and A City
After a 12 hour flight and another couple of hours driving from Johannesburg Airport, we didn’t really feel like doing much when we arrived at Sun City, which was our first stop on our month-long tour of South Africa. However, with only a short stay here and having paid a premium on accommodation compared to all other locations, we …