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Author: Desiree Haakonsen
December holiday availability in South Africa
Believe it or not, it’s not too late to plan your December holiday. We’ve found over 50 stays across South Africa where you can enjoy a summer getaway. If you don’t happen to find the right spot below, there are still loads more available! WESTERN CAPE Impangele, Swellendam You’ll feel right at home at Impangele, […]
City Lights & Sights on Cape Town’s Night Tour Bus
As beautiful as Cape Town is during the day, the balmy summer nights bring with them Christmas lights on Adderley Street, sundowner picnics on Signal Hill, and a lit up back drop of Table Mountain – all of which you can experience with the CitySightseeing’s popular summer Night Tour! The Cape Town Night Tour is […]
Get festive with Santa Shoebox Project
It’s less than 2 months ’til Christmas, but we at TravelGround and LekkeSlaap have already experienced the joy of giving thanks to the Santa Shoebox Project. We’ve spent the last few days shopping and putting together 50 shoeboxes full of toiletries, clothes, toys, and treats for the underprivileged children in our community. The Santa Shoebox […]
Do your soul a flavour & visit Creation Wines
A wine estate called Creation lies in the Hemel-en-Aarde (heaven and earth) valley. It’s just too easy to imagine haloed beings sprinkling magic dust over the vineyards to create their divine nectar. But when you visit Creation and chat with owners Jean-Claude and Carolyn Martin – who are almost always on the floor looking after […]
A Jamming line-up for Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts
UPDATE! UK phenomenon, Passenger has been confirmed to play live on stage for the first time in South Africa on 15 February 2015! Summer officially rocks up in Cape Town when the first screechy microphone feedback echoes through the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens. This season’s Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts kicks off on 23 November 2014, jamming […]
Whale watching from a bathtub in De Kelders
It’s not every day you get to watch whales from your bathtub. Unless you’re staying on the cliffs of De Kelders, that is. De where? It’s likely you’ve never heard of this little suburb on the northern end of Gansbaai, despite the fact that De Kelders is one of the world’s best whale watching destinations. […]
TG Agents Investigate a Mysterious Case of Happiness in the Winelands
Something peculiar is happening in the Cape Winelands. We have reports of the most highly stressed people returning from the Winelands in a trance-like state of happiness. CEOs are skipping into the office, rugby jocks are pirouetting across the try line, and road-rage-inclined drivers are giving right of way to grannies. Could aliens be invading […]
30 Landmarks that will test your knowledge of South Africa
This Tourism Month we played #guessthedestination to see how well you knew South Africa’s landmarks. Take the challenge and see how many you know! (PS. The answers are below, but no cheating allowed!) 1. Do you know where this landmark is? 2. Can you name this dam? 3. When flying in flamboyance, a […]
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