If you want to take a step back in automotive time, then you have to go to Cuba. Havana is a beautiful city in itself, with its brightly coloured, dilapidated buildings and bustling streets, but there is nothing quite as beautiful as the never ending procession of classic American Limo’s cruising the streets; it’s a […]
You can find all you need in Cuba from our Sister Site Aircubana.com. Havana is a very popular City nowadays so be sure to book your hotel advance. Now Airbnb has reached the island and is receiving good reviews. Read one of the reports here “Airbnb, the community-driven hospitality company, will soon be open in […]
Today we headed off to PE to spend a couple of nights in the amazing Addo Elephant Park. Here you will see not just the usual Big Five, but the Big Seven, because technically the Addo Elephant National Park is also home to the the Southern Right and Great White Shark. The Park itself has one of […]
The charming Karoo village of Prince Albert, originally the site of an early farm, dates back to 1762. The fertile valley attracted other farmers, who built a Church there, and the settlement soon grew to become a thriving community. The Swartberg Pass, which links Prince Albert to Oudtshoorn, eventually opened the town up to the […]
The Swartberg Pass is probably top of the list in the history or Road building in South Africa. Now a national monument, it was Thomas Bain’s final and probably his best piece of road building. He built the pass between 1883 to 1886 with the help of some 250 convict labourers. He managed to keep […]
Are there any elephants in the Knysna Forests? After the Europeans arrived, the elephant population went in to steady decline. There may have been 400-500 here in the 1850s but a devastating fire in 1869 denuded much of the forest and killed many animals. With the added effects of the ivory trade and hunting, in […]
When you first set eyes on Knysna, it will take your breath away. Mind you, after the drive from Wilderness, you might be expecting to see something spectacular any time soon. The road is never far from the sea, with the majestic Outeniqua mountains to the North and a high ridge to the South and […]
The N2 runs right through Sedgefield, you won’t miss it because it must be the slowest stretch of dual carriageway along the whole of the Garden Route! And that is why Sedgefield calls itself the “Slow Town”. It is indeed a sleepy town but there are a few good restaurants along the edge of the […]
Wilderness is is only a short distance from George and your heart is guaranteed to miss a beat when, as you round the corner after the short winding climb up from the Kaaimans River, suddenly, stretched out in front of you, is the magnificent vista of Wilderness. To me, this epitomises the splendour of the […]
Oudsthoorn is a small town in the Klein Karoo just 65 km north of George. It is nothing special to look at but it happens to be the focal location for three special tourist activities, namely Meerkats, Ostriches and the Cango Caves. Perhaps the first thing to know about the town is how to pronounce […]