News and Updates
The New York Times’ annual travel guide of Places to Go has named South Africa as one of it’s top destinations to visit in 2009. South Africa Holidays have been highlighted for offering “affordable luxury” with world class safaris, wineries and beaches. With the Rand down against the dollar since last year, South Africa offers a “high-end […] Read More
The Times reports that details of the England Cricket Tour to South Africa have now been confirmed, and the full schedule is: November 7: England squad arrives in South Africa November 10: D/N South Africa A, 20-over tour match, Bloemfontein November13: D/N 1st Standard Bank Pro20 international, Wanderers, Johannesburg November 15: Day 2nd Standard Bank Pro20 international, […] Read More
The Table Mountain Cableway, part of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, will extend its annual maintenance period this year. The cableway will be closed from July 20 to August 16. The lengthier maintenance work is to ensure that the cableway can remain open during the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. Weather permitting, […] Read More
A survey by the Post Office has found that South Africa is one of the cheapest countries to visit. The Post Office’s Worldwide Holiday Costs barometer measured the cost of tourist staples in 27 countries. The top 10 cheapest destinations are listed below. The figure shown is the total cost of buying a cup of coffee, bottle […] Read More
We are pleased to be able to introduce 2 more special offers…and this time they are for a couple of Cape Town’s most popular hotels. The offer starts with 4 nights for the price of 3 at selected Southen Sun hotels in Cape Town for travel before the end of March, and then changes to give 3 nights […] Read More
We have updated our special offer pages in order to ensure we are best able to help people navigate their way around the influx of new offers on safari lodges that we have recently added to our site. The main page for the special offers on african safaris now has quick links to the most popular special […] Read More
ANDBEYOND, formerly CC Africa, has announced the completion of the refurbishment work that has been underway at Phinda Vlei Lodge in KwaZulu Natal. All wooden fixtures at the lodge have been stripped and revarnished and new wooden shutters have been fitted. In addition, new bathroom fixtures have been fitted and the private decks of the suites […] Read More
Kariega is making a new special offer available this year in addition to the 3 nights for the price of 2 offer that they have run for the last few years. Guests booking a stay between 12 January and 30 April 2009 can stay 4 nights for the price of 3 at selected Kariega lodges, giving clients […] Read More
We are delighted to be able to offer a special 20% discount for all new bookings made at Lion Sands River Lodge from travel between now and the end of February 2009. Lion Sands is located on the banks of the Sabie River and is widely regarded as having one of the best locations in […] Read More
A couple of days ago I mentioned that Savanna Private Game Reserve is one of our personal favourites, and today we just received their newsletter which included the picture below. The story behind this is that the Makubela female leopard has given birth and has produced two cubs that are now approximately 2½ weeks old. […] Read More
