The Travel Butlers Blog
Stay 3 nights for the price of 2 at the Victoria & Alfred hotel in Cape Town in January 2009. Set in the heart of the beautifully restored V&A Waterfront, and framed by the ocean and Table Mountain, the Victoria & Alfred Hotel is conveniently situated for a wide selection of tourist attractions, shops, restaurants, and Cape […] Read More
The Pumba Game Reserve in the malaria-free Eastern Cape of South Africa is running a special offer during their next winter season (northern hemisphere summer!). This offer includes 2 nights at the Pumba Private Game reserve near Port Elizabeth and 1 FREE night at either The Sands@ St Francis in the Eastern Cape or one of […] Read More
As reported previously, sterling has been doing well against the South African Rand at a time when it has been losing ground to the Euro and US dollar, and this has meant that South Africa is one of the few places in the world where it is actually cheaper for Brits to visit this year […] Read More
Save 45% at the Zambezi Sun at Victoria Falls when you travel between 1 February and 8 April 2009. The hotel is situated on the fringes of the Zambezi River in the 46 hectare Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Wildlife Park, overlooking the magnificent Victoria Falls. The hotel has an Activity Centre, where travel professionals will advise and recommend a […] Read More
Whilst many safari lodges welcome younger children, there are some that go the extra mile to ensure that even the youngest guest can get as much as possible out of their safari. The safari drives enjoyed by adults are often not suitable for younger children as they may get close to potentially danergous animals such as […] Read More
We are delighted to introduce the first two sections of our site which are dedicated to individual safari lodge operators. The pages for Wilderness Safaris and &Beyond (formerly CCAfrica) list all their lodges in South Africa and Namibia, and also show where each place is. As with other listings elsewhere on our site, the properties can be […] Read More
Our November photo competition is now closed and our congratulations go to Cathy Fairgrave, Daniel Newcombe, and Janet DeLand who each win a case of 6 premium South African wines courtesy of SA Wines Online.
Following our recent trip to Swaziland we have added a few pages of information for anyone thinking about including a night or two in this charming Kingdom as part of a longer trip to the area. Swaziland’s location between the Kruger National Park and the many attractions of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Coastline (including St Lucia, Phinda and much more) […] Read More
During November 2008 an agreement between Kapama and the neighbouring Gwalagwala lodge was concluded whereby Kapama would acquire the property and business of Gwalagwala. Kapama will take ownership of the property and business on 1 December 2008, and the fence between Kapama and Gwalagwala which stretches for 3.5 km on Kapama’s southern boundary will be removed and […] Read More
We are delighted to introduce two new pages of information which are now available for the majority of safari lodges and other properties featured on this site. Popular Alternatives Most properties now have a page which shows where people who considered staying there actually ended up booking. This is a great way of getting more ideas for […] Read More
