If you had to decide to visit North or South Korea, you would probably arrive at the answer pretty swiftly. Not that its a finely balanced a choice. North or South Pole? That’s a bit harder...
READ MORESo what IS cultural tourism? I sometimes feel that we cannot win when promoting cultural tourism within South Africa! People come to us with such differing cultural perceptions of their own that...
READ MOREFor many people an appreciation of birding start building on safari when you realise how much more there is to value in nature once you start looking at the birds as well as the animals. For...
READ MORESo what is the best area to stay in Cape Town for 1st time visitors? A few days ago, I enjoyed a superb stay at Steenberg Hotel in the Constantia area of Cape Town (see my review HERE). It was a...
READ MOREMany places in Africa lay claim to being the ‘cradle of mankind’, but only in recent times has there been just one species of the genus homo. So theoretically they could all be correct! Ethiopia...
READ MORESabi Sands or the Timbavati? How do you choose? I’ve done what my English teacher always banged on about. I’ve written the article before writing this introduction. And what have I realised? That...
READ MORENot such untouched land. . . The Serengeti National Park is ‘a wilderness’ only to the extent that no commercial roads cut through it. And there are virtually no roads in the adjacent village...
READ MOREThis article was long overdue a post-Covid update! A lot has changed since we last did a comparison of price booking with us, versus booking direct, back in early 2020. (Understatement of the...
READ MOREWhy travel to Africa? We get it. You are spoilt for choice now. We are all being enticed with images of far-flung beautiful and empty destinations, each one more excited to welcome you than the...
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