It was a late afternoon on a gloomy day, our only day, in Knysna and I was taking a walk around Leisure Isle with a couple of friends. The mission was actually one of a Geocaching kind, but two of us had our cameras with us as well and once the cache was found it became a photography trip. With not a lot of sunshine around it meant that there would be no spectacular lagoon sunset so we found ourselves…
Table Mountain. Probably the most iconic attraction in South Africa. Something every visitor to the country wants to visit. Being in the tourism industry I often get asked about Table Mountain by visitors and one piece of advise I always give is to go to the mountain at the first opportunity you get. I was guided a tour down the Garden Route to Cape Town and on arrival in Cape Town we noticed the mountain was open. There was bad…
Why go on a road trip if you don't stop along the way to enjoy the views?
What are the icons of the Garden Route? There are a few. The adventure activities in the Tsitsikamma, Storms River Mouth, the view over the Beacon Isle Hotel with Robberg in the distance, the Knysna forest, the lakes around Sedgefield and Wilderness, Kaaimans Bridge outside Wilderness (especially when the Choo Tjoe still ran), Outeniqua Pass in George and the Dias Museum in Mossel Bay. I left one out on purpose. Probably (one of) the biggest icon on the Garden Route must be the…
I love to road trip, doesn't matter if it is for work or pleasure, solo, with friends or family. Road tripping takes me to places, allows me to sightsee, discover things, give me photo opportunities and... Geocache. It's amazing how one can actually plan your whole road trip and all your stops around Geocaching. It was no different on a recent Cape Town road trip with friends and fellow travel peeps and Geocachers Erenei and Shefetswe. On the way back we stopped at…
Having a food and wine lover on a road trip means the trip is likely to be interrupted at some stage or another to indulge, or at least enjoy in moderation, either or both of these. This is what happened on a recent road trip to Cape Town with fellow tourism peeps and Geocachers Shefetswe and Erenei. We just left Storms River Village when Shefetswe got a phone call and announced that we were invited for a wine tasting at Packwood Wine Estate between…
The Bloukrans River Pass must be one of the most beautiful passes in the Southern Cape and Garden Route areas. Unfortunately after the 2006 floods part of the road was damaged and rather than repairing it, the road was closed. Although officially closed it isn't blocked off and there is nothing stopping cars from driving down it so that is just what I did a couple of weeks ago returning to Port Elizabeth from The Crags. There are sections where…
There is nothing like a beautiful sunset to end off a perfect day. Sunset over the distant mountains during our recent weekend in The Crags near Plettenberg Bay
On my last visit to Cape Town I wanted to make sure I got to see the Madiba inspired "sunglasses" placed next to the promenade at Sea Point. The art piece was created by artist Michael Elion, in conjunction with the City of Cape Town as part of World Design Capital 2014 and was in the news recently when it was defaced. I popped by early morning before heading off to World Travel Market Africa which I was attending... ... and…
Table Mountain and the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town truly are two of South Africa's tourism icons