Tips & Tricks
V & A Waterfront Historical Walking Tour (Cape Town) — Take a step back in time to a bygone era; to a time of sailors, seafarers and intrepid adventurers. Follow in the footsteps of South Africa’s founders when the majesty of the V&A Waterfront was a brave little jetty built by Jan van Riebeeck in […]
Sophiatown Heritage Tours (Johannesburg) – Sophiatown was a multi-ethnic and culturally rich area of Johannesburg that was a target of the South African government’s “forced removal” policies during the 1950s (which resulted in the bulldozing of this area, including its schools, shops, cinemas and swimming pools). Nowadays, the Trevor Huddleston CR Memorial Centre (in partnership […]
Sun City Resort (off the R556, North West Province, Sun City) – located 2 hours (200 km) northwest of Johannesburg, this is the gambling and tourist enclave that was the subject of a celebrity-laden anti-Apartheid campaign in 1985 (whose campaigners, which included pop stars like U2’s Bono, Bob Geldof and Bruce Springsteen, produced a song […]
Wild Thing Fishing Charter (V&A Waterfront, Shop No. 6, Quay 5, Cape Town) — this 46 ft. Sportcruiser motor-yacht caters for the local fishing enthusiast, the water sports fanatic and the indulgent sunset reveler – offering an unmatched sea experience from exclusive leisure enjoyment to authentic sea activity. See the following website for details: www.capecharters.co.za
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway — The five-minute ascent to the top of Table Mountain offers a 360° view of Cape Town, the ocean and the neighbouring peaks. Once at the top visitors enjoy spectacular views and the peaceful feeling of being over one thousand metres above the city below. The area at the top of […]
Table Mountain (Cape Town) — Arguably one of the most well-known mountains in Africa, Table Mountain provides a magnificent backdrop to cosmopolitan Cape Town and now boasts the accolade of New 7 Wonders of Nature. Famous for the tablecloth of clouds that pours endlessly down its slopes when the south-eastern blows, this is […]