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⚡SMALL Beach Towns in South Africa ~ It’s not difficult to get swept up by the wildness of Kruger, the elegance of the Winelands, or the sophistication of Cape Town. ⛱️ But it is the small beach towns in South Africa that get to the heart of what it is to experience the country’s diversity – its different climates, cuisines and cultures. 🐳 Right around the coast, from Alexander Bay on the west coast to St Lucia on the east coast, are beach towns worth visiting and exploring. ⛵ So many, in fact, that choosing just 25 is rather difficult… Explore the best 30 small beach towns in South Africa, arranged from the west to the east coast… St Helena Bay Located a scenic drive from Cape Town, St Helena Bay is a popular tourist […]

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Garden Route tented camps bring to mind generous mosquito nets, heavy canvas flaps opening out onto the savannah, and colonial-style Big 5 viewing with sundowners in the bush. Not to be confused with camping holidays where caravans, ground cloths, and tent stakes predominate. The combination of tented camps and the Garden Route goes one step further, managing to merge the best of wildlife with the beauty and lushness of the best coastal route in the country. Here they are – Garden Route tented camps that you will love… Teniqua Treetops Top of our list of Garden Route Tented Camps is Teniqua Treetops in Sedgefield. Teniqua invites you to a luxurious, eco-friendly, eccentric treehouse holiday hideout. The resort is very child-friendly, while the treehouses are private and far from one another making it an ideal romantic […]

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Luxury in South Africa ~ Some of the best* luxury hotels and lodges in South Africa … Go on – treat yourself! (*best as rated by our guests who have been). Here we’ve only chosen to show smaller boutique lodges and hotels that offer something special to guests – no hotels that cater to large numbers, or group booking type venues, but rather, the smaller boutique lodges and hotels who take time to spoil their guests with something special. These luxury venues are perfect for couples wanting a bonding experience or singles needing some precious “me-time”. Luxury in South Africa in EASTERN CAPE Prana Lodge in Cintsa This private beach lodge and spa lies on 21 km of unspoilt beachfront on the Wild Coast, your immediate surrounds a series of indigenous gardens, whilst a walkway […]

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Does a trip from Sedgefield to Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) qualify as a road trip? I maintain that anything that requires me to pack padkos and check my tyres is a road trip. And, when my bestie and I left kids and husbands at home to do the trip, it was almost worthy of our own […]

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