A public holiday landing on a Monday or Friday is one of the best excuses South Africa hands you all year, three or four days is enough time to properly explore somewhere new, without needing to touch your annual leave. The trick is having a car ready to go so
No Cape Town skyline photo is complete without it, Table Mountain rises nearly 1,100 metres above the city, and getting to the top is one of the most rewarding things a first-time visitor can do. Whether you ride up in five minutes flat or earn the view on foot, it’s
Few family day trips deliver quite like a drive down the Cape Peninsula to Boulders Beach, where a colony of African penguins waddles along the sand just metres from where you’re standing. Add in tidal pools, a scenic coastal road and a stop in historic Simon’s Town along the way,
There’s a moment on your first Kruger National Park drive, an elephant crossing the road ahead, or the first glimpse of a lion resting in the shade, that never quite leaves you. Covering nearly two million hectares of Lowveld wilderness, Kruger is one of the world’s great self-drive safari destinations,
Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa and one of the largest in Africa. It is also one of the most driveable, once you understand how it is laid out. The city sprawls across the Highveld plateau with no natural boundaries like a mountain or coastline to give you
South Africa is one of the best countries in the world to explore by car with children. The distances are manageable, the roads between major destinations are in good condition, the scenery changes dramatically from province to province, and there is enough variety along the way to keep kids genuinely
Every year between late July and September, a stretch of semi-desert in South Africa’s Northern Cape transforms into one of the most spectacular wildflower displays on earth. Namaqualand covers roughly 48,000 square kilometres and for most of the year it is a dry, rocky landscape. After good winter rains, it
The eastern Free State is one of the most scenic and least crowded parts of South Africa. The Maluti Mountains rise sharply on the Lesotho border, the Caledon River winds through valleys of golden sandstone, and small towns like Clarens, Fouriesburg, and Ficksburg sit in landscapes that most travellers drive
The Overberg sits about 120 kilometres east of Cape Town along the N2, and it is one of the most rewarding weekend drives in the Western Cape. The stretch between Hermanus, Stanford, and Gansbaai packs coastal scenery, whale watching, wine, fresh seafood, and some of the best land-based marine wildlife
Durban is South Africa’s third-largest city and one of the busiest ports on the African continent. It is also one of the warmest, most culturally layered, and most underrated cities to explore by car. The Golden Mile, the Berea ridge, the Valley of a Thousand Hills, and the start of
A public holiday landing on a Monday or Friday is one of the best excuses South Africa hands you all year, three or four days
No Cape Town skyline photo is complete without it, Table Mountain rises nearly 1,100 metres above the city, and getting to the top is one
Few family day trips deliver quite like a drive down the Cape Peninsula to Boulders Beach, where a colony of African penguins waddles along the
There’s a moment on your first Kruger National Park drive, an elephant crossing the road ahead, or the first glimpse of a lion resting in
Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa and one of the largest in Africa. It is also one of the most driveable, once you
South Africa is one of the best countries in the world to explore by car with children. The distances are manageable, the roads between major
Every year between late July and September, a stretch of semi-desert in South Africa’s Northern Cape transforms into one of the most spectacular wildflower displays
The eastern Free State is one of the most scenic and least crowded parts of South Africa. The Maluti Mountains rise sharply on the Lesotho
The Overberg sits about 120 kilometres east of Cape Town along the N2, and it is one of the most rewarding weekend drives in the
Durban is South Africa’s third-largest city and one of the busiest ports on the African continent. It is also one of the warmest, most culturally
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