Set right up against the northern border of South Africa, uniting Botswana and Zimbabwe, lies Mapungubwe National Park – an extensive savannah landscape situated at the meeting place of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers. This is the land of sandstone formations, mopane woodlands, brooding baobabs, ancient floodplains and unique riverine forests that form a dramatic backcloth for the wealth of animal life – elephant, giraffe, buffalo, white rhino, gemsbok and other antelope, extensive bir life, and the more elusive mammal like hyenas, leopards and lions.…
Namaqualand (Wild Flowers)
The home of the Nama people of South Africa. Namaqualand is probably the worlds most awe inspiring floral kingdom in the world. You have not seen any flowers until you have experienced the splendour of Namaqualand in full flower.…
Mpumalanga; Panorama Route, Blyde River Canyon & Nothern Drakensberg :
The edge of the berg – no more hauntingly beautiful landscape exists in all Africa than the eastern escarpment of Mpumalanga, ‘the place of the rising sun’. Situated on the north-east border of South Africa, bounded by Swaziland and Mozambique, Mpumalanga is a land of contrasts.…
Cape Town is South Africa’s oldest city, founded by Jan van Riebeeck and the first Dutch settlers, in 1652. The English circumventer, Sir Francis Drake, described it as ‘the fairest cape in the whole world’, nestling snugly in the natural amphitheater between the immensity of Table Mountain and the blue waters of Table Bay.…
The most accessible of the major South African reserves, the Pilanesberg is located just one and a half hours drive north-west of Johannesburg and Pretoria. The park offers a number of luxurious lodges as well as two rest camps in a malaria- free zone.…
The Fish River is, at 650 kilometres, the longest river in Namibia. Its source lies in the eastern Naukluft Mountains and flows south-west of Ai-Ais into the Oranje.
The Fish River canyon, situated along the lower reaches of the Fish River, is one of the most impressive & spectacular geological feature in the southern part of Namibia.…
Etosha National Park is one of the world’s greatest conservation areas and Namibia’s prime tourist attraction. A visit to the Etosha is one of the highlights of travelling Namibia. Etosha, which was declared a game reserve by the German kolonial administration back in 1907, covers an area of more than 22 000 sqkms, stretching for about 300 km from west to east and 110 km from north to south at its widest point.…
Swakopmund was of major importance as a harbour during the German colonial era even though the water at the coast is actually too shallow and the bay is unprotected. But Luederitz was too far away and the seaport of Walvis Bay was in British possession in those days.…
