Category: Events

The Eastern Cape’s coastal Kouga region is fast becoming the new winter playground of South Africa, with a bumper selection of sports events and family fun lined up for July 2013. Holidaymakers can catch a glimpse of sporting celebrities like former world champion surfer, Mark “Occy” Occhilupo, and Comrades Marathon legend, Bruce Fordyce, who will […]

Shell-shocked to learn about a festival dedicated to oysters? Entertaining various ideas on how you’d like your first oyster served?  Then come along and immerse yourself in this beloved aphrodisiacal fiesta! This year’s festival will be held from the 28th June – 7th of July 2013. Consider sliding a succulent pepper and tabasco sprinkled oyster down […]

For those of you who don’t speak Afrikaans, fees is “festival” and gees is “spirit”; and where there is something to celebrate in South Africa, especially in the Afrikaans communities, you will find plenty of both. Kirkwood Wildsfees When: 28 – 30 June 2013 Where: Kirkwood, Eastern Cape After 12 years of rocking the wild, […]

Although you shouldn’t need a specific day per year just to spoil the special man in your life, Father’s Day is definitely worth celebrating – and is a great excuse for planning a weekend away. As many men find fishing a relaxing and enjoyable sport, it’s a great theme to plan for a boy’s weekend, […]

Known as the biggest, loudest, brightest, and proudest arts and culture festival in South Africa, the Grahamstown National Arts Festival is only growing in popularity each year. The one outstanding characteristic of this festival is the support it extends to new talent. The dates for this years fantastic festival are 2 – 12 July 2015. […]

After hosting the recent tourism INDABA, the city of Durban has been catapulted to the forefront of go-to destinations in South Africa. So you can be guaranteed that accommodation for the Top Gear Festival (15 – 16 June) and the Vodacom Durban July (6 July) will be booked up faster than the horsepower of both […]

Every year, from May through to July, a cold northerly ocean current causes millions of sardines to gather in shoals and migrate north. Travelling a distance of over 1,000km along the rugged coastline from the Agulhas Bank towards Mozambique, the shoals form a swarming mass measuring up to 15km long, 3,5km wide, and 30m deep […]

With the post-buzz of the Cape Town Good Food & Wine Show lingering like fragrant spices, I have to admit that my ultimate highlight was the opportunity to see Gordon Ramsay passionately do what he does best. Not screaming at some inexperienced chef-wannabe on a nightmarish TV programme, but jovially demonstrating with incredible knowledge, dedication, […]