Category: Holiday

Lovingly known as the “Mother City”, the “Kaap”, or “iKapa”, Cape Town in South Africa is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations – particularly during the festive season. The most apt description I’ve heard of a Christmas in Cape Town is simply “lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer”. With twilight only setting in […]

The thing I love most about spending Christmas in Johannesburg is the lack of traffic on the highways. This is the only time of year that “life in the Jozi fast lane” actually shows signs of slowing down. While most of the Vaalies descend upon the beaches of Durban and Cape Town, the rest of […]

With Christmas on the forefront of all December holiday events, we tend to forget to make plans for the holiday after the holiday – New Year’s Eve. If you’re still lacking a plan for bringing in the 2013 new year in style, have a look at the following things to do in Cape Town on […]

Are you tired of all the same boring store-bought Christmas Crackers each year with the usual go-to jokes and useless cheap gifts? Well, why not make your own? That way, you can buy inexpensive gifts for friends and family that you know will be put to good use, as well as handpick the best (of […]

Weaving its way between Pietermaritzburg and the majestic uKhahlamba Drakensberg mountain range, which has been proclaimed a World Heritage Site, the Midlands Meander is a popular route with a modest beginning. It started as a group of artists and crafters trying to lure travellers off the N3 to see their wares. Today the meander is […]

2012 has been a year of numerous changes, with elections and price increases, along with plenty of new technology paraded from various corporate giants. For those constantly on the move and unwilling to invest in a bulky laptop to lug around, the more compact tablets are an answer to many a techno-nomads desperate plea. But […]

UPDATE: CitySightseeing has launched a new township tour! Check out the LaGuGu Tour below! Explore the beautiful city of Cape Town at your own pace with hop on, hop off tours. The tours follow a timetable and run every 20 – 30 minutes (tour dependent) – which means you can get off and explore each attraction at your own pace, […]

The temperamental nature of spring is over and summer is finally here in all her sunshine glory. To celebrate the sultry holiday season, the Company Gardens will be hosting the Cape Town Summer Market from 14 – 24 December 2012. This festive family-friendly market is the ideal place to find some unique Christmas gifts while […]