Category: Top Travel Lists

Everyone at some point or another has been asked to step in and take a group photo or two, of either tourists, children, friends, family, or the odd strangers in the park. It’s easy to just point and snap hoping for the best, but sometimes you want to add that little something extra to make […]

South Africa is full of beauty. The diverse and stunning scenic landscapes, the wonderful weather, the friendly locals and the vibrant cities. There are also many well known locations which draw tourists such as the awe-inspiring Cango Caves, the Valley of Desolation and of course the lush Garden Route. But South Africa also has its […]

Everyone deserves a chance to travel no matter where you come from, what your physical condition is, or how much you can afford to spend. I may be over-generalising but I assume everyone knows at least one person with some kind of disability, whether they are a family member, friend, or a someone in your […]

The following post is by Marosane Hutchinson, Booking Agent at TravelGround.com. The Portswood Hotel is just minutes away from the world famous V&A Waterfront and is part of Cape Town’s colonial history.  The restaurant and lobby of the hotel is build over the original well and holding cells of prisoners en-route to Robben Island some 300 […]

Continuing with the ‘tradition’ that we started last year, we are giving awards to our Most Popular Accommodations of 2010. Selecting the winners When we handed out the 2009 awards, TravelGround.com was less than 6 months old and the TravelGround Awards were based on around a quarter-million page views along with the corresponding enquiries, bookings […]

The following post is a review of Waterfront Guesthouse in Port Owen by Marosane Hutchinson, Booking Agent at TravelGround.com. I recently had the awesome privilege of being invited by Rob Newman, owner of The Waterfront Guest House, to stay at his 5-star, self-catering guest house on the banks of the Port Owen Marina.  Never in […]

Today we have begun a tradition here at TravelGround.com. We are giving awards to our most popular accommodations of 2009, and we will be awarding them every year from now on. Choosing the winners Since TravelGround opened only 6 months ago we have received almost 250,000 page views and thousands of accommodation enquiries, bookings and […]

This is a round up of some of our favourite Travel Blogs here in the TravelGround Office. These aren’t necessarily Travel Blogs that promote South Africa, but all of them are by South African’s and written from a South African reference point. Read on to become addicted… Britain and Beyond:  Anneliese offers some fantastic anecdotes […]