Category: Western Cape

From the gentle ocean breezes that drift inland, to the golden sandy shoreline, Plettenberg Bay has one of the most beautiful coastal stretches, especially in spring. If you’re hoping to catch a glimpse of frolicking whales or dolphins only a few meters off-shore, then you’ve come to the right place! Plettenberg Bay, nicknamed Plett, certainly […]

The Garden Route offers a diversity of beautiful self-catering accommodation along its winding, picturesque path. If you’re dreaming of a vacation where you don’t have to get up at a certain time in order to make breakfast or make sure you’re home at a decent hour because you don’t want to put your hosts out, […]

Ahoy mateys! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, so strike me colours if I don’t talk in a pirate way. Yo ho! Pirate fever be takin’ its toll aboard our olde port o’ work. Good olde pirate rock songs be fillin’ the decks with timber stomping tunes as we be settin’ sail under […]

When the majority of us look at beautiful fairy-tale like photographs, the cynics in us start thinking that the pictures must be photo-shopped. After all, nowadays you can make anything look good, just look at the various magazine stands, which have flawless women and impossibly perfect bodies paraded on the covers. Despite our jaded outlooks, […]

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 […]