This is the place where you can find informed and inspiring choices of where to WINE, DINE, STAY and PLAY whilst you are on holiday in Southern Africa with us. Constantly updated - and with regular "real life" comments from our travellers - each section simply lists some of the favourite things we love doing in our City of Cape Town and as we travel OUT & ABOUT across Southern Africa and beyond.
We hope you feel inspired to try some of our choices and we would like to hear your thoughts and comments if you do.

Mandi Johnson-Aliverti ventured to more than 1 spot on her recent trip up the Garden Route. Views Hotel & Spa played host to her family whilst visiting the scenic and beautiful sleepy hollow that is The Wilderness. She had the following to say,
“Views is a small new hotel located right on the beautiful long [...]

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On their excursion to Durban for the annual Indaba, Mandi and Chantal also managed to squeeze in a trip to Thonga Beach Lodge. Mandi had the following to say about their visit,
“A perfect combination of bush and beach is to combine Phinda or another game lodge, with Thonga. Situated on the unspoilt Maputuland coast of Kwazulu-Natal, [...]

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One of South Africa’s oldest hotels, The Oyster Box located in Umhlanga, 20 minutes north of Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, is an institution. Being spoken about as ‘the rebirth of a legend’, this Grande Dame of 1947 has recently re-opened after a two year extensive upgrade. Our travel team where in the area after the Indaba and made [...]

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The whales are back in town this month, so we booked an overnight stay here to do our first bit of whale watching of the season and we weren’t disappointed. De Kelders is a tiny little village perched on cliffs about 2 hours along the coast from Cape Town and close to the town of [...]

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This Relais Chateux hotel is located on the East Coast, known as the Garden Route. The hotel restaurant overlooks the eternity pool that literally spills over the cliff on to the Indian Ocean. From here one can sip champagne whilst watching dolphins frolic in the waves below. The beaches of Plett, as it is locally [...]

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A small hotel located on the famous Chapman’s Peak Drive, close to Hout Bay. Built in between the milkwood trees, each suite is named after an island. It is not a beach resort in the true sense of the word, but a special getaway close to the city where one can relax right on the [...]

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Thonga is set on the coast of Maputuland in Kwazulu-Natal, offering one a wilderness beach experience. A luxury African resort with plenty of activities beside the beach, from turtle tracking to visiting Lake Sibaya, from scuba diving to visiting a Tsonga homestead.

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Mandi’s favourite beach resort on the spice island, Zanzibar. Located off the coast of Tanzania in East Africa, Zanzibar offers warm waters and temperate climate almost all year round. Ras Nungwi is a small beach resort located at the North of the island, overlooking the Mnemba atoll, a popular snorkeling and diving spot. Swim with [...]

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