7 August 2010, Ais Ais South African road trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Ais Ais in Namibia. More than 4000km and temperatures between -8 ° C and 35 ° C. The road less traveled. Oh, how we had been looking forward to this trip. I had never been to this part of the [...]
Going up the long drive way is definitely impressive when you enter this spectacular wine estate. The WoW Factor is def there!! Check www.delaire.co.za for stunning pics. Somehow I forgot to take pictures of the estate, probably because I was in awe!! The restaurant is beautifully decorated with African arts and features a MASSIVE fire [...]
Although my team was in the finals last Sunday and yes I was a bit proud, this to me was not the most important. The World Cup has come to an end, what are we going to talk about now? To be in South Africa and to be part of the biggest event on African [...]
Jeez!! What a match and I was in the stadium AGAIN, here in Cape Town, just down the road from where I live! I can’t believe it how much I love this soccer world cup and how much I am involved in all of it. Of course, to start with, it helps that I’m Dutch [...]
I must be honest, this month I’ve been a bit spoiled with all the new places I’ve visited and experienced but hey, that is the fun part of running a company in the tourism industry. To experience everything on a personal level is the only way for me to advice my guests in an appropriate [...]
For those who have been to South Africa, don’t you just love the ‘dorpies’ we have here? Spend a day in a dorpie (= village) and before you know it you hang out with the locals, know all the town gossip and have a designated bar stool in the local pub. I just love it! [...]
Did you know that Lesotho is the country with the highest lowest point in the world? Everything in this mountain kingdom is at least at 1000m above sea level, even the lowest point. A lot of people are scared off by travel agents, NOT to go into Lesotho. I’m saying: you’re missing out if you’re [...]
When visitors from Holland come visit, family or friends, it’s always a good excuse to go on a road trip through South Africa. I just LOVE road trips and don’t plan them enough. So when my parents arrived the beginning of February I could hardly wait to jump into the car and GO!! For a [...]
The newly build Cape Town stadium came alive yesterday with a deafening sound of thousands of vuvezala’s. No announcement could be heard but who cares about announcements anyway? The heat of the sun was something I worried about more. Aj, I was SO hot. Box 119, not a good one for a match in Summer [...]
Morning! I just come back from a short walk on Hout Bay Beach. How I love this place! It MUST be one of the most beautiful places in the world and definitely in South Africa. The lovely bay with the breathtaking Chapmans Peak Drive on one side and the quaint harbour on the other side.The [...]
Last weekend was one of those STUNNING Cape Town weekends where you just want to be outside and spend as much time in nature as possible. Luckily we had organised to go hiking in the Cape of Good Hope area, about an hours drive from Cape Town city centre. Boy, how blessed are we to [...]
11 December 2009 Carne Restaurant in Keerom Street, CBD, Cape Town. WoW!! For the REAL carnivore what a treat! Everything was perfect, venue, menu, waiter (we love you Mike, we do!), except…..1 little thing, the seats of the chairs were quite small. Now, well, I’m not exactly a size petite but I think more people [...]
Yesterday evening I was invited to take part in an experience, organised by Coffeebean Routes in Cape Town. Coffeebean Routes proudly organises unique experiences, such as a Reggae tour or Story-telling tour in order for tourists to meet and interact with interesting characters in Cape Town and the suburbs. Our guide Jacques first brought us [...]
Last Saturday we already got a little taste of what’s summer is going to be like. It was HOT, blue skies, no wind and just absolutely beautiful. So time to get out and get onto that beautiful mountain of ours. You start from the parking lot at Rhodes Memorial. You COULD have a GREAT breakfast [...]
This morning my friend Liz and I were actually on our way to the Helderberg Nature Reserve in Somerset Wes, when we found out that THAT hike was not happening. Ok, quickly made a new plan to hike a bit closer and went to the Silvermine Nature Reserve. From Cape Town you take the M3 [...]
‘Walking to Malealea?’ Why? You whities can easily pay a taxi. Why do you want to hike all the way? It’s very far, you know. Or I can maybe give you a lift in my ‘bakkie’. The Lesotho locals think that we’re crazy to hike over the Maluti mountains from Moroosi to Malealea. 5am: Mick [...]
It had been on my to-do list for quite some time. But, as you know, living in Cape Town one can become very spoiled and traveling to Jo’burg is not something you do very often if you don’t need to. Although I must say, the better I get to know Jo’burg the more enjoy the [...]
Everytime I have to leave Cape Town for traveling, I have all kinds of rituals that I do before leaving this magic place. It feels like I’m homesick even before having left. Oh, I MUST have that last glass of Chardonnay with that special friend and oh yes, I must have a last look at [...]
Having family and friends visit from The Netherlands is always a good excuse to travel around new areas in South Africa. Madikwe Game Reserve, close to Gabarone (Botswana) had been on my mind for a very long time and finally, 2 weeks agao, I was able to visit, together with my parents and aunt & [...]
Finally it was time to hike the Madiba of Trails, the Otter trail. One has to make a booking a year in advance to get on this 5 day / 42,5 km long trail in the Tsitsikamma National Park. It doesn’t seem a lot but I promise you, 42,5 km in 5 days is more [...]
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