Yikes! Watch professional skydiver JeanJacques Wallis, and friends, doing a Wingsuit Base Jump from Slanghoek Peak in the Western Cape, South Africa… the Edge of the World! JeanJacques says: “Sweet Sunset Hike and Fly down into the valley with Team Phoenix-Fly. Flying the Alpine 2 down some amazing unexplored notch’s and slopes of Slanghoeks massive […]

Drakensberg resident Megan Bedingham has penned the following letter to South Africa’s Minister of Tourism, Derek Hanekom… Dear Minister of Tourism, Mr Derek Hanekom Greetings from the Drakensberg! I have been incredibly privileged to grow up in this remote part of South Africa, and since I was a young girl my dream was always to come […]

Watch below as South African free solo rock climber Matt Bush ascends iconic SA rock faces – from Cape Town’s Lion’s Head to Paarl Rock, one of the hugest granite domes in the world. The nerve-wracking action was filmed by Western Cape photographer and videographer, Luke Maximo Bell. Luke has been filming Matt over the […]

All kinds of colours, cultures and creatives surface at Sikis Coffee Café in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa… writes Sebastian Daniels. Models stroll in to meet with their photographers, comedians converse over a cuppa about their next performance while white faces pop up occasionally like white spots on a domino. This review is incredibly close […]

Colourful culture, wonderful wildlife and remarkable scenery… as the video, says: this is not the normal road trip that you’ll do in South Africa (and certainly not the one that thousands of travellers are currently doing as they head down to Durban from Gauteng). This is one that takes you off the freeway and down […]

Unknown to many, there is the most beautiful area to explore in KwaZulu-Natal from the East Coast, around Durban, and up to Hilton… but thanks to the efforts of  former South African expat, Cheryl LefevreMaid, who has returned for a while to the land she loves, more people will soon be enjoying this gorgeous region. Cheryl […]

Check out this cool video below taken at Surfers Corner, Muizenberg Beach, in South Africa yesterday… during a warning after a shark was spotted. Despite the sharks emptying the sea (it is their home after all), the panoramic view of the coastline and beach is stunning! The video was filmed by Adele Grosse, Founder & Executive […]

Recently, one of my followers asked me about exploring game parks around South Africa, as a woman… writes Annie DuPre-Reynolds. I’m very independent (just ask my husband) and have gone to Pilanesberg, the Kruger and Golden Gate National Parks – to name a few – on my own in the past few years. I’ve also organised trips for girlfriends visiting from […]

If you haven’t been on holiday to South Africa for a while, take a trip with this gorgeous video… showcasing Cape Town, Franschhoek, Hermanus, Plettenberg Bay and a safari in the Eastern Cape. It’s an almost perfect holiday – encompassing some of South Africa’s most iconic mountains, expansive ocean and abundant wildlife – but it […]

South African drone operator Ruan Kotze has captured this dramatic footage of the Drakensberg escarpment, which stretches for over 1,000 kilometres (around 620 miles) from the Eastern Cape Province in the south to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)… and along the way forms the border between Lesotho and the Eastern Cape, and between Lesotho and KZN. “The Afrikaans […]

As most South African expats know, there’s nothing better than flying home… and for Kathrin van Rensburg, who is currently living in Kenya, the flight back to family and friends was made even sweeter by the aeroplane taking a detour around Africa’s tallest mountain – Mount Kilimanjaro. Kathrin told SAPeople she was on Kenya Airways, […]

One of the most mind-blowing things about South Africa is its wildlife… writes Phil Maloney. Have you ever watched the National Geographic channel on TV? It’s like that, but with the added thrill of getting malaria (for real – if you go to the Kruger Park, take malaria medication). There are kabillions (rough estimate – […]

A mountain drive through a scenic pass in South Africa is magical, and exploring South Africa’s passes is now on the list of ‘must do’ attractions for both locals and tourists… writes Beverley Ballard-Tremeer. The passes may not be the longest or the highest in the world, but never-the-less many are spectacular. Two are listed in […]

Watch the beautiful video below of Hermanus, in the Western Cape of South Africa, filmed by London-based video technician Tyler Hilton (25)… during a recent trip back home for the holidays; and check out his dad’s Top 10 reasons why he’s so happy in Hermanus. Tyler’s father is well known South African comedian Barry Hilton […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa believes South Africa can DOUBLE the size of employed people in tourism, and has called on South Africans to welcome tourists with open hearts. Delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament in Cape Town on Friday evening, Ramaphosa said tourism sustains 700,000 direct jobs and is performing better than […]

An aerial photo taken by Stan Sanetra this morning in South Africa, flying over the Western Cape’s False Bay, had many people wondering just what caused the phenomenon of the ocean appearing to be split in half, displaying two distinct colours on either side of an invisible boundary line. We turned to an expert – […]

Tourists are still being encouraged to visit Cape Town, despite Day Zero looming (when taps will be turned off on 12 April 2018) and international headlines about South Africa’s Mother City running out of water. (Please see Tourists FAQ about the water crisis in Cape Town below.) Jayne Dickson, a British tourist, said she is […]

An American travel blogger and video maker, Drew Binsky, has created a fantastic video listing the ten ways you know you’re in South Africa. His list includes the usual suspects that are unique to South Africa like biltong and braais, but also has items like how we call chapstick or lip balm – ‘lip ice’. […]

South African expat Julian Miller has a message for South Africa and for fellow SA expats as he leaves SA “after five glorious weeks traveling from Johannesburg to Plett to Cape Town to Pilanesberg and back to Johannesburg…” “The South African people made our holiday… especially the banter we had with everyone on a daily […]

We’ve just returned to Canada after spending almost four weeks in South Africa… writes Daleen Loest. We spent some time in Gauteng and then toured the Western Cape and the West Coast. Man, what a breathtaking place South Africa is! We never felt unsafe, and people were friendly, helpful and just plain awesome all the way. […]

Elders, the best-selling Afrikaans book about the Camino pilgrimage in Spain by writer, journalist and TV presenter Erns Grundling, is the inspiration behind Elders: Die Camino, a documentary series launching on KykNET and Showmax this January (and available to South Africans abroad – subscribe here!). The book is based on Erns Grundling’s personal experience along the […]

Thousands visit Sea Point pool, one of the few municipal pools in Cape Town operating during the drought. Because it uses sea water, the Sea Point Pavilion has been one of the few municipal pools open during the summer school holidays. Barry Christianson photographed Capetonians enjoying this famous public space. Families from all over Cape […]

This year’s annual Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) celebration – on Tuesday 02 January 2018 – was as brilliant as usual… providing a colourful display to the crowds, as over 13,000 dancers took to the streets of Cape Town to celebrate what’s known as the Kaapse Klopse Carnival. Oday Mtour captured these spectacular photographs… The Carnival’s […]

DURBAN – Ethekwini Municipality has requested that the parents of three children, left on Durban beaches during the New Year long weekend, urgently make contact with authorities to be reunited with their children. Beaches were packed on 01 January 2018 and parents had been urged to make sure they took their child to a Child […]

It may not have been the sunniest day in Durban today, but grey skies didn’t stop thousands of beach goers still flocking to the KwaZulu-Natal beachfront in what has become a famous New Year’s Day annual tradition… the one time of the year that most people are not working, and are able to travel to […]