PRETORIA – Home Affairs said at a meeting today that it is necessary to take fingerprints of all tourists or travellers visiting South Africa; and re-stressed the importance of all children to travel with the right documents. Home Affairs Director General Mkhuseli Apleni said Wednesday that this helps to identify the person, especially when a crime has been […]

It’s that time of year again, the Christmas hols. Time to bundle the family (or just yourself) up and head for Hermanus or Hartebeespoort Dam or, if you have the money, the ski slopes of Switzerland. Whatever destination it is, it usually entails a bit – or lots – of travelling. In days gone by […]

Towards the end of each year hundreds of thousands of people escape dark, cold, rainy winters in Europe and North America for a break in sunny South Africa. Many are drawn by the country’s wide array of outdoor attractions: nature reserves, beaches and adventure activities like skydiving and water sports. All of these are reliant […]

Unaccompanied minors travelling from France will be obliged to travel with written authorisation from 15 January 2017, in a move similar to that introduced by South Africa last year. The decree stipulates that all unaccompanied minors (under 18) travelling from France must have written permission to leave the country signed by one of their parents, or by […]

If Cape Town could take its own selfie – this would be it. The ultimate selfie… taken with a drone. In fact it’s a series of selfies taken from different fabulous locations around Cape Town. The video was filmed by photographers, students and friends Luke Bell and Hloniphizwe Coleman; and features lots of well known faces from the local […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Tsogo Sun Holdings Ltd plans to buy more hotels in the United Kingdom where it is performing well and weakness in the pound has made assets much more affordable, it said on Wednesday, after reporting flat half-year profit. Africa’s biggest hotels and gambling operator, which also has interests in Nigeria, […]

A Cape Town time-lapse artist has captured some breathtaking footage around South Africa from township scenes to larni shopping centres, cool spots and hot spots, starry skies to ocean vistas from Cape Town to Durban and up to Joburg. Watch below. Namibian-born Rory Allen has released A Lapse In Time: Volume III, an awe-inducing compilation […]

According to South Africa’s Suzelle DIY, these are the top fun things to do in Sydney, Australia: Drink coffee. Everywhere you go you’ll find good coffee because it’s “coffee culture”. Eats bananas. They love their bananas and you’ll get lots of banana bread. Exercise. You have to keep up with the people in Sydney, in […]

Welcome to Africa’s most beautiful garden – Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, in the Western Cape. As can be seen from these magnificent photos, taken by ALAN RUDNICKI a few days ago, the grounds in South Africa’s most famous garden are currently alive with a fiery and spectacular display of King Proteas and Pincushion Proteas in […]

“Zanzibar”, even having lived in East Africa for 16 years, the name still conjurs dreams of exotic mystery, romance and adventure. If you are frequently ‘haunted’ by these wonderful dreams of a tropical island paradise then Zanzibar is the very next holiday you should take, and here are ten reasons why! Zanzibar is actually an […]

There’s one more exquisite reason to visit the Western Cape – a magnificent rose garden with 80 different rose varieties was opened today at Vergelegen Estate in Somerset West. The wine estate, which is over three centuries old, already has 18 beautiful gardens over 10 hectares and draws at least 100,000 visitors annually, half of whom are […]

The travel experts at Lonely Planet have revealed their selection of the best destinations for 2017 that travellers simply cannot afford to miss… and South Africa’s stunning Cape Town features high up as number two on the Top 10 Cities list. Lonely Planet describes Capetonians as being deceptively laid-back whilst working hard to “add cultural […]

If you’re looking for a taste of home, savour this video – with majestic scenery, wonderful wildlife, South African sunsets… and to top it all, a reading of ‘The Real Africa’ poem that will give you goosebumps. The footage was filmed around Durban, St. Lucia wetland and the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve. Rhys Scott-Dawkins produced the video for his company, […]

This video has been three years in the making, and the final result is just under four minutes of spectacular drone footage. The video features beautiful scenes from South Africa, Botswana (including the Okavango Delta), Namibia and Zambia (including the Victoria Falls). The South African locations include Blouberg Beach, Addo National Park, Hermanus, Clifton Beach, Cape Town, Knysna, Robberg […]

South Africans have one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Passports in the World! And the most powerful passport on the African continent. That’s right! South African citizens are able to enter a full 90 countries across the world without a visa, and able to gain a visa on arrival at a further 31 countries. This […]

According to a travel survey, residents of Port Elizabeth are the most reliable in South Africa when it comes to knowledge about London trivia, whilst those in Bloemfontein are most more clued up about English sports and leisure. The survey of 4,000 travellers around the world was to gauge how knowledgeable they were about London. Those in […]

I spent 10 days in the Mountain Kingdom, documenting the Basotho people and their land. Six days on horseback took me to some of the most isolated populated areas of Southern Africa, where some shepherds will spend six months away from their villages. Traveling through Lesotho via horseback has been one of my most memorable experiences […]

The Department of Tourism says tourist arrivals in South Africa continues to grow unabated, with an increase particularly from Asia, France and the Middle East… whilst Americans make up the biggest number of tourists. The department on Monday said the current trend of tourist arrivals in the country has in the last few months shown consistent […]

They say there are 1,500,000 wildebeest in the Serengeti migrating population, but it sure as heck feels like a lot more when you happen upon a bunch of them! By safari guide CRAIG DORIA. Sometimes, especially when you look across a narrow shallow valley, it feels like you are looking at the entire 1,500,000 in […]

This is the stuff that holiday dreams are made of! Perched on a cliff, overlooking the biggest whale nursery in the world, sits a magical, unique villa in the Western Cape, South Africa. “The photo below was what we flew over on our way here…” says VANESSA RAPHAELY, who captured all the pics on this page. […]

There’s so much to see and do in Cape Town that two vloggers have decided instead of cramming it into one travel video, to rather embark on a brilliant series called ‘This is Cape Town’. The first video – watch below – features the city centre. It’s fun, fast, fascinating, uplifting and is sure to make […]

Check out these awesome photos of the Mother City from the air, taken by ANGELA GORMAN PHOTOGRAPHY. “Cape Town is even more beautiful from above!” says Angela. “What an incredible experience viewing Cape Town from a helicopter!” Angela took to the skies with NAC Helicopters Cape Town at early morning light… An iconic shot of Table Mountain… […]

Condé Nast Traveller readers have had their say and the fourth best country on the planet to travel to, according to these seasoned travellers, is South Africa… particularly because of our Rand! The annual Travel Awards asks its readers to rate their favourite countries based on various criteria including food, accommodation, scenery, value for money. The readers […]

Flying over the ocean blue to an island called Unguja, I imagined Zanzibar to be a stereotypical island paradise – bleached beaches, coconuts falling from palm trees, sickly sweet pineapple drinks with those unnecessary little umbrellas – but with the influence of Africa, slavery, and the spice route. Water like liquid sapphire Captures fragments of […]

It’s been only 10 days since Bucketvision uploaded the video below of Cape Town to Facebook, and already it has received over 2.8 million views!!! The bucketlist app – which is currently focussed on Cape Town – posted the video together with a message claiming: “Cape Town, South Africa has been named the most BEAUTIFUL city […]