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Porterville
10 June 2026
Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck establish...
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Kruger National Park
1 June 2026
The Stone Age spans a lengthy period - from about 2 million years ago, to 1 800 years ago, and gets its name from the us...
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
20 May 2026
Twee Rivieren is the Park’s largest rest camp and administrative headquarters. It is situated on the banks of the Dry No...
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Abees, Bela-Bela
9 April 2026
Old Khoikhoi name for Warmbad. It means 'place of cleansing or washing'. A Town 100 km away from Pretoria North. It...
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Worcester, Western Cape
6 November 2025
Worcester is a Town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is located 120 Kilometers North-East of Cape Town. This River ...
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Paternoster, West Coast
4 August 2025
Just five minutes away ffrom Paternoster is the Cape Columbine Nature Reserve. The Reserve has the last manned lighthous...
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Msunduzi River
22 March 2025
The Msunduzi River is well known for hosting the start of The Dusi Canoe Marathon. This is a canoe paddle race, that cov...
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Gordons Bay, Cape Province
21 February 2025
Gordons Bay is a picturesque coastal village, nestled at the foot of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and the False Bay ...
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Dwarskerbos Beach and Pools, West Coast
5 February 2025
The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama first set foot on South African soil on 7 November 1497 near here, when he explor...
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Umdloti, North Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
9 December 2024
Umdloti is the ideal place to unwind and enjoy the sunshine, Beaches, rock pools and sea. There are a number of activiti...
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Thulamela Local Municipality
4 September 2024
"Thulamela" is a Karanga or Shona word that means "hill with no vegetation" or "the place of giving birth". The origina...
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Storms River Mouth Rest Camp
30 May 2024
This, "the place of much water", is the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park. The heartland of the park...
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Tankwa Karoo National Park
15 March 2024
It is recommend you travel through the Park with a vehicle with high ground clearance and good tyres. All roads in the P...
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Steenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
16 February 2024
Steenbras Nature Reserve includes the well known Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools hiking trail which is a popular...
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Bontebok National Park, Swellendam
18 January 2024
Bontebok National Park is the smallest National Park in South Africa; it is only 28 square Kilometres. Therefore, the Pa...
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Graskop, Mpumalanga
29 December 2023
Graskop is a small forestry Town perched on the edge of the Drakensberg Escarpment, a region of Mpumalanga. Admire a nat...
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!Khwa Nature Reserve, Yzerfontein
20 December 2023
San people are members of various Khoe, Tuu, or Kx'a-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer culture. They are the first cul...
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Sodwana Bay National Park
7 July 2023
With its headquarters at Queen Elizabeth Park in Pietermaritzburg, the Provincial Capital, Ezemvelo manages more than 12...
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Pilanesberg Game Reserve
30 June 2023
Near Sun City and Botswana
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Phala Phala, Game Farm
4 January 2023
Phala Phala Wildlife, is a new 'Rare Game' Group of Farms founded with the purpose of breeding.
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Mweni Valley, Drakensberg
27 September 2022
Officially, the Area known as “Mnweni” is managed by the amaNgwane Tribal Authority and covers the Region between Mount ...
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Kleinzee, Northern Cape
26 September 2022
Kleinzee (sometimes referred to as Kleinsee) was a diamond mining town, tourists visited as part of the diamond route.
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Hazyview
18 March 2022
A Village that is inundated with History and very quicky being modernized but will always keep it's charm! The na...
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Buffalo Bay Beach, Goukamma Nature Reserve
13 January 2021
Buffalo Bay Beach is also affectionately named Buffelsbaai and you’ll find it in the Goukamma Nature Reserve just a few ...
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Beestekraal, North West
31 July 2020
Settlement with a Railway Station and Post Office, North of Brits. It was given the name in 1837 by the Voortrekkers und...
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Annisfontein, a Spring and Outspan in Richtersveld- Northern Cape
10 July 2020
A Spring and Outspan in the Richtersveld with Geographical History dating back Millions of Years! A Spring may be ...
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Seweweeks Poort, Swartberg
27 May 2020
The Seweweeks Poort is probably the most beautiful 18 km stretch of gravel road anywhere in South Africa. With easy grad...
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Ai-Ais, Namibia
27 April 2020
Ai-Ais Hot Springs Resort is at the source of a mineral and sulphur-rich hot spring, and means 'burning water' in the lo...
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Afsaalnek, Mpumalanga
21 April 2020
Pass about 40 km North of Witbank, leading Westwards from the Olifants River Valley to Wildehondekraal. The name is Afri...
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Soebatsfontein, Northern Cape
9 March 2020
The name of this small Village ('fountain of pleading') comes from a Spring in the middle of the Village.
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Leipoldtville, West Coast
5 February 2020
Northeast of Elands Bay en route to Graafwater, lies the quaint village of Leipoldtville next to the Langvleirivier. The...
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Reneen, Northern Cape
30 January 2020
Reneen is a populated place and is located in Northern Cape, South Africa.
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Willowvale Gatyane
30 January 2020
Falls in the jurisdiction of the Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province.
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Mpofu Nature Reserve
24 January 2020
Mpofu is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Mpofu, Xhosa for eland...
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Marakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
2 December 2019
The Marakele National Park in the heart of the Waterberg Mountains, as its Tswana name suggests, has become a 'place of ...
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Niewoudtville
18 April 2019
(prior to 1910) The village of Nieuwoudtville was established in 1897 on the farm Groenrivier which, as the name impli...