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Knysna, Garden Route- Western Province
18 June 2026
The name Knysna has appeared in various spellings since about the 1770's. It was ‘Nysna’ in one of the earliest letters ...
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Johannesburg, Gauteng Province
26 May 2026
Joburg, the Economic powerhouse of Africa, was founded in the heydays of one of the World's biggest and richest gold rus...
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Knysna Forest
15 May 2026
The Knysna Forest has a rich history spanning thousands of Years, from indigenous use to colonial exploitation and moder...
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Thesen Island
8 May 2026
Thesen Islands is steeped in the History of the Southern Cape. It is situated in the midst of the tranquil waters of one...
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Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
24 April 2026
The Tsitsikamma National Park is situated at the heart of the picturesque tourist region known as the Garden Route, foun...
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Panorama Route, Mpumalanga
21 April 2026
*God's Window *Lisbon Falls *Berlin Falls *the Pinnacle *Bourke`s Luck Potholes, and *Blyde River Canyon The Panor...
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Luderitz, Namibia
17 March 2026
Luderitz is a quaint harbour town on the Atlantic Coast in Namibia. It boasts German history, art-deco architecture and ...
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Chintsa
5 March 2026
Chintsa is a village in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is situated 38 km north-e...
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Langeberg Mountain Range, Western Cape
27 January 2026
The Langeberg Mountain Range is in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is approximately 170 km long! The Marlo...
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Nkandla, KZN
15 January 2026
Nkandla is a Town in the uThungulu District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is the seat of the Nkandla Local Municipa...
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Tokai Manor House, Tokai Road, Tokai.
29 December 2025
The farm was originally granted to Johan Rauch in 1792, Within two months, had sold it on to Andries Teubes, who probabl...
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Uniondale
2 September 2025
Uniondale lies adjacent to the Langkloof, which winds its way through the foothills of the of the Tsitsikamma Mountain r...
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Newlands
12 August 2025
In 1700, Governor Willem van der Stel was granted land some 9km outside Cape Town, which he named 'De Nieuwe Land' or 'N...
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Ntabankulu Municipality
2 August 2025
Ntabankulu is an isiXhosa word meaning "great or big mountain", since the municipal Area is mountainous in character. Th...
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Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
2 July 2025
The Blyde River Canyon known officially known as the' Motlatse Canyon'- The Motlatse Canyon is one of the largest can...
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Mkhambathi Nature Reserve
19 June 2025
Situated on the coast of north-eastern Pondoland, the Mkhambathi Nature Reserve (as the locals pronounce), offers visito...
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Mpofu – Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve
13 June 2025
Bass fishing is a popular activity as is rock climbing – Fort Fordyce features ten bolted routes with names like the Fev...
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Amatikulu, a Nature Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal
29 March 2025
Town some 130 km North-East of Durban, near Gingindlovu. Where the first sugar factory in Zululand was established in 19...
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Balule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
12 October 2024
In the language of the Shangaan people, the name 'Balule' is the Tsonga word for Buffalo. You can see this member of the...
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Griqualand East
26 September 2024
The territory of Griqualand East is located South of the Colony of Natal, between the Drakensberg and Pondoland. Despite...
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Tokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest
23 May 2024
The Arboretum was laid out in 1885 by Joseph Storr Lister, Conservator of Forests of the Western Conservancy of the Cape...
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Kaapsche Hoop, Mpumalanga- Barberton Valley
14 March 2024
Kaapsche Hoop, well known for it's Wild Horses roaming freely, is a charming Village situated in Mpumalanga , 25km from ...
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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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Melmoth, Gateway to Zululand
30 December 2022
Melmoth, known as the gateway to the Zulu Highlands, is a picturesque, little Town just 200 km North East of Durban and ...
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Tokai, Cape Town
10 November 2022
The Suburb of Tokai took its name from Tokaj, a range of Hills in Hungary. It was built in the late 1940's due to the ur...
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Hawaan Forest, Umhlanga
18 May 2020
Across the M 4 the Forest rests on a 2 000 year-old sand dune. Sounds old enough but Hawaan, by contrast, stands sturdy ...
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Katberg, Eastern Cape
20 February 2020
About 30 kilometres from Hogsback and close on two hours from East London, the little town of Katberg lies in enviable c...
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Goukamma Nature Reserve, Sedgefield
6 February 2020
In the heart of the scenic Garden Route on the Cape south coast, near the mouth of the Goukamma River, lies a secret hid...
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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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Thathe Vondo Holy Forest, Limpopo
27 September 2019
The Thathe Vondo Forest is sacred to the Venda people of Limpopo. Situated in the mountains above Lake Fundudzi, traditi...
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Wonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
18 April 2019
The Wonderboom Nature Reserve and is Home to a 1000 Year Old Fig Tree, or Ficus Salicifolia, known as the 'Wonderboom' [...
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God’s Window
18 April 2019
A famous vantage point on the Drakensberg escarpment God's Window stands at an altitude of 1,829m/6,000ft extending nort...
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Moletzie Bird Sanctuary
18 April 2019
Polokwane means:'place of safety' and is quite appropriate as it protects the Cape Vulture! Endemic to Southern Africa, ...
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Van Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
18 April 2019
These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly established Settle...
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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...
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Cwanguba
18 April 2019
A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of C...
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Delmas
18 April 2019
Delmas became famous in the latter part of 2010 for its proximity to the missing tiger known as Panjo. The tiger, only 1...
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Stutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
12 April 2019
The small town of Stutterheim lies at the foot of the Amatola Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province of South Afric...
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Mbotyi, Eastern Cape
10 April 2019
For the adventurer wanting to explore the many unique and wild treasures this coast has to offer, Mbotyi offers the priv...
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Hluleka Nature Reserve, Mthatha
5 April 2019
Combining lush indigenous forests, a beautiful rocky coastline, unspoilt beaches and rolling grasslands, the Hluleka Nat...