TripAdvisor, the world's best-known customer-driven traveller advisory website, named Cape Town as the world's top destination at the annual TripAdvisorTravellers' Choice Awards.
After placing last in the Top 25 Destinations in the World category at the 2010 awards, this year Cape Town weathered challenges from the likes of Sydney, Paris, Rio, New York, Rome, London and Hong Kong to be named the world's top destination.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
South Africa's 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Explore South Africa's UNESCO World Heritage Sites and get a glimse of our natural and cultural wonders.
Robben Island: famous landmark, where Nelson Mandela and many other Freedom Struggle heroes were imprisoned. Guided tours are done by previous prisoners, which together with the location, history and prison conditions make for a highly emotive experience.
iSimangaliso Wetland Park: one of the largest estuary systems in Africa, acclaimed for its exceptional biodiversity and over 520 bird species. Here you’ll find sand dunes, golden beaches, coral reefs, wetlands, mangrove swamps, woodlands, coastal forests and grasslands.
Cradle of Humankind: boasts the richest evidence of human evolution over the past 3,5 million years and has yielded the remains of some of the oldest hominids - the early ancestors of the human race.
uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: South Africa's highest mountain range has exceptional scenic beauty, a diverse habitat harbouring a number of threatened plant and bird species and a concentration of historic rock art paintings. An ideal place for adventure activities ranging from hiking trails to mountain climbing.
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape: Iron Age site showing evidence of a highly advanced indigenous society existing centuries before European colonialism spread across Africa. This is where the famous golden rhinoceros and many other artifacts were found.
Cape Floral Region: the Western Cape's fynbos (indigenous flowering shrubland) is one of the richest and most diverse floral areas in the world - 70% of its floral species occur nowhere else on the planet. Table Mountain National Park, which is part of this remarkable wilderness area, has more plant species in its 22 000 hectares than Britain or New Zealand.
Vredefort Dome: The world's biggest meteor crater dates back two million years when a gigantic meteorite 10 km in diameter hit the earth. Today this site is the oldest and largest clearly visible meteorite impact site in the world. Adventure activities abound.
The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape: A remarkable mountainous desert in the north-west of the country that is uniquely owned and managed by the Nama communities.
Robben Island: famous landmark, where Nelson Mandela and many other Freedom Struggle heroes were imprisoned. Guided tours are done by previous prisoners, which together with the location, history and prison conditions make for a highly emotive experience.
iSimangaliso Wetland Park: one of the largest estuary systems in Africa, acclaimed for its exceptional biodiversity and over 520 bird species. Here you’ll find sand dunes, golden beaches, coral reefs, wetlands, mangrove swamps, woodlands, coastal forests and grasslands.
Cradle of Humankind: boasts the richest evidence of human evolution over the past 3,5 million years and has yielded the remains of some of the oldest hominids - the early ancestors of the human race.
uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park: South Africa's highest mountain range has exceptional scenic beauty, a diverse habitat harbouring a number of threatened plant and bird species and a concentration of historic rock art paintings. An ideal place for adventure activities ranging from hiking trails to mountain climbing.
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape: Iron Age site showing evidence of a highly advanced indigenous society existing centuries before European colonialism spread across Africa. This is where the famous golden rhinoceros and many other artifacts were found.
Cape Floral Region: the Western Cape's fynbos (indigenous flowering shrubland) is one of the richest and most diverse floral areas in the world - 70% of its floral species occur nowhere else on the planet. Table Mountain National Park, which is part of this remarkable wilderness area, has more plant species in its 22 000 hectares than Britain or New Zealand.
Vredefort Dome: The world's biggest meteor crater dates back two million years when a gigantic meteorite 10 km in diameter hit the earth. Today this site is the oldest and largest clearly visible meteorite impact site in the world. Adventure activities abound.
The Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape: A remarkable mountainous desert in the north-west of the country that is uniquely owned and managed by the Nama communities.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Yellow Fever
The South African Department of Health has issued a statement that all returning travellers from South Africa to Zambia and travellers from Zambia to South Africa will now require proof of yellow fever vaccination. Previously, this was not required. All in-transit passengers between the two destinations, irrespective of the time period in transit, will also require proof of yellow fever vaccination.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Flighs between Cape Town and Kruger Park
Great news, you will be able to fly direcrly between Cape Town and Hoedspruit and not have to fly via Johannesburg and get a connecting flight saving time and being much more convenient.
SA Express has announced the launch of flights between Cape Town and Hoedspruit, starting July 26.
The airline will operate the route with a 50-seater CRJ 200 with a launch phase frequency of once daily, every Tuesday and Thursday. Flights will depart Cape Town at 09h30, arriving Hoedspruit at 12h10. The return service will depart Hoedspruit at 12h45, arriving in Cape Town at 15h25.
The airline said it was confident the addition of this route to its network would ensure the best possible connections for business and leisure customers.
SA Express has announced the launch of flights between Cape Town and Hoedspruit, starting July 26.
The airline will operate the route with a 50-seater CRJ 200 with a launch phase frequency of once daily, every Tuesday and Thursday. Flights will depart Cape Town at 09h30, arriving Hoedspruit at 12h10. The return service will depart Hoedspruit at 12h45, arriving in Cape Town at 15h25.
The airline said it was confident the addition of this route to its network would ensure the best possible connections for business and leisure customers.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Direct flight between Cape Town and Livngstone
Starting June 30, Zambezi Airlines will introduce new flights connecting Cape Town directly with Livingstone and on to Lusaka.
Flights from Cape Town are scheduled to operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and will depart at 08h00, arriving in Livingstone at 11h10. Flights will then depart Livingstone at 11h55, arriving in Lusaka at 12h55.
The return service will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, departing Lusaka at 12h15, arriving in Livingstone at 13h15. From Livingstone flights will depart at 14h00, arriving in Cape Town at 17h10.
Flights will be operated by a B737-500, configured in 99 economy seats and 12 business-class seats.
Flights from Cape Town are scheduled to operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and will depart at 08h00, arriving in Livingstone at 11h10. Flights will then depart Livingstone at 11h55, arriving in Lusaka at 12h55.
The return service will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, departing Lusaka at 12h15, arriving in Livingstone at 13h15. From Livingstone flights will depart at 14h00, arriving in Cape Town at 17h10.
Flights will be operated by a B737-500, configured in 99 economy seats and 12 business-class seats.
World Golf Championship
South Africa is set to host the World Golf Championship from 2012.
The announcement follows extensive meetings between the US PGA Tour and the International Federation of PGA Tours, of which the Sunshine Tour in South Africa is a founding member.
The World Golf Championship will feature the top 70 players in the world golf rankings.
Said Commissioner of the Sunshine Tour, Gareth Tindall: “This is without a doubt, the most significant milestone in the history of professional golf in South Africa, what is even more significant is that we have the commitment that we will host this World Golf Championship event for a period of five years. That has enormously positive implications for the game and for our country as a whole.”
The announcement follows extensive meetings between the US PGA Tour and the International Federation of PGA Tours, of which the Sunshine Tour in South Africa is a founding member.
The World Golf Championship will feature the top 70 players in the world golf rankings.
Said Commissioner of the Sunshine Tour, Gareth Tindall: “This is without a doubt, the most significant milestone in the history of professional golf in South Africa, what is even more significant is that we have the commitment that we will host this World Golf Championship event for a period of five years. That has enormously positive implications for the game and for our country as a whole.”
Friday, April 1, 2011
SA National Parks to build hotels in Kruger Park!
After its recent quarterly meeting, the board of South African National Parks (SANParks) confirmed that it still stood by the decision to develop two safari hotels in the Kruger National Park. In the meeting, the board agreed that the decision to develop the hotels was within its mandate as a key responsibility to the continued sustainability and financial viability of the organisation. In a statement issued to the media, SanParks said commercialisation continued to be a policy of the board. It said it was based on sound decision-making and that nowhere in the world had an accommodation facility destroyed the ecology of a park, and invited anyone to bring such scientific evidence to the table. SANParks confirmed the appointment of Professor Willem van Riet, a former SANParks board member, as the Project Co-ordinator for both the Malelane Lodge and Skukuza Conference Lodge. The statement said that Professor van Riet had extensive experience in conservation, landscaping and development of tourism facilities in ecologically sensitive areas and was responsible for the development of the Berg-En-Dal rest camp in the Kruger National Park.
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