After a long wait, commuters will, at last, be able to use a train from Nyanga to Cape Town on Monday, when the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) resumes service on part of the Central Line. Cape Town’s Central railway line, closed since 2019, is to partly re-open on Monday, says the Passenger […]

There’s a good reason why Amsterdam is a city on so many people’s travel bucket list. It has incredible architecture, beautiful canals, a bustling cultural scene and delicious food… which means that millions of tourists descend on the Dutch capital every year. Amsterdam has always been a popular tourist attraction with South Africans via a […]

The continent’s biggest and most important travel trade event, Africa Travel Week (ATW) returns to Cape Town from Monday, 3 April to Wednesday, 5 April 2023. The gathering will once again be packed with a selection of top exhibitors, conferences, and buyers from across the continent and the world. Since becoming the official host city of […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that Marakele National Park in Limpopo now offers a brand new swimming pool. The official opening took place on 4 March, after the 2023 Powerade Marakele Marathon. The sparkling blue pool was welcomed by enthusiastic campers, families and runners! As a relatively young park – with a fabulous […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) announced today – Friday 24 Feb – that they are closely monitoring the path of cyclone Freddy and relying on updates from the South African Weather Service (SAWS), which has warned that parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga might be affected. All camps in the Kruger National Park (KNP) – with […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) today announced the re-opening of Crocodile Bridge and Lower Sabie Camps after they were closed following floods in the South of the Kruger National Park (KNP). “We can confirm that water has subsided enough for us to safely open the two rest camps. Access to Lower Sabie will be through […]

Australia today issued a Smart Traveller update to its citizens about travel to South Africa in the face of rolling blackouts (load shedding) occurring throughout the country, and warned this can potentially lead to an increase in crime as well as civil unrest and protests. The update was issued by the Australian Department of Foreign […]

The latest Tourism Sentiment Index (TSI) data is in, with five African destinations proving to be crowd favourites. And yes, South Africa IS in the Top 5! However, not for our beach holidays! Those accolades went to the Maldives, Seychelles, Mauritius and Zanzibar. BUT South Africa’s Stellenbosch, Cape Town and Hermanus were ranked highly for […]

CNN presenter Richard Quest has thanked Cape Town and South Africa for a “wonderful assignment”. He was in the country for CNN Business interviews and filming Quest’s World of Wonder for CNN Travel. Taking to Twitter as he left, Quest posted a sunset photo, and said to South Africans: “Whatever the challenges, you are the […]

Disaster management teams in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park, as well as external role players, are on alert and monitoring the impact of rainfall that is expected over the next few days until Friday 17 February, as forecast by the SA Weather Services Evacuation underway in Kruger National Park SANParks said in a statement […]

Musician Bouwer Bosch has launched a spoof South African tourism ad, co-starring digital creator Themba Robin, that has South Africans in stitches. Watch below. Bouwer says: “TOURISM SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS: Johannes Burg and Nepho Tism takes us on a adventurous tour through Johannesburg and share some of the reasons why tourists should consider South Africa […]

Due to heavy rains in and around the southern part of Kruger National Park (KNP) several roads have been closed. South African National Parks (SANParks) advises guests to not use any gravel roads and to stay on the tar. Guests are further advised to not travel on any roads which have been closed and not […]

The DA in the Western Cape says it has noted the appointment of Megan Taplin as the new park manager of Table Mountain National Park, and will be keenly observing her response to the challenges faced at this iconic attraction. “Managing and preserving one of the natural wonders of the world, and one of Africa’s main […]

South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced the appointment of the new Park Manager for Table Mountain National Park (TMNP), Cape Town born and bred, Megan Taplin. Megan has an undergraduate and Honours equivalent certification from the University of Stellenbosch, majoring in Nature Conservation and Zoology. She also holds a Masters Degree in Environmental Science […]

Proud South African Andrew Henwood has posted spectacular photos of a spot in SA that looks like an island paradise. “Hands down, best kite foil session in most incredible conditions. Super special moments. So stoked,” Andrew said when he shared them on social media, adding: “Name the spot…” Social media users have guessed all kinds […]

If you’re looking for an adventure this weekend, or on your next holiday to South Africa… head to Mossel Bay for a ride on their exciting zipline – the world’s longest over-ocean zipline! As you can see from the epic photos on this page, by Coulson Art Photography, it’s the perfect bucket list item for […]

Travel writing in Africa is often associated with colonial ventures of the past or white adventure pursuits of today. But Africans themselves have long produced captivating travel texts in oral and written forms. We need to look beyond narrowly western or white accounts as travel writing is produced across the world by an extensive range […]

Outraged by South African Tourism’s alleged plan to sponsor English Premier League team, Tottenham Hotspur, the DA says it will do everything in its power to “oppose this lunacy”. Manny de Freitas – DA Shadow Minister of Tourism – said the plan is a “slap in the face” for hard-working South Africans whose tax will […]

A mystery woman, who apparently vanished on Saturday evening at Camps Bay Beach, is still missing; and South African police say no missing person report has been filed that matches the case. The woman – a white female aged between 45 and 50, according to witnesses – was seen entering the ocean at around 20h30, […]

It is a hot, Friday afternoon and Heather Solomon and her husband David are spending the last days of their summer holiday at the Milton tidal pool in Sea Point, with their eight-year-old grandson and some friends. They chose this pool because Saunders Rock, another tidal pool about a kilometre and a half down the […]

You have a chance to celebrate South Africa’s beauty, assets and spirit of ‘free to be’ in a new Instagram competition being run this January by SATSA, the voice of inbound tourism. SATSA is calling on locals and international guests visiting South Africa to share their beautiful images and videos which reflect the destination as […]

Cape Town International Airport recorded a spectacular recovery in passenger numbers during the peak season month of December 2022 when compared to pre-pandemic numbers. Preliminary stats from Airports Company SA (ACSA) show that: Cape Town International Airport recorded 266 656 international 2-way passenger numbers for December 2022, resulting in a spectacular 95% recovery when compared […]

As the summer sun finally arrives for people in the Southern Hemisphere, more than 100,000 tourists will head for the ice. Travelling on one of more than 50 cruise ships, they will brave the two-day trip across the notoriously rough Drake Passage below Patagonia, destined for the polar continent of Antarctica. BY: Elizabeth Leane, University […]

It wasn’t quite Christmas Eve, and perhaps they weren’t exactly three wise men, but the story of the rescue of three motorcyclists off a notorious mountain pass in South Africa has brought Christmas cheer to many in the country and around the world. Trygve Roberts, editor of MountainPassesSouthAfrica.co.za tells the story… “This is Sarel Vorster […]

South Africa’s Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has issued an alert to residents and holiday travellers of rabies in high-risk areas in the country. Rabies is particularly common in the following areas in South Africa, said the department: KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) – particularly the coastal areas Eastern Cape – particularly the coastal areas […]