Kynsna is pronounced ‘Nighz-nah’. Glad we got that sorted; I still can’t pronounce it properly, so don’t feel too bad. Chatting to the locals as we travel South Africa, it’s plain to see that different people look for different things in life. When asked what the next town is like, we envitably get “Ooh, it […]

Hi folks, there appears to be a technical gallery error at the moment (read: I’ve probably just pushed the wrong button and destroyed the last fifteen months of galleries from the site. Oh poo, oh poo, oh poo.) Normal service will resume once I’ve finished kicking myself and figured out where the galleries are hiding… […]

Gansbaai is home to shark alley, visited great white sharks migrating between the two oceans. What better way to observe these marvelous/misunderstood/monstrous beasts (delete as necessary) than to lower ourselves into the confines of an underwater metal cage and bait them to charge at us with jaws agape. The water temperature was between 10-12 degree […]

Hermanus is billed to have the best land-based whale watching in the world and we certainly don’t disagree. In the space of about two hours, I reckon that I saw about twelve whales. Apologies for the somewhat blurry photos, it was kind of hard to photograph the whales from distance with such little warning! (Oh, […]

A trip to Stellenbosch is not complete without a drive along the wine route and visit to a least a couple of wine cellars to taste their wares. So on Sunday morning, after a late breakfast, we hopped in the car and drove out into the countryside. Unfortunately, JC le Roux, my favourite South African […]

P-p-p-pick-up a Penguin. Actually don’t, you’d get arrested. The point I’m trying to make is that you could, if you really wanted to, pick-up a penguin at Boulders Beach near Simonstown as they live on the rocks next to the ocean and you can walk quite freely in amongst them. They’re really not phased by […]

This is a guest post by H. Hi, I’m H, Squiffy’s big little sister… as you may or may not know I joined DB and SQ on thier Escape the City tour around Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route (daveb: Sssh! Don’t tell where we’re going and spoil the surprise!)in South Africa. On […]

The other day, I wrote about my disappointing first impressions of Cape Town. Today, to an almost bi-polar degree, I’m really happy to report that I’ve completely, utterly, totally changed my mind. To date, and seen with my own eyes, Cape Town is the best place on the planet. Let me qualify that: As we’re […]

A little way south of Cape Town is the Cape Peninsula National Park, home to the famous Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. The latter is often misquoted as being the southernmost point in Africa and where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. Both statements are untrue. As most of you know, I’m […]

After paragliding, this is what I had really been looking forward to: To walk atop the magnificent Table Mountain and suck-in the views. (The views from the paraglider were excellent, but I was perhaps a little too nervous of the landing to fully appreciate what was laid out before my eyes at the time.) Whilst […]