by SA Places | Apr 20, 2012 | Travel Talk |
The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Park is now a reality. The world’s biggest conservation area, to be known as Kaza, spans five countries and cover an area of almost 444 000 square kilometres. Parts of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe is located within...
by SA Places | Apr 10, 2012 | Travel Talk |
Better known for being the home of Table Mountain which guards the city of Cape Town, the Cape Floral Kingdom is the smallest, but richest plant kingdom in the world. It is one of only six plant kingdoms across the globe and although it represents less than...
by SA Places | Apr 5, 2012 | Travel Talk |
The life of Nelson Mandela is now freely accessible to the public, as his Digital Archive Project, containing thousands of documents, photographs and videos, is now live on the internet. The aim of the project is to locate, document, digitise, and provide access to...
by SA Places | Mar 30, 2012 | Travel Talk |
Ocean Adventurer, in partnership with the Two Oceans Aquarium, is offering a boat-based marine eco-tour. In Cape Town you’ll find one of the most prolific up-welling systems off the South African coastline. This creates an ideal environment for an abundance of...
by SA Places | Mar 15, 2012 | Travel Talk |
Salt water makes up 97.5% of water on Earth, leaving 2.5% as fresh water. Nearly 70% of fresh water is frozen in the icecaps, which means there’s not much left for us to use. In fact, humans use less than 1% of all water on Earth. This water has to be shared amongst...
by SA Places | Feb 28, 2012 | Travel Talk |
Some of the most frequent questions asked by visitors planning their first safari, are: Will I see the Big Five? Maybe. Many reserves have all the big five – lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo – but it’s not that easy to see them all,...
