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South Africa Slideshow
Top Hotels in South Africa
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Balmoral Hotel Durban
31 reviews -
Caledon Hotel, Spa, Casino
20 reviews -
Protea Hotel Marine Port Elizabeth
37 reviews -
Blue Waters Hotel Durban
58 reviews
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Protea Hotel The Richards Richards Bay
1 review
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Cape Grace Cape Town
400 reviews -
Brookes Hill Suites Port Elizabeth
33 reviews
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Peermont Walmont at Mmabatho Palms Mafikeng
4 reviews
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Holiday Inn Express Cape Town City Centre
169 reviews
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SunSquare Montecasino Fourways
56 reviews
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Protea Hotel Hazyview
27 reviews
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City Lodge Bloemfontein
7 reviews
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City Lodge Bryanston Sandton
7 reviews
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Victoria & Alfred Hotel Cape Town
265 reviews -
Premier Hotel Cape Manor Cape Town
34 reviews
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Waterfront Village Cape Town
139 reviews
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Beacon Island Resort Plettenberg Bay
48 reviews
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Cape Royale Cape Town
248 reviews
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Protea Hotel Willow Lake Bloemfontein
12 reviews
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Protea Kruger Gate Skukuza
121 reviews
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Winchester Mansions Cape Town
278 reviews
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Garden Court East London
11 reviews
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Golden Horse Casino Hotel Pietermaritzburg
6 reviews -
Mercure Johannesburg Midrand
26 reviews
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The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa Camps Bay
291 reviews
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Garden Court Polokwane
11 reviews
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Don Johannesburg International Airport Isando
19 reviews
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Town Lodge Airport Johannesburg Germiston
10 reviews
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Fairmont Zimbali Lodge Ballito
67 reviews
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Hippo Hollow Country Estate Hazyview
181 reviews
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Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge Rustenburg
80 reviews
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The Peninsula All-Suite Hotel Cape Town
85 reviews
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PROTEA HOTEL COLOSSEUM Cape Town
25 reviews
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Gold Reef City Hotel Johannesburg
7 reviews
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Knysna Hollow
92 reviews
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Protea Wanderers Hotel Johannesburg
81 reviews
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The Bay Hotel Camps Bay
231 reviews
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Pestana Kruger Lodge Malelane
53 reviews
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Lady Hamilton Hotel Cape Town
67 reviews
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Tulip Hotel & Conference Center Cape Town
21 reviews
South Africa
Travel Blogs from South Africa
Brew Pubs and Caledonian deer
This is a top pick! Click here for Cape Town photos Didn't really want to get up at 7:30am for our 9am boat to Robben Island. This was where Nelson Mandela was locked away at for 20+ years. I have to say the tour wasn't great, nothing like Alcatraz. The views back ...
More Photos
This is a top pick! 
The end of the continent...Cape Town
This is a top pick! ... as well. This morning we are renting a car to head back into the winelands region to stay a night in Franschoek before heading south to the coastal town of Hermanus. I'm a bit nervous about the car rental, not that the driving here is any more hectic ...
paradise lost - paradise found?
This is a top pick! ... ; Here come the mixed feelings again. Gwexintaba must be one of the most beautiful places I have come across on my travels though South Africa. What is beauty? More than meets the eye, it stirs the soul and you would have to be here to know what I ...
I Survived Johannesburg
This is a top pick! ... perspective on what has happened, though most of the whites were just watching it on tv. I'll have to write some reflections on South Afrika when I get to Zimbabwe. I'm still processing everything right now. I'll have plenty of time on the bus to Harare ...
Kruger and our first encounter with a White Rhino
This is a top pick! ... Took South African Airways to a place called Nelspruit, close to Kruger National Park. I have to say the quality of air travel in South Africa beats the US hands down. Leather seats, free drinks and lunch on a 2 hour flight that cost about $100. We ...
The big five in a day
This is a top pick! Click here for all Kruger part 1 photos We were going to do a morning and evening game drive today, but in the end we just kept driving for the whole day. On the road for 6:30 for a fantastic sunrise, we drove across the Lower Sabie, down ...
Rhino, the Bushman Trail and lessons in the stars
This is a top pick! ... he was all about being one with the bush. He was an excellent guide and very knowledgeable indeed. At last a good guide in Africa! He certainly knew his birds and bird calls and would be able to determine what animal was making any sound that came from ...
Elephant encounters and sundowners in the bush
This is a top pick! ... from us as we walked up to the kopje. Considering their huge size they were very skittish when they saw us. The South Africans bought G+T and Droewors (a dried sausage) for sundowners. We saw plenty of animals just sat up there on top of that ...
Buffalo stampede
This is a top pick! Click here for all Kruger part 1 photos Up early for another great informative walk. We got very close to a herd of buffalo before they turned and ran. The noise they made as they stampeded was immense. We got mightily close to a giraffe that ...
Shy Kudu and dueling Impala
This is a top pick! ... us. We later watched a group of at least 20 vultures circling in the sky above what we can only assume was a kill. 5 of the Africa white backed vultures ended up landing in the tree just next to our car. We went out of the park to do some shopping ...
We arrived on Long street! Why's it so dead?
This is a top pick! We have arrived baby. We weren't met by the busy Cape Town I had expected but by a quiet ghost town that seems to shut down on Sunday. Long Street, our home for the next six days is peaceful (I want my money back) nothing like we had been told, pretty ...
Someone's been sleeping in my bed and it's all wet
This is a top pick! I'll get to the title of this entry later. But first, our day of wildlife viewing. We left Balula early and after an hour or so entered the world famous Kruger National Park. As soon as we passed the entry gate we started spotting Impala, Kudu, Zebra and ...
Words Cannot Explain The Last Few Days
This is a top pick! The last few days have been intense but amazing. So on the 13th we tried to capture 2 of our male rhinos (Harry and Norman) in a swpa for a female rhino coming from another reserve. This was going to even out the numbers because Makalali at the moment ...
Starting Over and Having a Blast!
This is a top pick! ... , giraffe and other biggies come very close. There was even a lion yesterday! I've finally seen a snake (or 4) in Africa - including a Puff Adder. I've gotten up close and personal with mock charging elephants And the food is fantastic, the people are ...
I do
This is a top pick! ... to their ears as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. They had just saved my life. What can I say? I will go back to South Africa, to Coffee Bay, and my greatest wish is to find those boys, maybe talk about what happened and thank them again, from ...
No Fishing, Breaks Causing Breaks & Safe Entries
This is a top pick! So there hasn't been an opportunity to write in the past few days (even when so much has gone on!) because a little while after watching movies one afternoon, everything got locked into the safe... and then the key broke. To share everything I'll try to ...
Day 2 - Poo Spitting and Game Drives
This is a top pick! Day 2 - Woken by the roar of lions this morning that sounded very close. We started a 3 hour bush walk at 6am to learn about plants, animals and bush survival. Our guide Isaac showed us many different trees that can be used for bush medicine, bum wiping ...
the run-around (thanks to fine hosts and drivers)
This is a top pick! To leave Hogsback I had to get up at 5.30 am. I won't bore you with the details but it took me almost 6 hours to cover less than 40 km - Hogsback to Alice, Alice to Fort Beaufort. Due to no transportation other than public, or, black taxis, ...
Ginger beer and the magnificent Drakensbegs
This is a top pick! Click here for all Drakensberg photos Into the classy car and off to the Drakensbergs. A top 10 highlight I'd been waiting for since the start of my trip. We decided to drive through the Valley of 1000 Hills and Pieter Maritzberg on the way ...
The Highs and Lows of Knysna
This is a top pick! The Bazbus was a short trip through George and Wilderness and it all ran smoothly. Our new hostel, Knysna Backpacker's has an amazing view from the porch overlooking the lagoon, our room is big and comfy, sorted! We strolled down the main road, I sort ...
January sunshine!
This is a top pick! Sarah and i endured the 11 hour flight from Perth to J,Berg and somwhow managed to catch our connecting flight over to Cape Town, all on the 13th January. We arrived at our disappointing backpacker hostel at 9pm local time but our body clocks were ...
Durban Aquarium, a curry and back to reality
This is a top pick! ... my warthog bottle opener were stolen from my luggage after it had been checked in at the airport. Like all countries previously South Africa held it's own charms and like it's predecessors it was unique and fascinating. It was very western in some ...
fancy-free
This is a top pick! I deliberately made no plans for my time in South Africa after the project - alone in this unknown country I wanted to do whatever I fancied. What I most needed now was to distance myself from what I'd just experienced. Torn between dying to get away ...
name changing - name calling?
This is a top pick! ... people. John thought I might like to come and listen before heading for Grahamstown, and he is interested in a European's view on this South African matter. Well, I haven't a clue what it is all about, changing names, of what or who? But, as always, I am ...
Lost in False Bay
This is a top pick! Click here for all St. Lucia photos Said goodbye to Max, the friendly Jack Russell and headed off to False Bay to see if we could be more successful with the hiking. The first trail we started on was the Dugandlovu Trail. No maps, no trail ...
Gone Feral
This is a top pick! ... in an area known as the "Transkei". We have been told it would be a little different to what we had already seen in South Africa and wouldn't be anything like we are used to and it certainly was different! The road to Coffee Bay had potholes all through ...
Lazy Day
This is a top pick! Very easy day to recover from all the activity from the previous days. Had breakfast on the balcony and spent the morning sunbathing by the pool. Headed to Kalk bay for lunch at the Olympia Café where I had roast chicken and Steve had a BIG steak ...
How to Catch a Hartebeest
This is a top pick! ... or not catch them it might seem. As has been in the last ittle while, I've mostly been studying but we have had a number of birthdays this week which has been fun. E and M had borthdays on the day after each other so many cakes were baked and fun ...
A Travel Buddy From Home
This is a top pick! ... out our room, and make sure she makes it through her jet lag by going down to the Victoria and Albert Waterfront for lunch. South Africa has incredibly tasty cheap food and fantastic wine, so we indulge and then book ourselves on a sail boat for a sunset ...