Protea Hotel Umhlanga

Cnr Lighthouse & Chartwell Drive, Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, 4320, South Africa | 3 star hotel

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Travel Blogs from Umhlanga Rocks

Stellenbosch Wineland Tour

A travel blog entry by thedicksons

2

... from breezy & cloudy to blowing & pouring so our 45-minute poke through the streets and shops of Stellenbosch was cut short. Our driver, Kelly, and I talked about South African social and political life as we sped home through thickening rush hour traffic.

Still jet-lagged, we were sleeping by 6pm! We'd only touched breakfast today. Tomorrow is our final day including an anticipated tour of the Cape, the end of ...

Meeting up with the Family

A travel blog entry by prieststrip

12

... kids hugged the doorman.

That evening Diane and Phil came to the hotel with Diane's sister Debbie-Lynn, her husband Tony and their daughter Kimberly. It was fabulous to see them. We had quite a bit to catch up on so we stayed in the hotel and had a feast.

It was sad to have to say goodbye to Jamie the next day. The kids had had a brilliant time with him, especially Fynn. In fact they were like Siamese twins the whole trip, ...

Cape Town, South Africa!

A travel blog entry by mpledger

4
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... It is truly fascinating and disconcerting to feel at home in these locations that we are so desperately from which trying to disconnect. I guess subconsciously I knew I would be lured into this Western culture, because much of what I signed up for in South Africa forced me to get out of my comfort zone.


However, I did manage to fit many super-tourist destinations into the rest of this port as well. The first of which was ...

Madagascar....the Final Chapter

A travel blog entry by afrofinger

18

... on offer! Apparently after spending 3 months eating nothing but rice and beans the fantasy of eating something different is just that, a fantasy. In reality there was too much choice and everything was so processed and weird but I settled for a Greek salad from South Africa’s answer to M&S and my appetite made a raging reappearance!

Everything was going pretty smoothly and I was heading to board my flight, trying to carrying my hand luggage and make it look ...

FROM BUD'S TO BABOTIE

A travel blog entry by modernoddyseus

2

... yellow rice. It was rich and delicious! Este also fried us pumpkin fritters (little pancakes).
On my last night in Cape Town, Estee prepared "chicken a la king". This recipe called for her to grill onions, orange peppers, red peppers, mushrooms, and chicken together. She made this creamy, with ... cream. And we ate it over rice. Estee - who told stories about her Afrikaner ancestors being kept in British concentration camps, ...

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This 3 star hotel is located on Cnr Lighthouse & Chartwell Drive, Umhlanga Rocks.
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