African Garden Lodge

... booked unfortunately so we wondered around the town in our car and found a nice wooden lodge style backpacker called All African Backpackers lodge. They only had 2 beds in a dorm available for R200 each (just under £20 per person) which is not so ...

... end) - even none of the guides had ever since this so it was quite exciting and we were only 10 metres away. The garden lodge although expensive is well worth a couple of days, the food is excellent and you can relax by the pool when not looking ...

... our passport made a joke we could understand - it was all sort of weird after 4.5 months of Spanish. The little South African planning we had done before leaving showed we were going to be in for some sticker shock. Throughout South America, we almost ...

... 11pm) but our trip to the hotel in a mini van was made all the more interesting by having a member of the South African parliament (portfolio - Foreign Affairs) as a fellow passenger!! This was no limo - just a private mini bus company so we were well ...

... beans Saturday night. So, Sunday, I made a fabulous vegetable stir-fry with some of them along with green onions from the garden, regular onion, garlic, and scrambled eggs! Fabulous! We then ate the rest of the green beans the next night with a little ...

... moment. One thing we've noticed is that the South Africans really like their meat and their portions are huge. Mye asked a South African if there were any vegetarians over here and he just laughed at him. Their Braii's are basically a plate full of ...

... district of Durban.  The building was loop-holed during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, bore witness to both the South African Wars and the Bambatha Rebellion, and more recently acted as a recruitment centre and canteen during both World Wars.  It ...

... and I managed to catch a tree. That afternoon it was so hot we asked whether we could use the neighbouring Lodge’s, River Garden, pool. It was beautiful overlooking the rising Zambezi from an elevated position and the infinity pool with just us in ...

... in Angola when he was in the National Defense Force. There was national conscription back then so many white South African men have similar experiences. April 9, 2008 Plettenberg Bay, ZA Another day walking the beach at Plettenberg. Actually we ...

... (guess that would be sometime in the wee hours of the morning for you folks there in the U.S. of A.) I've been meadering down the African coast from Warner Beach (just south of Durban) to Port St. Johns, and now here (more than 1,000 km from Durban) to ...

... next couple of days we would see a very different fauna around the flooded Chobe River. The lodge is lovely and has individual guest lodges along grassy garden under the shadows of some low trees. Each lodge is well done with great bathroom and internal ...

... just how hospitable South Africans are. After standing on the street for about 25 minutes, we experienced another instance of South African hospitality. A lady who lived across the street came to talk to us. She apologized for not having come out earlier. ...

... with their back straight, head held high and a graceful stride.  My mouth dropped when we were unloading our luggage at the lodge and one of the African women picked up a 40 pound backpack and put it on her head and carried to our room.  I was ...

I leave Cape Town with my gang of pals from Germany, Scotland, England and Team Estonia with our fantastic South African guide Hans, who teaches history when he's not driving tourists around. We head along the N2 through Swellendam into Albertinia to a ...

... souvenir and Chung had his "crazy shopper" glint when he was bargaining with the waitress as he bought two sets of lovely African shot glasses... We finally reach Schotia Safari reception and we are greeted by Edward, who turned out to be our Ranger. We ...

... such luck, glow in the dark fairy’s on the ceiling. I closed my eyes and thought of the snow-capped Mt Tasman that seemed to be growing out of our back garden.......it was definitely the ultimate room with a view......if you can get over the ...

... , the wild jungle at Kruger National Park, the southern city of Cape Town,  the whale watching city of Gansbaai, The Garden Route Game Lodge in Albertina, and the cites of Knysna and George where Tanya and Marsel live.  During the 14 days I will ...

... and beautiful beaches were so exlcusive that we had a hard time finding a way to get to the beach!  We stopped at an African Craft Market on the way back through Knysna and I traded a pair of shoes for some nice carvings. After Plett, we turned ...

... every one sound like Jonathon Ross when they pronounce the name! We stayed at Amaan Annexe, and organised a mini bus transfer through Garden lodge - 10 dollars a night - but a bit unreliable as they kicked us out a day early in favour of a group of 22 ...

... . I wasn't surprised; every mzungu we had met on our travels around Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda was going to Zanzibar for Christmas. Garden Lodge cost 10 dollars each per night & some of the rooms downstairs are still being refurbished - but for us, ...