Cape Town Lodge Hotel

... Game Drives and try to catch a glimpse of the "Big Five" (lion, buffalo, leopard, elephant and rhino). Lovely and Lively Cape Town - described as the most beautiful cape in the world, this city is the second-most populated city in the country and the ...

... down.  So, it was one foot in front of the other and we reached the peak at 1pm.  There was a beautiful view of Cape Town city while climbing.  The climb wasn’t as bad as I expected and it was a climb of about 700m. When we reached ...

... eventually about half our plane was just waved through! However we arrived an hour late in Johannesburg and missed our connecting flight to Cape town but the redoubtable Karen got us all booked onto the next flight an hour later. This was no mean feat as ...

... to explore it, not nearly long enough, but it gives us a good excuse to come back someday. A Brief History of Cape Town. Before the arrival of Europeans (the Dutch East India Company) in 1652, the region had been occupied for centuries by the ...

... an hour early at 9.30am this morning. I got a filling breakfast on the plane of omelette, sausage, mushrooms and fried tomato. Cape Town must be the quickest international airport I've ever got through. It took about 5 minutes to get through immigration, ...

... seen this museum in 1996, but had not had time to visit it. The Museum is housed in the Slave Lodge, one of the oldest buildings in Cape Town. It was built in 1679 to house the slaves of the Dutch East India Company, but was substantially modified when ...

... to see you again in the not too distant future!! PS Are you sure I can't keep Saskia?? Back in Cape Town we tried to organise the hotel room which had taken on the appearance of a Mr Price wholesalers. Clothes everywhere!! We then headed to Ashanti ...

Today I was visiting the hotels in Cape Town so up early so i can make my first appointment in the water front. Cape Town is very easy to get around as long as you have a map. Today I am viewing waterfront properties mostly top end with a couple of 3 ...

... the rest of the group.  She arrived to the hotel just after me this morning and has been in Cape Town for a few days but was staying at another hotel for that time.  She's been travelling around Africa since January, including a month at a lion ...

We left Kenya on a good note and headed down south to Cape Town.  We arrived late at night and booked a hotel at the Waterfront.  We were warned several times to be careful in Cape Town as well.  It seems like there really is no safe place ...

... I ve had the best time and at times the worst time of my life .I am really happy that i cycled in the Cairo to Cape Town 2010 race and expedition tour.  Im going to finish the blog with pictures and short biographys of people i shared the last ...

... still be open, but there was low visibility at the top. We took the Red Tour Sightseeing Bus, which mainly goes to Cape Town's most popular destinations, i.e. museums, landmarks, and suburbs like Camps Bay. Our plan was to stop at Table Mountain and ...

... enclosures there were: lions, crocodiles and a leopard - the cheetah couldn't be spotted. Had lunch before departing back to Cape Town driving on the older road instead of going through the tunnel to give us views over the Winelands region.  Went ...

We arrive back in Cape Town and to our hotel at 6:30am after an awesome day at the World Cup Final. We have a well-deserved sleep-in and then it is time to pack up and say good-bye and good riddance to the Cape Diamond Hotel. Our new accommodation, the ...

... day, I called into a small tourist office and was extremely lucky to get an available space on Africa Travel Company's tour from Cape Town to Victoria Falls.  The accommodation would be in tents but this appealed to me as I was backpacking in Africa ...

We left Clare & Mike's house very early to catch a bus to go to town as our Intercape bus was supposed to leave Cape Town station at 10.00am. We were worried about whether the bus turns up on time or not but it did!  Magic! We got on a bus, here ...

... because now we¡¦re all just making things up, lol. It¡¦s kind of sad but we lost about 8 people since getting to Cape Town. Two were kicked off for having Aderol prescribed to somebody else, someone was homesick, another boy had a family emergency, ...

... kinda wasted on me since I am not that into wine but I thought the crackers and assorted cheeses were marvelous! We then flew from Cape Town into Kruger (The nicest airport I have ever seen!) and taken to our lodge in Sabi Sands. You can either safari ...

Finally we are back on our own again and staying in a Guest Lodge as opposed to a hotel for the masses.  We really like the atmosphere in B&B's or Guest Lodges.  Just a whole lot more relaxed! Tomorrow we head back to Canada so this will be ...