South Africa

Location

Yesterday's slow pace is just a memory - a 4 hour drive from Durban is St Lucia estuary. We arrive at Amazulu lodge, hurl

our bags into the room then sprint down the jetty for a boat trip. Davide is almost left behind when he rushes back to fetch

the camera tripod.

The boat trip is well worth the journey. We soon see hippo nostrils peeking out from the river. Then shortly afterwards we

cruise past an unnervingly fast crocodile - apparently the crocodile is not really pushing it, either.

Our captain and guide also introduces various species of bird, from the big (Goliath Stork, Giant Kingfisher) to the small

(Yellow Weaver). But would you have expected to learn so much about Climbing Whelks? These little invertebrates climb up

Location

The Bulungula Lodge is situated in Nqileni village (“q” = a click sound) - in “the most beautiful location of any lodge in South Africa”. Here the visitors can enjoy the forest, lagoon, rolling hills, dolphins, whales, you name it. The visitors have even a shooting star guarantee – if you look at the night’s sky for half an hour without seeing one, you stay that night free at the Bulungula Lodge. The Bulungula Lodge runs on solar power and you can look out for the brand new bicycle powered blender producing the ultimate eco-smoothies. Let’s let the representatives of Bulungula Lodge themselves describe what the travelers can experience in Nqileni village:

Location

Yesterday evening we arrived at the Buccaneers Lodge and Backpackers resort, just outside of East London, in Chintsa West. Established back in 1983, these guys are considered one of the early pioneers in the South African backpacking industry. After a little confusion over the sleeping arrangements we check in and enjoy an evening meal of South African braai with potatoes and vegetables. A few Castles later and we retire for the evening.

Location

An interesting day was spent in Port Elizabeth, aka Nelson Mandela Bay... But that was the easy part.. Arriving there proved to be a bit of a challenge - in the quest to discover how fuel efficient we are.. 'someone' by the time we reached Port Elizabeth, kept insisting that the fuel gauge was ok, even though it was reading below the red line.. "dude, did you hear that?", "hear what?", "there it is again!", "what?... by the way why are we stopping here in the middle of the highway?!!"

Well, anyway it worked out well and we only had to push the car 200 metres as we discovered that the petrol station was luckily only around the corner! Oh yeah, and just in case you were wondering.. the car gives us just over 700k's for a tank!

Location

The 8th annual Hoscar awards ceremony took place in January 2009 to recognize the best hostels in the world. Over 23,000 properties from across the globe featured on Hostelworld.com were eligible for the awards and the prizes were based on approximately 1 million votes given by the Hostelworld customers. The winners adhered to the six required criteria: character, security, location, staff, fun and cleanliness.

Location

Albertinia is favourably placed near to the fabulous Garden Route here in the Western Province of South Africa, and provides an ideal base for visiting the popular destinations. So here we are!

Our wake-up call is provided by the tweeting guinea-fowl after a peaceful night at the appropriately named Guineafowl Guest Resort.
After a good breakfast we jump in Hilton’s 4wd heading to the spectacular scenic mountains of the Langeberg near to the quaint little hamlet of Albertinia whereby we have a scenic walk.

Location

Mynatour group’s adventure in South Africa has begun!! The last preparations were made in Cape Town and now the group is heading towards the Eastern Cape’s biggest town, to Port Elizabeth. This town – also known as Nelson Mandela Bay – offers beautiful blue-flagged beaches.

Location

Only few days in Cape town we don’t have time to waste. Our journey covers 6000km and the stops are closed, we meet Shaqir and Siviwe both local guides that were enthusiastic about our noble plan.