:: Where we go - South Africa

Cape Town - climb up or walk on Table Mountain, visit Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, be surrounded by penguins at Boulders Beach, enjoy excellent cuisine in restaurants at a fraction of the price we are used to, visit Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens for thousands of species of the country's plants or take a scenic and leisurely drive to one of Africa's southern-most points, Cape of Good Hope

Self-drive Holidays - take advantage of the easy routes and good roads, enjoying independence in your explorations throughout the country

Garden Route - for dramatic scenery and charming accommodation

Winelands - with picturesque vineyards, relaxed picnics, wine tasting and delightful towns with Cape Dutch architecture

Breathtaking scenery in the Drakensberg with its jagged escarpments and snowy peaks

Kruger National Park: one of Africa's finest National Parks and surrounding reserves with plentiful game including the Big Five

Total luxury: South Africa is home to worldwide award-winning lodges

Climatically, a country of two zones: winter rains and summer rains. From the Garden route westwards, the rains fall in winter, and the prettiest time for flowers along the coast and in Namaqualand is September to December. In the north east, in the Transvaal lowveld and Zululand, the game reserves are full of animals and their young from March to June after the summer rains.

Winters in the west are cold, in the east they are mild and dry. Summers are hot everywhere, dry in the west and on the highveld, progressively more humid through the eastern Cape, lowland Natal and the Transvaal lowveld

Game viewing, by vehicle or on foot, in the private reserves bordering Kruger National Park, in the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve in Kwazulu Natal, and in the malaria-free private reserves of the Eastern Cape and Madikwe Reserve bordering Botswana

Trekking and walking, in the magnificent Drakensberg, maybe taking in fascinating tours of Zulu battlefields. Also along the Garden Route there are numerous trails following the cliff tops

Horse riding, in the Waterberg Mountains

Whale watching, between June and November off the southern coast

Wine tasting in the Cape and eating good food everywhere

Golf at world class courses throughout the country