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Hotels close to the World Cup Stadium Durban

Durban has a huge hospitality industry thanks to its status as the South African working family’s preferred holiday destination and it’s role as the busiest port city in Africa. If you are looking for affordable hotel or lodge accommodation in the ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  15 Oct 2009

Top 10 safari destinations in Africa

10 - Mana Pools Zimbabwe: These days Mana Pools is a little bit of a forgotten backwater on the African eco-travel map. The recent history of Zimbabwe has tended to isolate it from the mainstream which has done very little to help the conservation ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  13 Oct 2009

Top ten adventure trips in Africa

Situated a few miles south of the small central Zimbabwean town of Gweru is the local conservation facility Antelope Park. Geared primarily towards lion protection, conservation and research this is the home of African Lion Environmental Research Trust ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  9 Oct 2009

Music in South Africa

South Africa has always been a popular international music venue. The nation’s political history made it a fashionable focus for 80s and 90s race protest and human rights related concert themes. A more gritty and populist revival of the SA vibe came ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paul Simon,  Indigenous (musician)

The beginning of the end of Crater Camp

Related posts If you have not commented here before, please take a moment to peruse our Commenting Guidelines. The current buzz in Kilimanjaro is the imminent closure of Crater Camp. I discovered this on my most recent trip when a few ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  5 Oct 2009

Bloemfontein – visiting tips for the World Cup

Another of Bloemfontein’s alternative names is the City of Roses which reflects a national passion for gardening, but in the case of Bloemfontein the high grasslands surrounding the city support a staggering diversity of wild flowers. Visit the Free ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  9 Sep 2009

Port Elizabeth - visiting tips for the World Cup

Port Elizabeth, or PE as it is more widely known, is South Africa’s fifth largest city and touted as the nation’s watersport capital. It enjoys a singular advantage over Cape Town in this regard. The city is situated on the Indian Ocean and not the ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  4 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Nelson Mandela

Toilets on Kilimanjaro

Related posts If you have not commented here before, please take a moment to peruse our Commenting Guidelines. There is great romance in planning and setting off to climb this great mountain. Less romantic are some of the fundamental ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  3 Sep 2009

Johannesburg - visiting tips for the world cup

Johannesburg, or Joburg as she is better known, is a large cosmopolitan city like no other in Africa. The site was originally a farmstead that erupted into rapid growth upon the discovery of vast gold deposits in the adjacent Witwatersrand in 1886. ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  2 Sep 2009

Durban - visiting tips for the World Cup

While the city of Pietermartitzburg is the provincial capital of KwaZulu/Natal, Durban is the main port city and the de facto economic capital. It is also one of the liveliest and most atmospheric of all South African cities, with a little less of the ...

From PETER BAXTER, BootsnAll Travel Network,  31 Aug 2009

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