Haro, Town of Festivals & Rioja Wines
La Rioja, the fêted wine region of northern Spain, straddles the Ebro River valley in a long sprawling curve while Haro, Rioja’s wine centre, sits
Author : Mariëlle Renssen
MAPUNGUBWE’S KANNIEDOOD TRAIL
This national park looks a bit like a horizontal semi-colon hugging a section of the Limpopo River in the extreme north of the Limpopo Province.
Visiting Berlin ꟷ Expectations and Reality
For a while, the word on the street has been that Berlin is the new hip and happening hotspot. Having recently been absorbed by several
Monastery of San Galgano, Tuscany
While we were exploring Tuscany recently, a lively waitress at our favourite coffee shop tut-tutted when we admitted we hadn’t yet visited the monastery of
Évora, Portugal’s Stonehenge
England has Stonehenge. South Africa has Adam’s Calendar at Waterval Boven, near Nelspruit — and even the Stone Circle Ruins at the Cradle of Humankind,
Mokala, where Roan and Sable roam
Mokala National Park is almost slap-bang in the middle of South Africa, lying off the N12 which connects Beaufort West (via Kimberley) with Klerksdorp and
Why visit Kimberley? The Big Hole, of course!
These days you wouldn’t choose to linger too long in Kimberley, just northwest of Bloemfontein, but if you do happen to pass through, there is
Belém, a Day in Lisbon’s Bethlehem
With our constantly seesawing rand, travel is an expensive hobby these days … but Portugal is getting the nod right now for its affordability (if
Remember Outeniqua Choo Tjoe
Can you believe it’s been 12 years since this steam train ferried tourists and locals for 67 kilometres between Knysna and George, choofing across broad
A New Year – A New Challenge Ever tried Bastervoet ?
Bastervoetpad, north of Elliott and east of Barkly Pass in the Eastern Cape, is one of those passes on which every local has an opinion