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Re: Vacation in South Africa

Michael — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:04:58 GMT

Thanks Elephant! My wife and I just booked a trip for August to South Africa this past week. It kind of fell in my lap as I had work that came up in Cape Town so we are still trying to figure what to do when we get there. I spent some non-glamorous( yet adventerous) time as a young man in Africa but I doubt my wife would appreciate that type of experience so I'm trying to find out what a more civilized trip should look like.. I do have to say that I'm not really looking forward to taking the obligatory tourist safari having been fortunate to have already hunted with legendary Afrikaans hunters years ago. Have a feeling it's going to be more Cape Town wine and food with a Mercedes rental car at some modern hotel this time. I guess I'll survive;) Maybe I can talk her into a " BeoHotel" with a blanket and Beosound 3 under the stars.

Re: Vacation in South Africa

Larskoelle — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:52:44 GMT

Hi elephant,

Thank you very much for your answer. The trip you described above sound very good. I guess I should not do all the great journeys before I am getting married ;-)

Well, as there is no bride in visible range I guess I ll add Durban which I have honestly forgotten in my planning

Any other suggestions from the beoworld members?

Re: Vacation in South Africa

elephant — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:50:21 GMT

A long time ago my honeymoon itinerary was:

Johannesburg - visit a gold mine etc
fly in a DC3 to a private game reserve next to the Kruger called Sohebele: the best bit was getting up early in the morning and going with a guide to sit in an observation post overlooking a water hole
back to Jo'burg to catch the train from there to Cape Town (takes 2 days and one night) but is one of the famous train journeys of the world
Cape Town: fantastic for its coast and historic buildings and wine region: The Castle (an early Dutch fort), Groote Schuur, botantical gardens (to feed passing sailing ships), Stellenbosch, Paarl
fly to Durban: rich tropical countryside and beaches
back to Jo'burg to fly home

Vacation in South Africa

Larskoelle — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:26:52 GMT

Hi all,

Finally I am ready for a few weeks of vacation in 2012 in South Africa but I am not sure how to organize the trip.

Currently I am thinking of planning everything on my own. So flying via Johannesburg to Cap Town checking out the sights of both towns, flying back to Johannesburg, driving the panorama road to Krueger NP having some wonderful safari experiences in there.

As said before, maybe someone in here has made a similar trip, knows any kind of website, agencies organizing a decent trip like that.

Thank you in advance,

Lars