South Africa 

Recently voted the best restaurant in all of Africa, this wonderful restaurant in Franschhoek lives up to the hype. The atmosphere and service are excellent and the food is fantastic. Epice means spice, and the offerings emphasize the spices in the preparation. They don’t yet give Micheline starts in South Africa but if they did, […]

For a tiny little village Franschhoek definitely punches above its weight – with some of the best places to eat in South Africa

Cape Town has the best restaurants in South Africa. Here are some suggestions: Camps Bay Cape Town Constantia Winelands

A must see in Cape Town, the Table Mountain cablecar whisks you up to spectacular cable mountain which rises far above Cape Town with views in all directions. There are several walks on the top, cafes, bars, and a small colony of Dassy’s (rock hyraxes). Don’t go if it is cloudy on top (watch the […]

The spectacular UNESCO world heritage Kirstenbosch Botanical gardens are enormous (1300 acres) and feature the diverse beautiful, and unique flora of South Africa is spread out along the east slopes of Table Mountain. Allow at least a couple of hours.

Reserve tickets for Robben Island, a UNESCO world heritage sight, in advance. It is about a 45 minute cruise from the Cape Town pier to Robben Island. on embarkation you will be directed to a bus and have a short drive around to sights on the island – be sure and check out the views […]

Yes, there are wild penguins in South Africa. Take a very scenic drive from Cape Town to get up close to this South African penguin colony.

What a great concept – the wine tram runs along tracks in the Franschhoek valley or buses to wineries not on the line – so you can easily visit a lot of wineries for tasting and not need to drive. Multiple departures all day and many wineries to visit.

This is a lovely property. We had a private pool, enormous room with kitchen in beautiful Camp’s Bay. There is easy walking to numerous nearby restaurants and bars

Fantastic hotel located right on Kynsna lagoon with huge comfortable rooms, great views

In far northern South Africa near the Botswana border is the enormous private game reserve of Madikwe. Jaci’s tree lodge is along a river and literally built above the ground on posts – like a treehouse. You walk to you room on elevated walkways through the forest with monkeys and antelope in the area. There is […]

This is the ultimate in luxury Safari lodging. Set in the private 55000 acre game reserve of Kwandwe, where there are only about three lodges for the whole area you will feel like you have the whole reserve to yourself on your fantastic game drives around the plains, water, and rolling hills of the area. […]

True 5 star luxury, this lodge is set in the beautiful Cederberg mountains. The rooms are large with great views, fireplaces, large soaking tubs, indoor and outdoor showers, a couple of swimming pools, and great food and drinks. They also arrange excellent excursions to sample the area. 

Nice guys house with nice yard, friendly hosts in a great location – walking distance to wine tram and the village