TRAVEL
So, off we hit the rugged and untarred roads to Bela-Bela in the Limpopo Province, meandering in the latest SUV Haval H6, in the company of other three-self-imposed adults. The trip- to experience at first-hand what the fuss is all about the latest addition of Safari Plains exclusive Tented- suites by the world’s leading lodges […]
This week it released stats indicating a slender tourism growth arrivals from 1,535,361 to 1,576,507 (3% increase) recorded in 2017. These figures are attributed by the campaign the agency launched that focuses on tourism infrastructure and tourist attractions in the province. From December 1 2018 to January 15 2019, notable attractions such as Kruger National […]
Our customer remains at the heart of what we do, and we have always aspired to make travel ‘better’; these awards are an indication that we are on the right track to creating memorable travel experiences,” says Fouad Caunhye, Regional Manager, Emirates Southern Africa. The Dubai based Emirates Airlines celebrated a hat-trick win at the annual Business […]
Just recently it bagged three prestigious awards: Best South African Hotel Group and the Best Business Hotel Group in South Africa categories and Sandton Convention Centre winning the Best Large Conference Venue award. This was confirmed at the Business Traveller Awards Africa 2018. For the seventh consecutive year, the Palazzo hotel at Montecasino won a […]
Entering its fourth edition Makhelwane runs from December 14 to 16 at Poka Street Orlando (an open street interspersed with loads of jamborees). This is the only time residents or abo-makhe open their houses to be used as venues to buy anything from kasie food cuisine, cultural wares, clothes and of course, the forbidden waters. […]
The plan kick-starts the process of expanding Kruger Park’s conservation footprint across international borders, incorporating a wide spectrum of landowners, to create the 10 million-hectare Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA) as a world-leading conservation initiative. A wide-ranging array of stakeholders was consulted through 54 public and focus group meetings in the development of the […]
As grey clouds gathered, whispering chill engulfing on your face and mountains rejoicing in thunder, animals went berserk. Well folks, welcome to the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State Province. The occasion: top celebrate the second edition of the Golden Gate Classics last weekend. Yes, it was a case of Jazz meeting […]
EK762 (JNB-DXB) and EK761 (DXB-JNB) is now served by the flagship A380 aircraft. This change in aircraft supports growing demand in South Africa, a 14% increase in seat capacity will be as a direct result of deployment of the second A380 to Johannesburg. The Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft serving the Dubai-Johannesburg route will offer a […]
He made this part cynical remark whilst surrounded by numerous padlocks of varying sizes and hues with hundreds of messages inscribed on them – suspended on the narrow 1919 Parys Suspension Bridge, and whilst below, gaiety-pumped urchins swam, together with a pet dog, in the rather green water of the provinces- straddling and Life-sustaining river. […]
Managed and owned by the soft-speaking Khimbini Hlongwane, the ecstatic winner in his own words remarked “if feels good to be honoured by peers”. Once a cattle herder from a little village in Mpumalanga and now the managing director of a tour company Hlongwane, bears evidence to what can be achieved through determination and passion. […]