The Panorama Route stretches along the remarkable Blyde River Canyon in Mpumalanga, and is perhaps one of the most picturesque and sought-after travel destinations in the whole of South Africa. The spectacular Panorama Route is most well-known for its cultural...
Namaqualand is a dry area located in Namibia and South Africa, stretching out to the west coast for more than 970 kilometres and spreading over a total of 440,000 square kilometres. It is split by the lower course of the Orange River into two sections: Little...
In terms of volume, Lake Kariba is the largest artificial lake and reservoir. It is situated approximately 1,300 kilometres upstream from the Indian Ocean, along the border that runs between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Water filled Lake Kariba between the years of 1958 and...
Bazaruto, or in Portuguese Ilha do Bazaruto from Ushurutswa meaning ‘island of the mist’, is a sandy island situated around 80 kilometres southeast of the mouth of the Save River in Mozambique. It is the biggest island in the entire Bazaruto Archipelago, as well as in...
Situated south of Kenya’s Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi is Hell’s Gate National Park. The reserve is named after a thin break in the mountains, once a branch of a pre-historic lake that ran into the Rift Valley. The Park was founded in 1984 and though it is a...
Officially known as ‘the Kingdom of Swaziland’, and at times referred to as ‘Ngwane’ or ‘eSwatini’, Swaziland is located in Southern Africa. The nation and its people were both named after King Mswati II of the 19th century. Swaziland is bordered on all sides by...
Also known as ‘the Place of Thirst’, the Karoo is an infinitely magical region, covered by enormous sheep and game farms, where vast plains drift away towards distant rocky outcrops and multi-layered mountains that pierce the velvet skies. ‘Karoo’ is a Khoisan word of...
Iringa got its name from the Hehe word ‘lilinga’ meaning ‘fort’. Iringa is the administrative capital of the Iringa Region and has various established industries, including manufacturing and food processing. Majority of its electricity is supplied by the close by...
Gweta is a relatively small village located in Botswana, around 205 kilometres away from Maun, and approximately 100 kilometres from Nata. It is generally known to be the gateway to the Makgadikgadi Pans. Gweta got its name from the sound of croaking bullfrogs that...
Located in the western section of the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa is the town of Ghanzi. When the 2011 population census was conducted, there were approximately 12,167 people residing in the town, with a further 861 close by. It is the administrative hub...
Situated close by to Clanwilliam, about 300 kilometres north of Cape Town, South Africa, lies the Cederberg mountains. The range of mountains got its name from the endangered Clanwilliam Cedar – a tree endemic to the region. The mountains are renowned for their...
Swaziland’s oldest protected region is Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary, which is owned and managed by a non-profit trust. It is situated between Mbabane and Manzini, and acts as the headquarters for the Big Game Parks, which includes Mlilwane’s sister parks of Hlane Royal...
