Southern Africa Travel Articles

Ain’t Nothin’ Like It: 24 Hours of African Public Transport – South Africa

Facing a 30 hour bus ride, Jim Hunt found himself wondering if there was anything he'd done or taken part in - not including breathing, swallowing, and other actions his brain wisely does not allow hi

To Banter with the Bogeyman – South Africa

A scary experience in a foreign country reminds traveller Petro Kotzé of what it is to be safe, and how to do it back in sunny South Africa.

The Drakensberg Region – One of South Africa’s Best Kept Secrets

Drakensberg native Andrew Attwood offers his guide to the region.

Malawi: Africa for beginners – Malawi

Emma Jayne Jones visits the warm heart of Africa.

Is South Africa a Good Side Trip (from Prague) – and Five Other Questions I Should Have Asked

Charles Gillis plans a sid

South Africa Race Relations – South Africa

South Africa has a confusing, painful and intense past - which a majority of Capetonians will tell you makes the present and the future all the more rich and interesting.

Hips That Move Like Africa – Cape Town, South Africa

In a Cape Town township, Jennifer Green gets one of the best compliments she's ever received.

Places To Chow – Cape Town, South Africa

Jennifer Green shows off the best of Cape Town's culinary delights.

Getting Around: Trains, Taxis, Automobiles and Kombis – Cape Town, South Africa

BootsnAll intern Jennifer Green explains how to get around in CT.

Travel to the tip of Africa – South Africa

With the end of apartheid, newly elected government, wonderful food and wine, friendly people and a thriving tourism segment, Rhonda Delameter believes South Africa is rapidly becoming one of the up a