A Whale-Watching Paradise at Birkenhead House
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I didn’t think that anything could possibly top what Frankie & I had experienced during our first 4 days in Cape Town: The Mount Nelson, fine Cape-style dining, nightlife, microlight flights, sandboarding…UNTIL, we were formally introduced to the boutique hotel collection known as “The Royal Portfolio…Read more→
The Tintswalo Atlantic Approach to Island Captivity
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Before it was time for us to leave Cape Town for the next stop of our grand trip, Frankie & I were lucky enough (yet again) to be offered a surprise lunch at another Cape Town hotel.
As our private van drove up with the gold seashell…Read more→
Our Downhill Adventures in Cape Town–Sandboarding
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Going off of a recommendation from another travel agent, we booked a half-day of sandboarding the Atlantis dunes with a local tour company called Downhill Adventures. All we had to do was walk down the road to their office with a pair of thick socks and a good attitude. All the rest was provided: A bus transfer to Atlantis (40 minutes…Read more→
A True “Bird’s Eye View” of Cape Town
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Of all the things people told us were the Cape Town MUST-DOs, the most popular seemed to be the climb to the top of Table Mountain. Whether by rotating cable car or on foot, we heard countless times that we simply couldn’t miss getting that panoramic view of the city from such a height…Read more→
The “Grand Old Lady” of Cape Town
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They call her “The Grand Old Lady” of Cape Town, which seems like a questionable name for such a world-famous hotel. The Mount Nelson is a part of an elite luxury hotel collection called Orient-Express, and I would hardly expect them to pride themselves for having something in their catalogue that is fondly associated…Read more→
Business Class on South African Airways
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Our Dream Trip to South Africa begins…
…with a fabulous red-eye economy-class flight with Jet Blue. Gotta get to New York somehow, right? Might as well be on a non-stop $100 ticket at a time when we’re more likely to sleep through the whole…Read more→
Essential Reading List for a South African Adventure
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There’s nothing worse than travelling to a new place without knowing the tiniest tidbit about it—it’s only after the adventure is over that you begin to realize the significance of the things that you saw, and you think, “If only I had known what it all meant when I was right there!” Luckily, I happen to have an insatiable thirst for…Read more→
A Dream Vacation in South Africa
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Megan, a friend of ours from Colorado won a fabulous prize at our travel conference last year: a 2-week luxury tour of South Africa with stays at some of its most exclusive & most beautiful hotels. And we are excited to be able to broadcast her trip here on our blog. So, if you’ve ever thought of visiting South Africa, or even if the idea…Read more→
