2006-10-13 01:49:52 · 10 answers · asked by Gareth h 1 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
You'll have a fab trip!!
Get a ticket for the Baz Bus and then you can hop on and off where ever you want.
In Cape Town don't miss:
Table Mountain
Cape Peninsular - Boulders Beach/Cape Point/Simons Town
V&A Waterfront
Robben Island
Winelands tour
From Cape Town (apologies if these are in the wrong order - check them on a map ...) I'd do ...
HERMANUS
GEORGE to KYSNA (Garden Route) on the Outeniqua Choo Choo
PORT ELIZABETH - go on a trip to the Addo Elephant Park, Township Tour, walk the Donkin Trail
EAST LONDON - if you can stay at the Sugar Shack Backpackers (it's near enough on the beach and you can watch the Dolphins playing in the indian ocean from the roof - gorgeous!!), go on a horse back safari (hope you see more animals than I did though when I did it!), go on a township tour.
DURBAN - when you get to Durban take the bus tour around the city (I got it from outside the aquarium), if you can go up into the Drakensburg to either Ampitheatre or Champagne Castle or follow Michael Caines footsteps to Roukes Drift!
when you first get to South Africa try and get a copy of the Coast to Coast book in the hostel. It's a free guide of where to go and what to do and it'll give you so many more ideas.
Hope you have a great trip - wish I was going there again!
2006-10-13 03:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by HB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has mentioned Cape Town and the Garden Route which are fantastic and I wouldn't deny that you need to go there but on your way to Durban don't forget to stop at The Golden Gate Nature Reserve where the country side changes dramatically and the differences are great to see.
Also while Durban is fun and warm in winter, being sub-tropical it gets really hot and humid in Summer and I would allow time to head for the Hills (the Drakensburg Mountains) while you are in Kawazulu Natal.
2006-10-13 04:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by london.oval 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where do you start .. how long you got? when you going? head down the Garden Route from Cape Town ...
Cape Town: Get up Table Mountain
Hermanus: Check out the whales (incredible)
Winelands: Visit Stellensbosch, Frankscoek, good food and wine.
Victoria Bay: Near George, very nice beach
Wilderness: Great scenery and beach
Knysna: Check out the oysters, the Heads and the forests
Stormsriver: Great treks.
Plettenburg Bay/Jeffreys Bay: Surfing
after that I don't know much!
2006-10-13 02:03:03 · answer #3 · answered by Dolphin76 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
purely 4 NIGHTS IN CAPE city?!!! Cape city is the coolest city, esp. for human beings your age. truthfully see what's on at Kirstenbosch (the open-air stay overall performance); once you're fortunate it rather is going to be a appropriate draw and that i promise you that's between the terrific stay overall performance venues interior the worldwide. additionally, i could strongly, strongly recommend renting a motor vehicle and having dinner at Moyo at Spier in Stellenbosch. ok, ok - so everybody is going to tell me it rather is a vacationer catch, yet I truthfully have been there with South Africans and that they enjoyed it. a special adventure and a sturdy style of relaxing. on an identical time as you're in Durban (do have a motor vehicle), i could recommend spending an afternoon or an in one day at Tala pastime Reserve. it rather is a appropriate vast 4 pastime reserve (no lions or elephants, yet they're introducing cheetahs, and that they do have the worldwide's greatest rhino) and that's purely a pair of 40 5 minute to a minimum of one hourchronic. you're able to do self-power or guidedchronic, there is lodging there for all budgets. An in one day there with 2 pastime drives became between the highlights of my final trip to RSA. There are additionally some very sturdy sea coast inns north and south of Durban, rather once you're a diver you are able to desire to pass to Aliwal Shoals and notice some sharks. worldwide-classification surfing up and down the KZN coast, too. in case you had longer interior the Western Cape i could recommend you pass right down to Gansbaai and do the super White cage dive and spend a pair of days interior the Cederberg...oh, properly. playstation : by no ability had a concern in South Africa of any type and pass each and every 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. possibly i'm purely fortunate. I constantly hire a motor vehicle; driving there is consumer-friendly and there is plenty to work out and do...
2016-10-02 06:24:21 · answer #4 · answered by gangwer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am an ex-south african living in israel all my family still live there,in cape town.there are so many wonderful places to go and see,durban is more like a holiday town ,very humid ,cape town is more arid,ask your travel agent for brochures as it would take me hours to write about backpacking etc.there are loads of camping places all over south africa.enjoy yourself and good luck,from mikhal in israel,
2006-10-13 02:04:03 · answer #5 · answered by mikhal k 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am from capetown myself!
have you heard of the garden route?
its is beautiful and has allot of accomodation and holiday activiies/it has both beach and forest locations to see.
knysna being one of my favourites!
depending on your budget you could rent a car and drive it. or what i was gonna do is get a ticket for whats called the bazz bus.
this bus drives allong the garden route from cape town to durban and you can use this bus for up to a month!
enjoy south africa
2006-10-13 02:02:08 · answer #6 · answered by alt_r 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
cape town is great-you can go up table mountain--kloof nek
signal hill.
lots of accomadation for backpackers on long st cape town.
youll have a great time
2006-10-13 06:28:25 · answer #7 · answered by dunnett33@rogers.com 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be carefull who you trust, dont hike at night, and dont go into any areas that are not safe
2006-10-13 20:00:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just go.
u will find 1 in every city
2006-10-13 04:21:22 · answer #9 · answered by zilber 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi cool for that. hope you enjoy your trip. you should also go to victoria falls if you can. www.victoriafallsbackpakers.com
2006-10-13 01:58:51 · answer #10 · answered by prospertaruvinga 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋